Vincent Theodore Schuster

Vincent T. Schuster, age 98 of Port Orange Fla. and New Smyrna Beach Fla., formerly of Cresskill, Toronto Canada and Irvine, Ca. passed away of natural causes, surrounded by his family on August 30, 2021. H was born on January 9, 1923 in West New York, New Jersey father Theodore L. Schuster and mother Catherine A. Schuster. Graduate of Cliffside Park High School, 1940. Bachelor of Science degree New York University 1947. Masters of Business Administration New York University 1954. Served during World War II as a rifleman with Company G, 377 Infantry Regiment of the 95th Division, which was part of Patton’s Third Army in Europe. He was wounded in combat on November 4, 1944, near Metz France. He was awarded a Purple Heart, Combat Infantry Badge and French Knight Legion of Honor. After the war he worked for the United States War Department and the State Department in West Germany, stationed in Berlin and Stuttgart. He later became military governor of Kitizingen an Mein, Bavaria. After he returned from Germany he began his insurance career in 1950 working for Safeco Insurance and subsequently with the Travelers Insurance, General Reinsurance Co. and Canadian Indemnity Insurance Corp. While at the General Reinsurance Company he became Senior Vice President in charge of bonding and credit Reinsurance World Wide. From 1952 to 1957 he was an instructor with the American Insurance Institute of Banking for Passaic and Bergen County New Jersey. Mr. Schuster was predeceased in death by his wife Elaine in November 1977 and his wife Barbara in April 2013. He is survived by his son Steven, wife Jean and grandsons Ryan and Kevin of Cresskill, NJ and daughter Karen Rizio, husband Ron, grandson Douglas and granddaughter Elaine of Waldwick, N.J. Also, his sister Irene Hubin, Saddle River N.J., brother-in-law Richard Danis of Storrs Conn. He was a long-time member of the Spruce Creek Country Club, Port Orange Fla., where he was president. He was also a member of the New York Athletic Club and the Tenafly Tennis Club. He enjoyed playing golf and tennis playing in the Greater Volusia Tennis League from 1987 -2007. He enjoyed spending time with his family at the beach. He was also active in the Disabled Veterans Organization and a volunteer for the para-Olympics. He never met a stranger he didn’t like and was an optimist his entire life. Visitation on Thursday, September 2, 2021, from 4-8PM at Barrett Leber Funeral Home, 148 Dean Drive, Tenafly. Service at 7:30PM, Thursday. Interment private. In lieu of flowers please send donations to the Salvation Army and disabled veterans’ organizations.