| Arthur E. Schaare
November 28, 1927 - July 6, 2006
 Arthur E. Schaare, 78, of Washington, NJ, passed away peacefully on Thursday, July 6, 2006 at his daughter Shelly’s home surrounded by his family.
Born: On November 28, 1927 in Lyndhurst, NJ, he was a son of the late C. Richard and Evelyn Schaare.
Personal: He and his high school sweetheart, Eva, were married for 60 years. Arthur was a resident of Washington for the past 50 years, moving there from Boonton, NJ. Art was employed by the Blairstown Board of Education for 35 years before retiring in 1990. He was a teacher, coach, athletic director, and principal of Blairstown High School before becoming superintendent of Blairstown Elementary School. Art was a Phys Ed teacher. He coached basketball, baseball, and boys and girls softball. He also was a golf teacher at Northampton Community College. He graduated from Washington High School, Class of 1946 and from East Stroudsburg State College where he co-captained the football, wrestling, and baseball teams from 1951 to 1954. He earned his Masters Degree in Education from Seton Hall University. Art served proudly as a paratrooper in the Army’s 11th Airborne during the occupation of Japan. Art and his wife spent many winter months vacationing in Florida.
Memberships: He was a member of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church of Washington. Art was president of the Little Four Conference in 1959. He was past chairman of Warren County Superintendent Roundtable, and was past chair of the Warren County Legislation Committee. He was past president of Northwest Jersey Conference, and was past president of the Warren County Council of School Administrators. He was past president and served on the Executive Committee of NJSIAA. He refereed wrestling, football, and basketball. He could always be found at Harkers Hollow Golf Club in Harmony Township where he was a 46 year member and served for 30 years on the board. Art was president of the club in 1977-78.
Survivors: In addition to his loving wife, Eva, he is survived by four daughters, Sharon Moore and April Pagano of Somerset, Shelly Sbriscia and her husband Butch of Washington, and Tracey Kappus and her husband Tom of Washington; three sons, Art Jr. and his wife Lori of Alpha, David and his wife Donna of Phillipsburg, and Mark and his wife Donna of Toms River; three brothers, Robert of Washington, Albert of Oxford, and Mennett of Arizona; a sister, Darleen Schott of Oxford; and 16 grandchildren, ages 8 months to 33 years. Two brothers, Chris and Allen, both died earlier.
Services: Visitation will be on Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 9 p.m. at the Warren Hills/Ford Memorial Home, 234 West Washington Avenue, Washington, NJ. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Monday at 11 a.m. in the church, 200 W. Carlton Avenue, Washington, NJ. Burial will be in St. Joseph Cemetery, Washington. Funeral arrangements are entrusted to the Warren Hills/Ford Memorial Home, Washington, NJ. To send online condolences, please visit www.warrenhillsmemorialhome.com.
Memorials: In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Karen Ann Quinlan Hospice, 99 Sparta Avenue, Newton, NJ 07860; or to the Washington Emergency Squad, 100 Belvidere Avenue, Washington, NJ 07882.
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From: Edward and Joanne Iskra-Chubb
Condolence: Dear Eve and family,
Having known and adored Art for 33 years, I feel an overwhelming sadness on the news of his death. I am so very, very sorry that I was not able to come to see him, due to family matters out of state. I came home a day early to come see him, only to be stunned by the tragic news. I hope the card I sent him from Florida arrived and that he was able to understand that I wanted to be there to see him.
Art Schaare gave me a job long ago, but he was not only my boss, he also took it upon himself to also be a surrogate father to me since my own father, also born in November 1927, lived 700 miles away. He always offered his opinion on what I should and shouldn't do. My three sons send their sympathy as well. Two of them are also paratroopers, so were in the special brotherhood that Art shared with them.
I feel a profound loss, as I know you all do. He was an icon of a man whose gentleness and kindness filled a room simply with his presence. I was fortunate to spend many New Year's Eve's with you, Eve, and Art at Harkers. I so enjoyed catching up with all the news and seeing you both then. It was always exciting to have him visit at school, too.
You, his family, meant everything in the world to him. He always had kind and loving things to say about you, Eve, and the children and grandchildren. He truly was a man for all seasons and one of our greatest generation's heroes. Knowing that so many share your pain and grief, I hope will be of some comfort to you.
May God Bless our beloved Art Schaare and may God comfort you all during this time of profound sadness. I know that God will hold Art in the palm of his hand, and congratulate him for a job well done here on earth. He will be sorely missed. Our deepest sympathy to you all.
Love, Joanne and Ed
----------------------------------------------------------------------From: Jane Horn
Condolence: To the Schaare family,
Please know that many are thinking of you with heartfelt sympathy at the loss of your husband and father. I first got to meet a few of your family members when I was a first grade teacher at Washington Memorial School. All of the staff respected your family. Tracy, I can still remember that yearbook picture of you wrapping a sycamore tree with cotton for Mrs. Santo's (she may have been Miss Caesar then)classroom Christmas tree. It was quite the trend then for those of us who lived in PA. At that time we were departmentalized and students changed classes for reading and math. It was then that I got to know David and Mark. I forget which subject I taught you, but Mark I can remember you falling into the wastebasket in first grade. You gave us all a good laugh. I left Memorial in 1974 to have my first baby and didn't return to Memorial School. It was in 1984 that your dad remembered me and hired me as a first grade teacher at Blairstown Elem. I have the utmost respect for him- what a guy. He had a knack of sizing people up and knowing who would make a nurturing teacher. What a great group of teachers working together. We all loved him and respected him. He treated us all as professionals and we always knew we could count on him making our school run like a well oiled machine. We used to tease him about he he could stretch a dollar and that he acted like money we needed for supplies was like money coming out of his pocket. And all those jokes about Eve,but we all knew how much he loved you. I was lucky enoough to be chosen to work as a reading coach for the NJDept. of Ed. a few years ago. It was then that I got to meet and work with many administrators from NJ schools. None could come up to the standards of Mr. Schaare. I told him that and I know that he loved hearing those words. I am now a reading specialist at a different district but my memories at Blairstown Elem. remain my most cherished. The world of education has lost one of its best. With sincere thoughts, sympahty, and prayers, Jane Horn
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