Norman Frederick Wiss Jr., 93, died on Dec. 25, 2013, at his home in Short Hills, N.J. Relatives and friends are invited to attend a memorial service at Christ Church in Short Hills on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2014, at 1 p.m., with a reception to follow in the parish hall. Norm was born in Newark, N.J. on Jan. 23, 1920, the son of Norman F. and Mildred S. Wiss. He and his family moved to Short Hills in 1928. He attended the local schools and then graduated from Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass. in 1938 and Yale University with a bachelor of science degree in 1942. Norm enlisted in the United States Army in October 1942, serving in the Signal Corps at Fort Monmouth, N.J., and New Orleans, La. From February 1944 until the end of the World War II, he specialized as a radar repairman of aircraft equipment in the Asiatic-Pacific theatre in Darwin, Australia, and participated in the invasion of Luzon, Philippines; he was discharged in January 1946. Following the war he joined the family firm of J. Wiss and Sons, the manufacturer of shears and scissors founded in 1848 by his great-grandfather, Jacob Wiss, where he served as vice president and director. He was also a director of the Employees Association of New Jersey and the president of the Shears and Scissors Manufacturers Association. He was a co-founder of the New Jersey Tool Show, organizing and managing tool-and-die trade shows at the Morristown Armory. He finished his career working for Bell Atlantic. Norm was a member of Christ Church in Short Hills since 1928. He was the first member of Cub Scout Pack 1, with his mother being both a co-founder of the Cub Scouts in the United States, and the first chief den mother of Pack 1. For many years, he enjoyed his summers with his family in Avon, N.J., and Bay Head, N.J. Norm was a member of the Millburn Old Guard, the Yale Alumni Club and the Amateur Computer Group of New Jersey, where he was a co-founder and chair of the Investment SIG (Special Interest Group). Other interests include being a member of the Millburn Community Garden, Maplewood Garden Club, and the Watnong Chapter of the National Rock Garden Society. He is survived by his wife of 70 years, Ann Coulter Wiss, and his three children, Catherine J. Wiss and her husband, W. Christian Schumann, of Washington, D.C.; Donald C. Wiss of Brooklyn, N.Y., and N. Frederick Wiss III and his wife, Cathleen Daley of Weston, Mass.; also, he is survived by his three grandchildren, Sarah E. Schumann, Thomas C. Schumann, and Margaret J. Wiss. The family requests that in lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Christ Church in Short Hills, 66 Highland Ave., Short Hills, N.J. 07078.

Published in Star-Ledger on Jan. 12, 2014