Edward “Mickey” “Muscles” McFadden

If it is true that attitudes are contagious, Ed had one worth catching. He didn’t know the meaning of a bad day. With a sense of duty that he may have acquired with the army during WWII, he served Delanco with the Washington Fire Company since 1948. But his talents extended well beyond that. Having a knack to figure out just about anything that makes music, he taught himself how to play the piano, drums accordion, harmonica, vibraharp and could even make a melody with coke bottles and pipe nipples. However, it was the glockenspiel that he enjoyed the most. With it he delighted many a crowd with the Riverside String Band. With clothes that always looked fresh from the dry cleaner, he could usually be found razzing a waitress at a local diner, which was all in good fun. In his younger years Ed had the rare ability to throw a softball over the Riverside Watchcase Building and just about annihilate any set of pins at the end of a bowling lane. rnEd is the uncle of Francis “Butch” (Barbara) McFadden, Joyce (Nick) Loffredo, Paul (Joan) McFadden and Valerie (Tom) Fries, and is great-uncle of Tammy, Tom (Tammy), Tim (Claudia) McFadden and Tom, Jill and Chris Fries. He is survived by his sister-in-law Freda McFadden, and his lifelong best friend Fred McQuade and his children Denise (Frank) Wolf and Fred. Also survived by many great-great nieces and nephews. rnCome celebrate 85 wonderful years Tuesday 7-9 PM and Wednesday from 9:30-10:30 AM at Sweeney Funeral Home, Riverside. Mass of Christian Burial 11 AM Wednesday at St. Peter’s Church, Riverside. Interment St. Peter’s Cemetery. Memorial gifts may be made to the Washington Fire Company, Po Box 5021 Delanco, NJ 08075.rn