Joseph T. Schoch Jr., 68, passed away on Saturday May 19th, 2018 at home in Glen Ridge.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral from the O’Boyle Funeral Home, 309 Broad St. Bloomfield on Thursday at 9 AM. The funeral mass will be offered at Sacred Heart Church, 76 Broad St. Bloomfield at 10:30 AM. Interment Brigadier General William C. Doyle Memorial Cemetery. Visitation was on Wednesday. Please express condolences at www.oboylefuneralhome.com
Born in Upper Darby, PA, Joe lived in most of his life in Glen Ridge. He was a graduate of Glen Ridge High School before attending Seton Hall University and Aurora College. He worked for IBM in New York City for many years retiring in 2008.
Joe was an Army Veteran of the Viet Nam War earning 2 Bronze Stars, The National Defense Service Metal, as well as many other accolades.
Joe was the husband of Linda Schoch (nee Abernethy) for 45 years; father of Joseph T. Schoch III, Jennifer Hyacinth Schoch and Michael Stephen Schoch; brother of Eleanor Horgan and her husband Michael, Charles and his wife Kathy, Daniel and his wife Ellen, Margaret Heesen and her husband Jean, Michael and his wife Cheryl, John and his wife Teresa and Philip and his wive Gail.