Obituaries

Carl J. Colmorgen, 81, passed away on January 31, 2023. He was born in Long Branch, NJ and spent his childhood in Red Bank. He graduated from Red Bank High School in 1959 and had played baseball when they won the Shore Conference. He later got a degree from Monmouth College.

He spent 30 years living in Tampa, Florida. There he worked selling, first insurance and later golf equipment. When he closed Carl’s Golf in Safety Harbor, he retired back to Red Bank.

At home, he umpired baseball games and served as a crossing guard in Red Bank. Everyone recognized him because he wore crazy hats on holidays while crossing the children. He was a member of the Red Bank Fire Police.

In his free time, he avidly followed Red Bank Catholic sports having been adopted into a group of like-aged RBC graduates. Carl was also a diehard fan of all the Tampa Bay teams – Rays, Buccaneers and Lightning. He enjoyed visiting Florida to attend opening day of the Rays.

Carl was predeceased by his parents, Carl and Catherine Christoph Colmorgen. He is survived by his son and daughter-in-law Robert and Deborah, Tampa, Fl., daughter and son-in-law Lovee’ and Eric Findon, Stevenson Ranch, California, stepdaughter and son-in-law Lisa and Franco Polanco, Tampa and stepdaughter and daughter-in-law Nickole and Melanie Bevan, Ellenton, FL. There are also grandchildren, Jacqueline and Eric Findon, Jr., California and Austin and Kristyn Cubero, Florida and Anjalique Boksa, Georgia.

Also surviving are his brother and sister-in-law Robert and Deborah Colmorgen, Eatontown and his sister Kathy Lou Colmorgen, Red Bank.

In accordance with his wishes, there will be no visitation or service. If you want to remember him, consider a donation to your favorite charity. Thompson Memorial Home, Red Bank, was entrusted with the arrangements.