Edward Walter Cygan July 14, 1923 - June 29, 2008 Graveside services for Edward Walter Cygan, 84, of Roswell will be held at 10:15 am Thursday, July 3, 2008, at South Park Cemetery. Viewing will be Wednesday, July 2, 2008, at Anderson-Bethany Funeral Home from 3-6pm. Edward passed away Sunday, June 29, 2008 at Eastern New Mexico Medical Center.

Edward was born on July 14, 1923 to Jozef Cygan and Rose Polnashik Cygan in Chicago, Illinois. He and Margaret Skelski were married July 14, 1945 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Margaret survives Edward at the family home. Edward was a firefighter and paramedic for the city of Chicago for over twenty-eight years. He was an avid gardener, gambler, and bowler and loved going to Las Vegas, Nevada.

Edward is survived by his wife, Margaret Cygan of Roswell; his children, Dr. Ronald Cygan and his wife, Madelyn, of Overland Park, KS, Patricia Cygan and her husband, Monroe Ogden III, of Plano, Texas and Barbara White and her husband, Tony, of Roswell; five grandchildren, Michael Cygan, Jennifer Kearns, Nicholas, Richard and Jillian White; three great grandchildren, Nicholas White, Jr., Kaeli Kearns and Alexander “A.J.” White; a sister, Sylvia Olson, of Florida; and a brother, Joseph Cygan, of Hampton, IL.

Edward was preceded in death by a son, Richard Cygan, of Whiting, Indiana.

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Services are under the direction of Anderson-Bethany Funeral Home and Crematory.