Obituary of Edward F Meharg

Edward Ferdinand Meharg was born on October 30, 1924 in Evanston Illinois. He attended grade school in Bloomfield N.J. and graduated summa cum laude from Bloomfield High School. Edward attended Princeton University for his freshman year in 1942, joining the wrestling team and developing a life long love for physics. In 1943 he joined the US Navy Reserves as part of the Navy's V-12 and V-7 officer training program at Cornell and Columbia Universities. At the bottom of the Hudson River he learned hard hat diving and underwater welding. Immediately after the war, as an ensign, Edward served aboard rescue and salvage ship the USS Conserver. While serving on the Conserver, he participated in the 1946 Bikini Atoll atomic bomb test "Able" monitoring radiation levels aboard target ships. He continued to serve in the Naval Reserves through 1955. With majors in Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University, Edward retired at age seventy after working nearly forty years for Union Carbide Corporation in Bound Brook NJ. While at Union Carbide, Edward was a pioneer in developing the first computer codes for microprocessors monitoring chemical processes, making manufacturing safer for workers minding chemical vats and mixers. He was a much loved husband, father and grandfather who was devoted to his family. He worshiped and served in many ways from Senior Warden to church maintenance man at Covenant Chapel Reformed Episcopal Church in Basking Ridge. He also served on many committees for the Reformed Episcopal Denomination, for forty seven years. His love for Jesus was demonstrated on many occasions when he gave his time, his home and financial assistance to his church, friends, family and the strangers he met. Throughout his life he would have meaningful conversations with those he met from all walks of life, races and religions, a trait he has now passed on to his children and grandchildren. In 1959 he married Janice Collver Meharg and had three children. He leaves behind his wife Janice of 59 years and sister Virginia Meharg Silliphant. He also leaves behind his children Amy, Daniel and David and David's wife Helen Kim Meharg, and six grandchildren, Jonathan, Grace, Joshua, Joanna, Olivia and Maya Meharg. His three nieces, Hope, Leslie and Wendy remained close to him throughout his life as well. William Erwin and Mary Earl are his close first cousins. Graveside Service will be held on Saturday, September 2, 2017, 10:30am at Somerset Hills Memorial Park, 95 Mt. Airy Road, Basking Ridge, NJ, 07920. Memorial Service will follow at Covenant Chapel Reformed, 127 W. Oak Street, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920, 11:30am. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in his memory to a church or the nonprofit of your choice. For further information, or to light an online condolence candle please visit www.gcfuneralhome.com