Obituary of Roy Edward Gustavson

April 5, 1-939 - September 16, 2018

After battling pancreatic cancer for almost a year, Gus passed away on September 16 at home in

Manalapan, NJ, surrounded by his family.

Gus is survived by his wife of over 51 years, Marie; son Scott and his wife Stephanie of Chesapeake, VA;

daughter Melanie and her husband Shawn of Rumson, NJ; Five Grandchildren: Sydney, Morgan, Ashley,

Erika and Spencer. He was a NY Rangers fanatic, a season ticket holder since 19G8. He was a graduate

of Farleigh Dickenson University with a BS in Electrical Engineering. He was employed by the NJDOTT,

Electrical Bureau, inr Trenton NJ for 40 years. Gus loved to ski and in his younger days, play tennis. He

was a huge baseball fan, and well before Google and Siri existed, Gus was a walking encyclopedia qf

baseball history ancl facts. He was a volunteer Manager at Manalapan Little League for over 30 years;

by hand he wrote a weekly newsletter called the "Cardinals Magazine" with players stats, and included

game summaries called "Redbird Chirps". He was pre-deceased by his parents, Ragnhild and Johrr.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the Lustgarten Foundation for pancreatic

cancer research, at lustgarten.org.