R.D. James Edsall

R.D. James Edsall, age 92, passed away on Monday, June 30, 2014, at Newton Medical Center. Born in Hardyston to the late R.D. Edsall and Edith (Kelley) Edsall, he had lived in Sussex County all of his life.

Mr. Edsall had served in the United States Army during World War II.

Mr. Edsall had been employed as an inspector for 20 years with Borden Dairy Company until 1968 when he became a Health Inspector with the Sussex County Health Department, retiring in 1987. He was a member at the former Samaritan Lodge No. 98 in Hardyston for more than 50 years and is a current member of the Kittatinny Lodge. Mr. Edsall also was a member of the Sussex Elks Lodge and the Colesville Fire Department. He was predeceased by his wife, Jennie M. Swarts Edsall in 1995. Mr. Edsall is survived by his daughter, Nancy E. Osias and her husband, Gene, of Sussex and his grandson, Michael James Osias and his wife, Bobbi Jo, of Westtown, New York. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, July 7, 2014, at the Pinkel Funeral Home, 31 Bank St. (Route 23), Sussex. Interment will immediately follow at Clove Cemetery. Friends may pay their respects to the family on Sunday from 7-9 p.m.. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial donations may be made to the Wantage First Aid Squad, P.O. Box 721, Wantage, NJ 07461. Online condolences may be offered to the family at www.pinkelfuneralhome.com