Edward Horaj, Army veteran of Korea
Edward Anton Horaj of 7 Pine Lake Road, a U.S. Army veteran who served in Korea and was a retired baking technician, died on Tuesday evening, Oct. 24, at Danbury Hospital. The husband of Clara Weber Horaj, he was 68.
Mr. Horaj was born in New York, N.Y., April 9, 1932, a son of the late Anton and Mary (Scurka) Horaj. He attended New York schools.
He was employed by Caravan Products of Totowa, N.J., retiring in 1982.
An avid fisherman, Mr. Horaj had lived in Ridgefield for the past 21 years, having moved here from Queens, N.Y. He was a member of St. Mary’s Church.
In addition to his wife, to whom he had been married 43 years, he leaves a brother, Frank Horaj of Windham, N.H., as well as nieces and nephews.
A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated on Saturday at 10 a.m. in St. Mary’s Church. Burial will follow in St. Mary’s Cemetery. Friends will be received in the Kane Funeral Home, 41 Catoonah Street on Friday from 5 to 8 p.m.
Contributions in Mr. Horaj’s memory may be made to the Visiting Nurse Association, 90 East Ridge, Ridgefield, or to the Danbury Hospital Development Fund, 24 Hospital Avenue, Danbury, CT 06810.