Obituary of Helmut Schwochert

Helmut Schwochert, 70, of Whiting Station, Whiting, passed away Wednesday, July 28, 2010 at home after a long battle with melanoma. Born in Cologne, Germany, he lived in Freehold before moving to Whiting in 1995. Helmut was a project manager for AT&T/Lucent Technologies in Holmdel, NJ until he retired in 2002. He was a radio operator in the US Army, stationed in Germany from 1960 to 1964. He was a marksman and received the Good Conduct Medal. He was a volunteer driver for C.A.R.E.S. Dial-A-Ride, Whiting and was a member of the Board of Trustees of Whiting Station. He is survived by his wife, Doris; two children, Claus Schwochert and Lisa Terefenko and her husband, Mark, all of Florida; one sister-in-law, Ursula Weise of Germany; one brother-in-law, Walter Gromer and his wife, Doris and three grandchildren, Makensie and Nicholas Terefenko of Florida and Gabriella Schwochert of Beachwood. A memorial gathering will be held from 11 to 12:30 p.m., Monday, August 2nd, at Manchester Memorial Funeral Home, 28 Schoolhouse Road, Whiting followed by a memorial service at 12:30 p.m. at the funeral home. Inurnment will be at Brig. Gen. William C. Doyle Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Arneytown. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, 1035 Hooper Avenue, Toms River, NJ 08753 or Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Melanoma Research, P.O. Box 27106, New York, NY 10087-7106.