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Edward P Frasher 1920 - 2016

Edward P Frasher of Jefferson County, New York United States was born on December 8, 1920 in Dexter, and died at age 96 years old on December 16, 2016 in Rochester, Monroe County. Edward Frasher was buried in April 2017 at Lake Ontario.

Edward P Frasher

Jefferson County, New York United States

December 8, 1920

Dexter, Jefferson County, New York, United States

December 16, 2016

Rochester, Monroe County, New York, United States

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12/8

1920

Birthday

December 8, 1920

Birthdate

Dexter, Jefferson County, New York United States

Birthplace

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Ethnicity & Family History

White, Citizen
Early Life & Education

4 Years Of High School
Military Service

Military serial#: 42113910 Enlisted: April 5, 1944 in Ft Dix New Jersey Military branch: No Branch Assignment Rank: Private, Selectees (enlisted Men) Terms of enlistment: Enlistment For The Duration Of The War Or Other Emergency, Plus Six Months, Subject To The Discretion Of The President Or Otherwise According To Law
Professional Career

Locomotive Firemen
12/16

2016

Death

December 16, 2016

Death date

Unknown
Cause of death

Rochester, Monroe County, New York United States
Death location

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04/dd

2017

Gravesite & Burial

April 2017

Funeral date
Lake Ontario
Burial location
Obituary

Edward Paul Frasher Sr. passed away in Rochester NY on December 10, 2016 at the age of 96. Although he spent his last years of retirement only 130 miles from his boyhood home of Dexter, NY, his lifelong journey from Dexter to Rochester can truly be described as a remarkable feat. After graduating from Dexter High School in 1938, he married his best friend, Janet Giddings and together they had 5 children, only two of whom survive today: Linda Holder of Watertown NY and Stephen Frasher of Hillsborough, NC. Janet passed away in 1994 after 55 years of marriage. In 1995, he married another friend, Jean Russell, and together they enjoyed 21 years of marriage. Starting from humble beginnings as a boiler tender at the Dexter Sulfide Mill, Ed wanted more for his family and so in 1941 he secured a job with the New York Central Railroad as locomotive fireman in Watertown NY. After advancing to locomotive engineer followed by a leave of absence to train as a B-25 bomber pilot in World War II, the New York Central appointed him to a management position as an Assistant Road Forman of Engines. By 1957 he had received four successive promotions while stationed in Watertown, rising to the position of Transportation Superintendent for the St. Lawrence Division. In order to continue a career in management he and his family would have to leave Watertown and over the next 22 years they moved ten times as Ed advanced to senior positions in the New York Central Railroad, its successor, Penn Central Transportation, and then finally with the Consolidated Rail Corporation. With each promotion came tremendous challenges: everything from dealing with the financial distress brought about by the intense competition for freight and passenger business from both the trucking and airline interests, to labor strife, recessions, then to the ill-fated merger with the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1968 that created the Penn Central Transportation Company, the largest railroad in North America at that time. Ed Frasher became an officer of Penn Central at a time when they were desperately trying to solve their urban passenger train service “crisis”. The commuter service in and around New York City had fallen to disrepair and commuters were up in arms because of old equipment and the lack of reliable service. Ed took on the task of restoring operations to the levels demanded by the public and then negotiated partnerships with the states of New York and Connecticut to adequately fund, and then efficiently run these commuter operations. Those efforts resulted in a landmark agreement with the New York Metropolitan Authority signed into law by Governor Nelson Rockefeller in 1970. In 1974 he then took on the challenge of intercity passenger train service for Penn Central and negotiated agreements that allowed the newly created Amtrak to assume financial responsibility those services. Ed’s final challenge came in 1976 with the creation of the Consolidated Rail Corporation. The Federal government created Conrail from the then bankrupt Penn Central and five other bankrupt northeastern railroads with the specific purpose of transforming them into one efficient and profitable company. Because of his extensive rail background, Conrail’s Board of Directors asked Ed to head up an autonomous Strategic Planning Group to recommend a corporate structure designed to insure that the goals established by Congress would be met. By 1979 Conrail’s operating template had been finalized and so, after a railroad career spanning 38 years, Ed retired. He and Janet settled in Kissimmee FL until her passing in 1994. During that time he continued flying for personal enjoyment and despite a career where he played with real trains, his passion for running a scale model railroad stayed with him his entire adult life. Ed and Jean remained in Kissimmee until 2003 when they moved to Rochester to be close to family. All told, a remarkable journey indeed!

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