Portal:Burnett Peter Van Deusen
Burnett Peter Van Deusen (1913-1993) was a magnetic ink salesman at Sun Chemical in Jersey City, New Jersey. He always went by the name "Pete Van Deusen." (b. November 10, 1913, Albany, Albany County, New York, USA - d. October 31, 1993, Montville, Morris County, New Jersey, USA)
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Burnett Peter Van Deusen
Burnett Peter Van Deusen
[edit]- Van Deusen (1993)
- His death. "Van Deusen, B. Peter, of Montville. formerly of Fairfield and Jersey City, on Sunday, October 31, 1993. Husband of Naida Freudenberg Van Deusen. Father of N. Lynn Bode of West Milford, Joan E. Schwendel of Lake Hopatcong; and S. Penny Linson of Kinnelon. Grandfather of David, Diana, Craig, Toni Lynn, Mark, Paul, Beth, Tracy, Christy, April and John. Greatgrandfather of Amanda, Sean, Kris, Erik, Lauren, Paul, A.J. and Craig. Funeral service in the Trinity Lutheran Church, North Caldwell, on Wednesday at 10 30 a.m. Visiting in the Farmer Funeral Home, 45 Roseland Ave. (at Eagle Rock Avenue), Roseland, today 2-4, 7-9 p.m. Interment Restland Memorial Park, East Hanover, New Jersey. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Memorial Fund of the Trinity Lutheran Church would be appreciated."
- Peter Van Deusen: "You just act. The thing happens and you jump, or do whatever you have to do. I believe you have to think later, you don't have time to think. Its like when your playing ball, I guess, and if your pitching and the batter hits one straight back at the box. Its an instinctive thing to put the glove up to protect yourself, you don't have time to think, you just act first." Interviewer: "How does it feel to be a hero now?" Peter Van Deusen: "I don't feel like I'm a hero. I mean there were a lot of people mixed up in this. There was the woman that hollered, the man that gave him mouth to mouth, the rescue squad. It took a lot of us to really do the job. I just happened to be the one that was in the pool."
- Mrs. Linette M. C. Van Dusen (1942)
- Death of his mother. "Following a brief illness, Mrs. Linette M. Curlhair Van Dusen [sic], died today in the Medical Center. Mrs. Van Dusen, who was the wife of the late Benjamin S. Van Dusen, Sr., was 69 years old. Born in Maine, New York. [sic], she had resided in Jersey City since 1922. She was a member of Browne Memorial Church and active in the societies of the church. Surviving her are her two daughters, Mrs. Mildred Smith and Mrs. Lillian Reeve and two sons, Peter and Benjamin S., Jr. A sister, Miss Nora Curlhair also survived."
See also
[edit]- Portal:Abraham Pietersen van Deursen, his ancestor
- Portal:Benjamin S. Van Deusen I, his father
- Portal:Lynette Mae Curlhair, his mother