73, died January 22, 2015 at Foothill Acres in Hillsborough. Born in Jersey City, Ed moved to Bayonne in 1973 and then to Sayerville in 1989. He worked at Howard Savings Bank in Livingston for 26 years and then NJ Biz Newspaper for several years. He was the husband of Arlene (Ehlers) Leach and father of Karen Flanagan and the late Edward Patrick, and grandfather of Michael and Daniel Flanagan and Edward A. Patrick, great-grandfather of Sophie and brother of John and Richard Leach and Eileen Armonaitis. Funeral arrangements by SWEENEY Funeral Home, 857 Kennedy Blvd.