George E. Egli
- December 27, 2006

George E. Egli, age 99 whent home to His Lord on Wednesday, December 27, 2006. Born in Orange, NJ he lived in the Pines Lakes section of Wayne and Briny Breezes, Florida. George was an Educator in the Ridgewood School System and retired as Assistant Principal of the George Washington School, in 1973, after 38 years of dedicated service.

He also served as Associate Pastor of the Jacksonville Chapel with Rev. Thomas Allen. He was a member of the Christian Businessmen's Association and Gideons; he was former director of Camp Brookwoods, Alton, NH. Surviving is his wife Maria Braun Egli of Franklin Lakes, two sons, David Egli of Wyckoff and and John (Jack) Egli of Delaware, Ohio, his daughter, Suzanne Egli Hanna of Dublin, Ohio. His grandchildren, Paul D. Egli of San Francisco, CA, Kathaleen Hanna Stephenson of Surrey, England, Suzanna Hannan of Southerland, Cincinnati, OH and Julie Hanna, Dublin, Ohio. Also surviving are five great-grandchildren.

His step-children, Elizabeth Braun Lane of Westchester, NY, John Braun M.D. of Ellicott City, MD, David Braun of Effort, PA, Deborah Braun Hanson of Phoenix, AZ and Katharine Braun of Franklin Lakes, NJ and three step-grandchildren. He was predeceased by his first wife Dorothy Egli in 1999.

In lieu of flowers donations to Christian Camps and Conferences, c/o Camp Brookwoods, 34 Brookwoods Rd., Alton, NH 03809 or Good Shepherd Mission Inc., 336 Broadway, Paterson, NJ 07501 would be appreciated.

Published in The Record and Herald News on 12/28/2006

While I never attended GW I knew Uncle George. I call him uncle George because that is how all campers at Brookwoods referred the the staff. I went to summer camp there for about five years and Uncle George was the boat house director. Here I got to know him a little and can tell you he was a great a teacher as he was an administrator.

I did have one very funny incident at GW though. My friend Chuck and I had been invited to attend a dance there. Well some how during the evening the word went out that there were two BF guys at the dance and a small group started to look for us, I guess to 'welcome' us to the other side of town. At this point I spotted Uncle George and went over to talk with him. It was clear from his reaction that he knew me and as the welcoming committee spotted us, they quickly disbursed and the rest of the dace was enjoyed by all.

Good by sir, you enriched many, many lives.

Pete Hoch