Ventnor pharmacist, sundae maker passes away at age 97

Edward S. Trautenberg

VENTNOR He served up ice cream sodas along with life-saving medications at his Ventnor drug store. Edward S. Trautenberg, who operated Edward's Pharmacy at Ventnor and Wyoming avenues from 1947 to 1962, passed away Oct. 14. He, and his surviving spouse, Beatrice, were well regarded by the community.

All the kids remember us. We were a neighborhood pharmacy, and they still know us, he said in a newspaper article that appeared in the Downbeach Current in February 2017. The kids still recognize me and often stop us to say hello when we go to the doctor's or to the beach or boardwalk.

He met Beatrice at his parents' food market at the current White Star Liquors location.

He was a 1939 graduate of Atlantic City High School and after obtaining his degree in pharmacy science from Temple university worked in Linwood and at the Vineland Developmental Center.

His love of Ventnor City was easy, he said.

When you are loved by your customers and live in a quiet peaceful town, it is by mutual agreement that we love Ventnor, he said in the article.

According to his obituary, he was a member of Congregation Beth Judah, Jewish War Veterans, Justice Masonic Lodge and Knights of Pythias.

Edward Trautenberg is survived by his wife Beatrice, 93, children Marcia (Matt), Andrea (Joel), Sherrie (Robert), David, and Stuart (Dora). They had 10 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Services are by Roth-Goldsteins Memorial Chapel. Graveside services 11 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 17 at Kehillah Cemetery, 6687 Black Horse Pike, Egg Harbor Township. Family requests memorial contributions to Shirat Hayan, 700 N. Swarthmore Ave., Ventnor, NJ 08406, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation at www.jdrf.org, or the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation, at www.chrohnscolitisfoundation.org.