Peter Schlotter

Peter John Schlotter, 73, of North Jackson, Pennsylvania, formerly of Union, New Jersey passed away peacefully on Saturday, April 21, 2012 after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Peter was a resident of Union for 62 years before retiring to North Jackson where he lived since 2001. Peter is survived by his beloved wife of 51 years Carole (nee Kumfert) and his loving children Darlene Stice and her husband Gene and Robert J. Schlotter. Peter is also survived by his adoring grandchildren Jennifer, Michelle and Danielle Stice and Patrick and Carrie Schlotter.

After graduating Union High School in 1956, Peter pursued a lifelong career as an automobile and truck mechanic. He first owned a Fargo Gas Station in Browntown, New Jersey and later co-owned with Walter Hansen a Gulf Gas Station on Stuyvesant and Gless Avenues in Union, New Jersey. He spent the remainder of his career, 31 years, employed by General Transervice in their aircraft re-fueling operations at both Newark and La Guardia airports. Peter also served in the Air National Guard for eight years. He was called up to active duty and deployed to France at the time of the Berlin Wall crisis in 1961.

Peter was an avid outdoorsman who loved surf fishing and boating at the Atlantic Highlands in New Jersey and hunting in New Jersey and Pennsylvania with his many friends and family members. He also enjoyed camping with his wife and children in Cape Cod, Massachusetts and the Outerbanks of North Carolina.

He spent his later years exploring the wonders of the outdoors with his grandchildren and teaching them the importance of preserving and protecting the environment for future generations. One of his greatest joys was spending time with his grandchildren teaching them how to fish.

Peter will be sadly missed by his family and many friends.

Friends and family may call on Friday, April 27 from 4-8 PM at the McCracken Funeral Home, 1500 Morris Avenue, Union, New Jersey. Funeral service will be held at the funeral home on Saturday, April 28, at 10:30 AM with the interment to follow at Hollywood Memorial Park, Union. In lieu of flowers, donations in Peter’s name may be made to the American Cancer Society, or the Commonwealth Home Health and Hospice of NEPA, Hospice Fund Donation 746 Jefferson Avenue, Scranton, PA 18510. For further information please visit www.mccrackenfuneralhome.com.