| Graduation Year | Class of 1969 |
| Date of Passing | Dec 09, 2017 |
| About | Andover Township- Lee Allen Rosenkrans, 66 formerly of Stillwater, passed away suddenly in the Morristown Medical Center on Dec.9,2017, following surgical complications. Born and raised in Stillwater, he lived there most of his life before moving to Andover Townshiip nine years ago. Son of the Late Floyd Hill Rosenkrans and Marion(Roe)Martin, Lee was a graduate of the Newton High School Class of 1969, He had also attended Sussex County Community College to enhance his computer skills. Lee had a long and fulfilling career with the former United Telephone Co of Newton and Lafayette, retiring in 1985 as an outside facilities technician. With a love of baseball, Lee was instrumental in establishing boys Little League in Stillwater where he served as a coach. In addition to his coaching, he was an ardent N.Y. Yankees and Giants fan. A former member of the Stillwater Area Volunteer Fire Dept., he was also a member of the United Sportsman Gun Club, Fredon, as well as the NRA. An avid fisherman, he also enjoyed bow and shotgun hunting. Following his retirement. Lee began coin, sports card and memorabilia collecting. His ancestry sparked his love of Washington, with many connections to Sussex County, The Van Campen Inn as well as the naming of the Sons of the American Revolution Sussex County Chapter, the Rosenkrans Family was instrumental in the infancy of Sussex County and the Walpack/Layton areas Survivors include his beloved wife of 43 years, Kathleen Teresa (D'Annibale) Rosenkrans; his son,Kyle L. Rosenkrans and his fiance', Laurel Dumont, of Montclair, and his daughter, Krista L. and her husband, Justin Mendola, of Fredon. Also surviving are his sisters, Jeanne Marion Brown,of Hampton Township,Lois Theresa Rosenkrans and her companion, Thomas James Battles, of Newton,and Lisa Ethel and her husband, David Machesney, of Knowlton, his grandchildren, Leo Rosenkrans, Luciano and Sofia Lynn Mendola;as well as his many nieces, nephews and cousins in New Jersey, Florida, Colorado and Alabama. Funeral services will be hold Saturday Dec. 16, in the Iliff-Ruggiero Funeral Home, Route 206, 156 Main St. Newton. Visitation will be held in the funeral home 2-4 and 7-9 p.m., on Friday Dec. 15 as well as Saturday Dec.16, In lieu of flowers, memorials in Lee's memory may be made to either the Stillwater Area Vol. Fire Dept., 929 Stillwater Road, Stillwater, or the American Heart Association www.heart.org. Online condolences. New Jersey Herald on Dec 13, 2017 Geraldine Winters |
