Matzal, MD,  Edmund O.

Edmund O. Matzal, MD, 76 , died  06/10/10 in  St. Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, NJ.  Edmund lived in  Livingston, NJ since February 2010 coming from White Township (Belvidere), NJ and was born in Newark, NJ on 07/01/33.

Husband/Wife of: Bridget (Comer) Matzal.

Son/Daughter of: the only child of Leopold Charles and Elsa (Grasme) Matzal.

Survived By: Wife of eleven years-Bridget Comer Coffey Matzal, Livingston, NJ
2 Sons-Anton Matzal, Hackettstown, NJ; Stefan and his wife Sarah Matzal, Syracuse, NY
2 Daughters-Anna and her husband Ralph Tillinghast, Hardwick, NJ; Laura and her husband Will Sell, Corbin, KY
Bridget's daughter-Jennifer McCann, East Hampton, NY
Many grandchildren and step grandchildren
He was predeceased by his first wife-Carolyn Zebrowski Matzal

Occupation: He was a Medical Doctor and was employed at the Rehabilitation Medicine Associates in West Orange and Newark facility

Veteran Info: He served as a medic in the U.S. Army Reserves until 1970.

Additional Information:  Graduate of Newark Academy, 1951, Cornell University, 1955 and Albany Medical College, 1961. He practiced at Dover General Hospital and St. Barnabas, specializing in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. In 1979 he helped to found the NJ Pain and Rehabilitation Institute, Randolph, NJ and served as medical director; also as medical director of Life Services International. He was involved in New Jersey politics in the late 1960's and 70's, working especially in opposition in attempts to establish a NJ State Income Tax and taking part in the national "tax strike" movement. He appeared on the ballot in 1976 in NJ as a candidate for Vice President of the United States on the American Party line. He was an inventor. Though only one of his ideas was brought to production and sales, he worked on numerous devices, including an automatic page turner for musicians, a leather strap for straightening the ankle of stroke victims, a two-flag holder for a fifty-star and a Betsy Ross flag, a wall-hanging notepad called the "Tele-Desk," a programmable pill container with reminder chime, a hand held luggage tote, a ski tote, a salmon spread and a game called Tao. He loved ice skating, downhill skiing, creation science, classical music, the Austrian school of economics and German literature and culture. He was particularly fond of representational art, his father's paintings above all. In 1997 he converted from deism to Christianity.

Visitation: Sunday, June 13, 2010, 1:00 - 2:00 PM at the Cochran Funeral Home, 905 High St., Hackettstown, NJ 07840

Services: 2:00 PM following the visitation- at the Cochran Funeral Home

In Lieu of Flowers: Memorial to the Institute for Creation Research, 1806 Royal Lane, Dallas, TX 75229

Interment: Hope Moravian Cemetery, Hope, NJ 07844