William F. Englehardt Jr.

June 18, 1942 - June 25, 2021

William (Bill) Englehardt (79), of Toms River NJ, passed away on June 25th 2021. Bill was born in 1942 to William and Margery Englehardt in Elizabeth, NJ. He grew up in Clifton, graduating Clifton High School in 1960. He went on to attend Newark Institute of Technology and graduated in 1964. In 1963 Bill met Claire (Lenthe) and were wed in 1965. After graduation from NIT, Bill entered active military service. In 1966 Bill served in Vietnam as a 2nd Lieutenant earning the Bronze Star for Valor, Purple Heart (Valor), Combat Infantryman’s Badge, Army Commendation Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Campaign Medal, and Vietnam Service Medal. He was also promoted to the rank of 1st Lieutenant. After returning from Vietnam, Bill earned his MBA in Finance from Rutgers University. Bill and Claire went on to have 2 children, Scott and Tom and ended up residing in his childhood hometown of Clifton, NJ where they would spend the next 30+ years. Bill was employed by NBC, New York. Here he spent his entire career in the Finance Group of News 4 New York. Upon retirement in 2001, Bill and Claire moved to Bayville NJ and then to Toms River NJ in 2018. Bill was a humble and dedicated family man and everything he did was with the intent to spend as much time as possible with family. He was a devoted husband to Claire for over 55 years, loving father to Scott and Tom, and proud Grandfather to Cory and Lanie. He had a lifelong passion for fishing and boating and spent much of his retirement doing so. He enjoyed taking meticulous care of his dogs. He was also not one to spend much time sitting around and endlessly “tinkered” around the house keeping everything organized impeccably maintained. Bill is predeceased by his father William and mother Margery. He is survived by his wife Claire and his two son’s; Scott; his wife Debbi and their 2 children Cory and Melanie and Thomas and his wife Dawn, and his brother Wayne. A viewing service will be held on Wednesday, June 30th at Silverton Memorial Funeral Home, Toms River NJ between the hours of 2-4pm and 6-8pm. A funeral mass for family and close friends will be held at St. Luke’s in Toms River NJ on Thursday, July 1st at 10:30AM, everyone can arrive at funeral home 9:30AM to follow to Church.