Alvin Oberender Jr.

On December 3, 2020 Alvin Oberender, Jr, survived by his wife of 65 years, Lois (nee Hammond) Oberender; his four sons Alvin Oberender III and wife Kelly, Dale Oberender and wife Barbara, Ronald Oberender and wife Donna, Mark Oberender and wife Karen; his sister Maxine Seyboth and two brothers David Oberender and wife Alice, Richard Oberender; his six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren; and his nieces and nephews. He was the son of the late Alvin Oberender and Beatrice (nee Deuchler) Oberender.

He was a member of CWA Local Union 2101

As a youth his hobbies were collecting stamps, coins, fishing, Boy Scouts and being on the American Legion Baseball Team Parkville Post 183 Maryland Champions in 1951.

He was a life member of the Train Collectors of America (TCA), joining in 1977, collecting and trading toy trains at train meets.

He became a meet volunteer for the Eastern Division Semi-Annual Meeting in York, PA..

Later he became the White Hall Captain in the 1980’s until he had to give it up in 2017.

A life long lover of crabs, he bought a home in Crocheron, Dorchester County in the early 1970’s and enjoyed crabbing with his young sons and his wife, retiring there in 1986 in the summer to crab commercially for 10 years.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial contributions to Autism Delaware, 928 Old Harmony Rd., Newark, DE, 19713. www.delautism.org

Burial will be private.