Frederick Samuel Boronow

Frederick Samuel Boronow was born to Hans and Rose (Shapiro) Boronow in Queens, New York on May 2, 1924 and grew up with four siblings in Queens, the Bronx and Brooklyn, NY. He graduated from high school six weeks after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Fred then worked at Wall Street as a clerk and enlisted in the Army Reserve Corps. He went to school at RCA Institutes to learn radio and TV repair and worked repairing radios and as a tester in a transformer factory until he was called to active service in the Signal Corps. In his words, the Army gave him a tour of Georgia, Tennessee and Texas before sending him to England and then France in time for the Battle of Saint-Lo in July of 1944. His assignment of setting up communication lines for the Army took him through France, Holland, Belgium, Germany and back to France. Following his time in Europe, he was assigned to the Pacific Islands and after a trip through the Panama Canal and two months at sea, he arrived in Okinawa, Japan. When the war ended he was sent to Seattle and then to New Jersey for discharge.

Fred started college at Columbia University in NY and on June 7, 1947 married Inez Armstrong in Flushing, NY. Fred and Inez met at their Chapel in NY and Inez was in the Cadet Nurse Corps during World War ll. After marriage Fred and Inez first lived in a furnished room in Brooklyn, and later in two rooms. When their family was on the way Fred transferred to NYU so he could go to school at night. They then bought an old house in Queens and while working full time and going to night school took on the repair and re-decorating of the house. He worked as a craftsman in the NY Telephone Company and then in a micro-lab at Bell Labs. With several small children now in the family, they sold the house in Queens and bought a small house in Verona, New Jersey. He returned to the NY Telephone Company, graduated from NYU and worked as an engineer. When the family of seven outgrew their house, they moved to a larger house in Verona and eventually downsized to a ranch in North Caldwell, NJ. Fred also worked in Traffic and in Personnel before retiring. In post-retirement, he worked part time for two years at Bellcore, Inc.

Fred was active in Voices of the Vineyard, a Christian outreach, and he became a Director around 1968. When Voices of the Vineyard became part of Christian Missions in Many Lands (CMML) Fred continued as a Board member and Secretary. He remained active in foreign missionary work through CMML throughout his life. During their years in Verona, New Jersey, Fred and Inez were actively involved and brought up their five children at Grace Chapel in Caldwell. Fifteen years after retiring, Fred and Inez moved to Pines Village in Whiting, New Jersey. Following their move to Whiting, they became active at Bethany Bible Chapel in Toms River, NJ. After Inez went home to be with the Lord in 2011, Fred remained at Pines Village. He stayed active in service by giving rides and running errands for friends and helping as part of the CMML office staff. He led Bible Studies for many years for Pines residents and in later years was happy to be able to attend Zoom meetings and listen to speakers at Bethany Chapel and other locations. Fred was a reader, mostly of Biblical subjects, and in each of their homes there were several bookcases and a stack of actively used books. He did a daily Sudoku puzzle and enjoyed using FaceTime to stay in touch with his family. Many of his family, extended family and friends enjoyed a celebration of his 100th birthday in May of 2024 at Pines Village.

Fred is survived by his five children; daughter Ellen Parkinson and sons George (Lynne), Gordon (Ann), William (Mary), and John (Arlene), and by twelve grandchildren and fourteen great grandchildren. He is also survived by two brothers, Eugene Boronow and Walter (Betty) Boronow and his sister, Jeanette Morhaim, and by numerous nieces, nephews, great nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his wife Inez, his parents Hans and Rose Boronow, and Inez's parents, John and Janet (Murray) Armstrong, his son-in-law, Malcolm Parkinson, his brothers-in-law, Victor Morhaim and Robert Kennaway, his brother and sister-in-law Arthur and Joan Boronow, sisters-in-law Mary Boronow and Janet Kennaway, and nephews John Kennaway and Richard Kennaway.

Fred Boronow’s legacy was his service to others, his family, the churches where he fellowshipped and the senior community where he lived for nearly 25 years. He lived every day to glorify God and he taught us how to live by faith. He is now home with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

Friends and Family are invited to a Memorial Service on Saturday, March 1, 2025 at 11:00 a.m. at The Pines Village Town Hall, 509 Route 530 in Whiting, NJ with Mark Kolchin of Bethany Bible Chapel officiating.

A private military burial will be at Brigadier General William C. Doyle Memorial Cemetery in Wrightstown, NJ.

In lieu of flowers or gifts, memorials may be made in his name to:

Christian Missions in Many Lands, Inc, PO Box 13, Spring Lake, NJ 07762

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me, even if he dies, will live." John 11:25 CSB

Anderson & Campbell Funeral Home in Whiting, NJ is in charge of the funeral arrangements. For more information or to post a tribute, please visit www.andersoncampbellwhiting.com.