Obituary: Edwards F. Rullman, 94
Edwards F. Rullman passed away peacefully on Wednesday, February 3rd, 2016 at the age of 94, bringing to a close a full life well lived. A long-time resident of South Wellfleet, Massachusetts and Brooklyn Heights, NY, he spent the last three years in residence at Broad Reach in Chatham. He was born in Red Bank, New Jersey on October 10th, 1921 to Margaret Edwards Rullman and Dr. Walter A. Rullman, a WW I Veteran and prominent surgeon who practiced medicine in Red Bank for fifty years and was the chief of surgery at Riverview Hospital. The beautiful, historic home on West Front Street that included his father’s medical practice is now gone and is the site of the Riverside Gardens Park.
He attended Blair Academy in Blairstown, NJ where he was competitive in Track & Field. He attended Yale as an undergraduate where he continued in Track and Field competition, earning his Bachelor of Arts in 1944.
He served in the US Army Signal Corp during World War II, and after the War in occupied Vienna, attaining the rank of 1st Lieutenant.