- Date Of Birth: January 9, 1945
- Date Of Death: November 9, 2016
- State: New Jersey
Joel Rosenbaum, 72, of Eatontown passed away on Wednesday, November 9, 2016 at Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch. He was born in Jersey City, New Jersey having lived in Linden and Asbury Park before moving to Eatontown 25 years ago. Joel served in the US Armed Forces from 1966 to 1970. He held the rank of Captain serving as Chief Forecaster of the USAF in the 14th Detachment, 26 Weather Squad in Cam Rohm Bay, Vietnam. He received excellent reviews from his commanders and was honorably discharged awarded the National Distinguished Service Medal, Viet Nam Service Medal and the Republic of Viet Nam Campaign Medal. He worked at Bayshore Community Hospital as a Respiratory Therapist Supervisor and held an accredited membership to the National Board for Respiratory Care. He held undergraduate degrees from Rutgers and Texas A & M Universities.
Joel was interested in railroads and railroad history obtaining his first formal recognition as a boy scout earning a “Railroading Badge.” Growing up in Linden close to the Pennsylvania Railroad Main Line, train studying and watching was a daily occurrence. He later commuted locally and long distance by train often.
Joel is predeceased by his father, Herman Rosenbaum, and mother, Mae Zall of Jersey City and Goldie, his loving retriever. He is survived by his sister, Sara Rosenbaum, his former wife Dona L. Brown of Pennsylvania, two step daughters, Christine and Lauren Scott of New Jersey and his friends of 41 years Tom and Lona Joyce Gallo of Keyport.
