Tilghman Danny Ridgway Jr.

June 23, 1943 - September 29, 2012

Tilghman Daniel Ridgway Jr. 69, of Fairfield Twp. passed away on Saturday morning September 29, 2012 in South Jersey Healthcare Inpatient Hospice Center, Bridgeton. He had been seriously ill for only the past month. Born in Fairton, he was the son of Hester Ann (nee Cuff) Ridgway and the late Tilghman D. Ridgway Sr. Danny moved back to the Fairton area in 1998, and had previously lived in Michigan and Tennessee. Danny was employed as an Operating Engineer with Shul Mar Equipment Inc. and was instrumental in the building of marine transport cranes and equipment at many marinas up and down the eastern coast. He had a true passion for anything mechanical and was a member of the Wheels of Thunder Car Club. He was always seen at area car shows with one of his many antique hot rods. He also was an avid NASCAR, and Mark Martin fan, and loved spending time at the track with his brother Billy. He enjoyed fishing, playing golf, bowling, dirt bike motorcycle riding, and playing softball when he was younger. He was a member of the Nanticoke Lenni Lenape Indian Tribe of Bridgeton, and a US Army veteran serving during the Viet Nam War. Danny was always willing to help someone in need, and was hardly ever seen without a kind smile, and his pipe. He will truly be missed by many. Surviving him, besides his mother Hester of Fairton, are his two sons Tilghman Daniel Ridgway III, and his wife Jill of Michigan, and Dwayne Edward Ridgway and his wife Terri of Michigan, his companion Flossie Fisher of Fairton, two sisters Beulah A. “Bonnie” Watters of Fairton, Margaret J. “Peggy” Cossaboon and her husband James of Bridgeton, Thomas J. Ridgway and his wife Barbara of North Carolina, and William M “Billy” Ridgway and his wife Arlene of Fairton., two grandchildren Dwayne Ridgway Jr. and Deion Ridgway , and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends. Funeral services will be held on Saturday October 6, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. from the SRAY-WEBSTER FUNERAL HOME, 62 Landis Ave. at Carll’s Corner, Upper Deerfield Twp. The Rev. Herbert Pierce will officiate. Cremation and inurnment will take place in the Camden County Crematory, Waterford Twp. Friends may call on Friday evening from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at the funeral home and from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. on Saturday prior to the services