Dr. Fred A. Englert Jr., 86

SMYRNA - Dr. Fred A. Englert, Jr., formerly of Smyrna, passed away on Wednesday, May 27, 2009, in Nanticoke Memorial Hospital, Seaford, after a lengthy struggle with Alzheimer's. He was 86. Fred was born to Fred and Anna (Lukat) Englert in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Feb. 22, 1923. After attaining an academic diploma at the Newtown High School, New York, N.Y., on Jan. 29, 1941, he attended and later graduated from The New York School of Chiropractic on June 15, 1945, receiving his degree as a Doctor of Chiropractic Medicine. On May 28, 1944, he married Dorothy Ann Fritsch, also of New York, both moved to the Smyrna – Clayton area shortly after his graduation. He thoroughly enjoyed serving his community through his Chiropractic practices in Smyrna, Dover and Seaford; retiring after 47 years. Other interests included his membership in Harmony Lodge No. 13, and his avid love of outdoor sports including boating, fishing, crabbing and clamming in the waters of the Delaware Bay, Chester and Sassafras Rivers, Indian River Inlet, and Lake Como. He also maintained an interest in pistol and rifle marksmanship. Fred will be remembered for his resounding laughter during cherished visits with family and close friends. Fred is survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Dorothy Ann and Les Wick of Cottage Grove, Minn; his son, Fred A. Englert II of Suwanee, Ga.; his grandchildren, David (D.C.) and Mimi Wick of Cottage Grove, Minn., Daniel and Nicole Wick from Newport, Minn., Eric Englert of New York City, N.Y., and Kristen Englert of Suwanee, Ga. He is also survived by his sister and brother-in-law, Adele and Robert Rehbein of Brattleboro, Vt., his brother- and sister-in-law, Paul and Gerda Fritsch of Bayshore, N.Y., and his sister-in-law, Rose Fritsch of New York, N.Y. He was preceded in death by his wife, Dorothy Ann (Fritsch) Englert who passed in 1977; his son, Baby Englert who passed at birth in 1950; his father and mother, Fred and Anna Englert; and close friends, Mae Northwood, Dawson and Virginia Willis, and Gene and Harriet Christmann. The family wishes to extend their thanks to the skilled and compassionate staff and caregivers of the Country Rest Home, Greenwood, where Fred lived for the past four years. Services will be 2 p.m. Thursday June 4 at Matthews-Bryson Funeral Home, 123 W. Commerce Street, Smyrna, where friends may call from noon until 2 p.m. Masonic services will be held at 1:45 p.m. Burial will be at the family gravesite at Odd Fellows Cemetery, Smyrna. To send a condolence letter, visit www.delmarvaobits.com. "Music and laughter forever after…", Fred A. Englert, Jr., Senior Class Yearbook 1941, Newton High School, New York, N.Y.