William Binninger, printer, veteran

William H. Binninger, 78, a retired printer and World War II combat veteran, died Dec. 1 in Laurel Ridge nursing home on Route 7. He was the husband for 47 years of Rita Binninger and the father of Lori Decaminada, both of Ridgefield.
He was born in Germany in 1923, the son of William and Margaret Binninger, and immigrated to the U.S. with his parents as a young child. He grew up in Queens, N.Y. In World War II Mr. Binninger was a U.S. Army infantryman who fought in the battle of Normandy.
He lived most of his life in Queens, and worked for more than 30 years as a printer for the New York Daily News.
Mr. Binninger and his wife moved to Ridgefield six years ago and lived with their daughter Lori and son-in-law Gene Decaminada at 32 Craigmoor Road South.
“He was a family man,” Ms. Decaminada said.
Besides his wife and daughter in Ridgefield he is survived by another daughter, Suzanne Binninger of Manhasset, N.Y.; a son and a daughter-in-law, William J. and Anna Binninger of Glen Head, N.Y.; and two grandsons, William Binninger of Glen Head and Noah Decaminada of Ridgefield.
Services were on Wednesday in Manhasset, N.Y.