Edwin S. Booth, 75, of Cream Ridge, passed away Wednesday, August 11, 2021 at Community Medical Center in Toms River. Born in Trenton and a lifetime Upper Freehold Township resident, Ed was a graduate of Allentown High School. Ed was a member of the Allentown FFA and was the first person to achieve the American Farmer Degree from Allentown High School. He was a dairy farmer for most of his life and changed careers in 1983 when he opened Assunpink Bait and Tackle which he ran for 20 years. Ed also served as a seasonal Park Ranger for the Monmouth County Park System, Crosswick Creek. An avid outdoorsman, Ed enjoyed spending his free time with his wife, children, and grandchildren enjoying fishing and crabbing.

Son of the late Victor K. and Mary Jane Booth; he was predeceased by his son, Jason Booth. Ed is survived by his loving wife of 54 years, Doris Booth; his son and daughter-in-law, Jeffrey and Sonja Booth of Robbinsville; his grandchildren, Katie Lass, Jennifer Booth, and Jonathan Booth; his siblings, Victor K. Booth Jr. and his wife Carole of Ennis, NC, Kingsley Booth and his wife Diana of Sparta, NC and Lisa Holzbaur and her husband Elwood of Hamilton, NJ as well as several nieces, nephews and cousins.

A visitation with the family will be held Wednesday, August 18 ^th from 6-9pm at the Peppler Funeral Home, 114 S. Main St., Allentown. Cremation will be private. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in Ed's name to Salvation Army, Eastern Territorial Headquarters, 440 West Nyack Rd., West Nyack, NY 10994 or Samaritan's Purse, PO Box 3000, Boone, NC 28607.