Obituary for Roger William Law Roger William Law was born August 9, 1927 in Englewood, NJ, the only child of Blanche (Kessler) and Alexander Gladstone Law. He died peacefully at his home in Wellington, FL with family by his side on December 11, 2018. After graduating from Englewood public schools, Roger went to work for Standard Vacuum company which eventually became Standard Oil company, Esso, Exxon then Exxon/Mobil Corporation.
He was a skilled Senior Marine Dispatcher. Roger retired in 1985 after 39 years of employment, occasionally returning as a consultant. He briefly served in the New Jersey National Guard during the Korean Conflict.
Roger married his sweetheart, Joan Kraus, also of Englewood, on November 1, 1952. A year later, they settled in Nanuet, NY and raised their family for 23 years until moving back to North Jersey in 1994. Once fully retired, Roger and Joan split their time between their second home in Cape May, NJ and a new primary home at Buena Vida, Wellington, FL.
They enjoyed vacation travel throughout Europe, Indonesia, China, Ireland, British Isles, Scandanavia (to name a few), US East Coast to West Coast and many more destinations. Roger was an enthusiastic fisherman of all types: streams and lakes, Puget Sound for salmon, deep sea, but his passion was for fly fishing the streams of upstate New York in his younger years with his childhood friend Biff Wyman and later on the Deerfield River in western Massachusetts while visiting his daughter, Karen. He was a long time member of Trout Unlimited, learned to make his own fishing flies and survived the tragic tip amputation of his beloved Orvis rod (“it’s NOT a pole”) by his car’s automatic window.
Roger joined the fishing club at Buena Vida staying active with fishing trips and organizing the club’s annual party. He is survived by his loving wife of 66 years, Joan K. Law of Wellington, FL, and two daughters; Karen Bressett of Madison, WI and Diane Gibson of Stamford, CT. Also mourning his loss are four grandchildren; Holly (Bressett) Bender of Madison, WI, Major Stephen Bressett of Montgomery, AL, and Brianna and Danielle Gibson of Stamford, CT.
Roger was also blessed with four great grandchildren. Missed will be Roger’s quiet but dependable loving support of all of his family’s endeavors, the endless hours sitting and playing with us on the beaches of Cape May, NJ, and the meticulous way he would brush off every visible grain of sand before storing chairs and toys. He was a master vacation car-packer, a truly accurate math homework checker, vicious gin-rummy opponent, playful coin trickster, and joke teller, willing grand kid babysitter, devoted dog walker.
He knew all the neighbors. The family would like to thank the West Palm Beach/Wellington EMT/paramedics for their responses to Roger’s medical needs, the numerous neighbors for their selfless help, the Bright Star Agency and their aides’ compassionate and patient care over the last 6 months, and most especially our dearest friends Patti and Frank Caruso for their long time and unfailing devotion to the Law family. In lieu of flowers, we suggest memorial contributions be made to Trout Unlimited at www.
tu.org “Donate Now” and/or West Palm Beach/Wellington first responders. At this time of sadness, your condolences, memories, stories and any pictures of Roger posted to his tribute page are a most welcome respite. Thank you.
In memorandum – Calling/visiting hours will be at the Law Residence 9250 Via Elegante in Buena Vida, Wellington, FL 33411 on Wednesday December 19th between 3pm-7pm. We hope you can join us to celebrate Roger with photos, stories, food and drink. Please call ahead if arriving from outside of the Buena Vida community for gate access.
413-522-2608 or 561-792-1266.
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