Albert C. Thacke

Albert Charles Thacke, passed away peacefully and entered eternal life on July 29, 2024, with family by his side. Born in Red Bank and raised in Keansburg, he then spent his accomplished wonderful life in Tinton Falls with his wife and family since 1966. An accomplished Master Plumber, HVAC, NYC Union Local 9 Plumbers Brooklyn, Al had followed in his father and grandfather's footsteps. His grandfather, Joseph Edward Thacke, was a NYC Local 1 and then Local 2 Brooklyn when the Union split. All making family a proud family who took pride in their work. Al loved to work and was always learning new skills. In the 1970’s, he packed everything up and drove his family with their dog and bird in the Airstream camper and worked in Texas as a welder on the oil refineries for a year. Pat and Al loved the house they had there with the beach, giving them many happy memories from that time. Back in Jersey, Al started a business with his older brother Eddie, Bayshore Plumbing & Heating. Years later, he was the senior founding partner at East Coast Mechanical Contractors. When he partially retired, he started yet another company, Accurate Climate Technologies (ACT). Al’s family always came first and road trips in the motorhome with his two sons and their families, was his pride and joy and favorite thing to do, listening to the Eagles and Jackson Browne, going down the highway. Al enjoyed helping others and his close friends and family knew they could always count on him. He loved to fiddle around the house, plant flowers for his adoring wife and spend peaceful time with his motorhome. He enjoyed golfing and riding his motorcycle in his younger days and going to the boardwalk where he worked selling waffles and ice cream. Al loved to travel with his wife Patty, and they were able to visit many places together and spent many happy times in their winter home in Port St. Lucie, Florida. Al is survived by Patty, his wife of 60 years, two sons, A. Scott Thacke and his wife Judith Schwartzman Thacke, Eric T. Thacke and his wife, Carol Manning Thacke, five grandchildren, Christopher Havens Thacke, Joanna Shay Thacke, Nicholas Charles Thacke, Jacob William Thacke and Samuel Isaac Thacke and many loving nieces and nephews. His older brother Joseph Edward Thacke, who he spoke with every day about everything. A true brotherly friendship which will be missed dearly by our Uncle Eddie. And cousin Donald Thacke, NYPD Ret., was a huge force in his life as well, as they talked all the time, a true friendship. Al was predeceased in life by his parents, Joseph Benjamin Thacke and his mother, Helen Glossenger Thacke, and his two older sisters, Loretta Mallen and Joanne Scott. A Celebration of Life will be held 2-4 PM on Saturday August 10 at Bongarzone Funeral Home, Tinton Falls, NJ. For Al’s full obituary, please visit www.bongarzonefuneralhome.com

Albert C. Thacke

December 14, 1943 - July 29, 2024