I met Ed in 1979 and to say the least, Much of who I am today… on a Personal level as well as a Professional level I have learned from and owe to this Great Man, Neighbor, Brother, Mentor and Best Friend Forever EDWARD ABRAMSKI. Thank You for being the Best at being You…. Knowing you has Definitely made a Significant Difference in my life…and for that alone, You Have Succeeded! You have always been considered a part of our Family, by my Parents as well as me and you always will.... Till we meet again, I will Miss You… and for Everything that you have taught me, I will be Forever Grateful!

 Ed will always be in my memories.   He always tried to remember and understand Japanese.   I remember talking with him one day after class as we walked together, and he said he found it such a struggle and I agreed with him.  He was very eager to learn.   In class, he always asked questions and was very funny at times.   What amazes me the most about Ed is that he gave one hundred and ten percent of effort for Japanese, and to see such potential to be gone is extremely sad.   I am a Christian and as soon as I heard of his passing I prayed that night for him and have since then every night.   He has been on my mind everyday and I wish he could have finished his accounting major.   I am greatly sorry for your loss.  
 
Jonathan Soto

Dear Ed san's family,  
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    My name is Andrew Olenik, and I had the distinct priviledge of having Ed-san in my Beginning Japanese class.   I would like to extend my sincerest condolences during this painful time.   It is hard to believe that Ed-san is no longer with us.  
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   In fact, when Ed didn't come to class last Monday, I immediately felt that is was VERY unlike Ed not to send advance notice if he were not going to be able to make it to class.   However, I didn't think too much of it, of course, as there were any number of things that could come up during the course of a student's day.  On a lark, I checked my email right before class on Wednesday, and could not believe my eyes when I saw the notice about Ed.   I had to tell our class that evening, and we were all stunned.   We had all seen Ed-san just a few days before.
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   Ed was a very, very dilignet and conscientious student (as you pro bably know!).  This was one of the reasons we hit it off right away, along with the fact that Ed was very affable and quick to laugh.   After the second class, he came up to me, ,told me of his high cumulative GPA, and expressed reservations about the difficulty he foresaw in learning Japanese.   In fact, as the semester got under way, I could tell that Japanese was pretty tough for him.   .....he was worried about the time it was taking him to learn all of the material.   But lo and behold, his grades began to steadily climb.   In fact, he was improving every class.   After his most recent quiz (he got a 95 on that one), he cracked a smile as even he had to admit things were starting to gel for him.   The good thing about Ed in class, too, was that he was never scared or embarrassed to ask questions, to say he didn't understand something, or to ask for clarification.   I think he helped a lot of his classmates in this way too, and I'm sure all of his classmates respected him for his honesty and courage. 
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      I only knew Ed for a short time, but I'm honored that I got to meet him in this life.   I am grateful that he was in my class, and it was my sincere feeling that he was proud and honored to be a student at MSU (Montclair State University).   His sense of responsibility as a student hit me very deeply, and I greatly appreciated his sincerity and diligence as he strove to be a good student.  
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I will miss Ed-san very much.  
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With condolences,
Andrew Olenik

I have just learned of the death of your brother, Ed, who was a student in my class on Federal Taxation.   I am so sorry for your loss.   Ed was one of the best students I ever had the honor of teaching.  He always came to class well prepared, he listened attentively to the lecture (not easy to do when the topic is tax), and he frequently would challenge what I said.   He would ask excellent questions, getting me to explain something in a different way.   He was such a pleasure to have as a student, and I will miss him greatly.   He made me a better teacher.

Sincerely,
 
Larry Lauricella