Obituary
Fred C. Doerflein III (74) of New Smyrna Beach, Florida passed away peacefully on December 28, 2024. He was born in Newark, New Jersey on February 18, 1950 to Veronica and Fred Doerflein.
Fred graduated from Union High School, Union, New Jersey in 1968. He served in the US Army National Guard from 1969 to 1975.
Fred had an amazing career with Snap On Tools for 28 years achieving countless awards and made many lifetime friends.
Fred loved all music, particularly oldies, his antique cars and slot car racing. He loved riding his motorcycle, especially with his two sons. Fred had a terrific sense of humor, was always happy and very charming. The most important thing in the world to Fred was family and love.
Fred is predeceased by his parents Veronica and Fred Doerflein Jr., his step mother Eileen Doerflein., Sister Gail O’Neill and Brother Michael Doerflein.
Fred is survived by his loving and devoted wife of 39 years, Rosalie. Two sons and daughter in laws, Fred and Laura Doerflein and Paul and Mykila Doerflein. Grandson Paul Doerflein Jr. Brother and sister in law Richard and Phyllis Gaynor. Cousins William Knapp and Kenneth Mullaney. Joanne Doerflein, mother of Fred and Paul Doerflein. Many nieces and nephews.
Viewing will be held Tuesday, January 7th from 3 to 6 pm at the Baldwin Brothers Funeral & Cremation Society, 1 North Causeway, New Smyna Beach, FL.
A Catholic burial mass will be held Wedensday, January 8th at 11 am. at the Catholic Church of the Epiphany, 201 Lafayette Street, Port Orange, Fl.
In lieu us flowers, please make donations to St. Jude Hospital or Shriners Hospital.
You dwell in that safe place in our hearts,
Where no storm or night or pain can reach you.
Your love was like the dawn
Brightening over our lives
Awakening beneath the dark
A further adventure of colour.
The sound of your voice
Found for us
A new music
That brightened everything.
Whatever you enfolded in your gaze
Quickened in the joy of its being;
You placed smiles like flowers
On the altar of the heart.
Your mind always sparkled
With wonder at things.
Though your days here were brief,
Your spirit was live, awake, complete.
We look towards each other no longer
From the old distance of our names;
Now you dwell inside the rhythm of breath,
As close to us as we are to ourselves.
Though we cannot see you with outward eyes,
We know our soul's gaze is upon your face,
Smiling back at us from within everything
To which we bring our best refinement.
Let us not look for you only in memory,
Where we would grow lonely without you.
You would want us to find you in presence,
Beside us when beauty brightens,
When kindness glows
And music echoes eternal tones.
When orchids brighten the earth,
Darkest winter has turned to spring;
May this dark grief flower with hope
In every heart that loves you.
May you continue to inspire us:
To enter each day with a generous heart.
To serve the call of courage and love
Until we see your beautiful face again
In that land where there is no more separation,
Where all tears will be wiped from our mind,
And where we will never lose you again.
On the Death of the Beloved by John O’Donohue
Warren and Fred bbq kings
Love ; warren and Christine Thomas