Villadom Times Weekly Newpaper Online-February 25, 2009 Issue

Page 14 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • February 25, 2009 Obituaries Marie DiMartino, nee Ferrante, of Wyckoff and Jensen Beach, Florida, died Feb. 15. She was 75. She is survived by her sons Thomas, Jr. of Bloomingdale, and Todd of Mahwah, two grandchildren, and her siblings Charles Ferrante and Grace Magliato. She was predeceased by her husband Thomas DiMartino, Sr. Arrangements were made by Vander Plaat Funeral Home in Wyckoff. Anna M Fisher, nee Benesch, of Wyckoff, formerly of Teaneck, died Feb. 16. She was a former member of Saint Paul’s Lutheran Church in Teaneck and the Woman’s Guild. She is survived by her children Barbara A. Bergman and Joan Stacy, six grandchildren, four great grandchildren and her brother Frank Benesch. She was predeceased by her husband Franklin. Arrangements were made by Barrett Funeral Home in Tenaﬂy. Memorial donations may be made to a charity of choice. Sophia V. Hook, nee Verblaauw, of Wyckoff, formerly of Pompton Plains, died Feb. 16. She was 88. She was a member of the Bethany Reformed Church in Prospect Park and a former member of the Fellowship Club in Pompton Plains. She is survived by her children Wayne Hook of Pequannock, Joyce DeRuiter of Pompton Plains, Ralph Hook of Pequannock, Donald Hook of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Allen Hook of Pompton Plains; 10 grandchildren; 16 great grandchildren; and her siblings Peter Verblaauw and Marie VanWingerdin of Wyckoff. She was predeceased by her husband John Hook and her son Russell J. Hook. Arrangements were made by Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home in Wayne. Memorial donations may be made to Christian Health Care Center, Employee Fund, 301 Sicomac Avenue, Wyckoff, NJ 07481. Joseph M. Jaffoni of Franklin Lakes died Feb. 19. He was 84. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran of WWII and the Korean War and the Air Force Reserves. Prior to his retirement, he was an insurance broker with Campbell Solberg Associates in New York. He was a parishioner of Saint Marie DiMartino Elizabeth’s R.C. Church in Wyckoff. He is survived by his children Lisa Jaffoni of Lincoln Park, Joseph of New York City, Nancy Hoehler of New York City, Michael of Montague, and David of Weehawken; 12 grandchildren; and his two sisters, Madeline Mahoney of Macungie, Pennsylvania and Angela McGowan of Whitehall, Pennsylvania. He was predeceased by his wife Concetta “Connie” Jaffoni. Arrangements were made by Vander Plaat Funeral Home in Wyckoff. Memorial donations may be made to Saint Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 Saint Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105. Margaret F. Schurr, nee Baer, of Allendale, formerly of Richmond Hill, New York, died Feb. 10. She was 88. She is survived by her children Maryann Colotta, John F. and James G., and ﬁve grandchildren. She was predeceased by her husband John Schurr. Arrangements were made by Van Emburgh-Sneider-Pernice Funeral Home in Ramsey. Memorial donations may be made to a favorite animal shelter. Jean M. Vanasse, nee LaFountain, of Mahwah died Feb. 16. She was 85. She is survived by her children Karen DiPietro of Newburyport, Massachusetts, Allan Vanasse of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, Norma Van Zile of Ridgewood, Thomas Vanasse of Franklin Lakes, Michelle Mulkeen of Waldwick, 16 grandchildren, and three great grandchildren. She was predeceased by her husband Norman A. Vanasse and her son Christopher Vanasse. Arrangements were made by Feeney Funeral Home in Ridgewood. Memorial donations may be made to the Center for Food Action, 59 Ridge Road, Mahwah, NJ 07430. Myles Williamson of Wyckoff, formerly of Woodcliff Lake, died Feb. 16. He was 85. He was a U.S. Navy veteran. Before retiring he worked for Ingersoll Rand in New York City. He was a member of Saint Elizabeth Episcopal Church in Ridgewood and a member of the Stevens Metropolitan Club. He is survived by his wife, Joan S., nee Schleicher, Williamson; his children, Susan Chilcott of Greensboro, North Carolina, Sarah Beddow of Bellevue, Washington, David Williamson of El Dorado Hills, California, Roger Williamson of Ridgewood, and Douglas Williamson of Boynton Beach, Florida; 10 grandchildren; and two great grandchildren. Arrangements were made by Vander Plaat Funeral Home in Wyckoff. Memorial donations may be made to may be to Saint Elizabeth Episcopal Church, 169 Fairmount Road Ridgewood, NJ 07450 or Stevens Institute of Technology, Castle Point on Hudson, Hoboken, NJ 07030. Myles Williamson Anna M Fisher Margaret F. Schurr Jean M. Vanasse Sophia V. Hook Letters to the Editor (continued from page 16) their remaining open space through COAH’s third round regulations. COAH seeks to do this by creating large increases in affordable housing obligations that bear no relationship to reality. We must, and we will, continue to ﬁght within the law to maintain the character of our community in the face of the state seeking to compel overdevelopment of our land, and seeking to take away our ability to deﬁne who we are and how Wyckoff should be developed. We have already begun this battle by submitting a plan to COAH at the end of 2008 that challenges that organization’s calculation of Wyckoff’s affordable housing obligation and seeks to eliminate two sites that were previously designated for Mount Laurel housing: the Maple Lake and Rockland Electric sites. If successful in these efforts, we will have spared these two sites from the overdevelopment that Gov. Corzine and the state, through COAH, would happily impose upon us. We have also joined with over 300 other municipalities in a lawsuit brought by the New Jersey League of Municipalities that seeks to invalidate COAH’s third round regulations. This is an issue that has great implications for the future of our community. I can assure our residents that we will not go quietly into the night, but will ﬁght this battle to preserve the character of our community from unreasonable and unwise Mount Laurel mandates to the fullest extent possible and by all means necessary. Joseph B. Fiorenzo Mayor of Wyckoff Joseph M. Jaffoni RELIGIOUS DIRECTORY �� 12:10 pm �� The Episcopal Parish for Midland Park and Wyckoff 497 Godwin Ave — Midland Park — 201-444-6168 The Eucharists: 8 and 10:00 Sunday Rev. Charles N. Arlin,Arlin AM The Rev. Charles N. 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