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Page 14 THE VILLADOM TIMES IV • July 14, 2010 Obituaries Gloria V. Beahan of Ramsey, formerly of Wyckoff, died July 4. She was 85. She was a homemaker. She was a member of the Ridgewood Choral and an artist. She was a parishioner of Saint Elizabeth’s R.C. Church in Wyckoff. She is survived by her husband William. She was predeceased by her son Tony, and her five sisters and one brother. Arrangements were made by Vander Plaat Funeral Home in Wyckoff. Catherine V. Beck, nee Kenny, of Ridgewood died July 5. She was 96. She is survived by her daughters Judy Baker, Nancy Cassidy, and Cindy Maxwell, six grandchildren, 17 great grandchildren, and her sister Ann Chase. She was predeceased by her husband Robert Beck. Arrangements were made by Vander Plaat Funeral Home in Wyckoff. Joseph William Bitsack, MD of Mahwah died July 1. He was 91. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran. He was vice chairman emeritus of the department of surgery at Hackensack University Medical Center, where he also served as director of surgical education. He was affiliated with the hospital for over 60 years. He was acting director of surgery from 1980-83, was appointed chief of thoracic surgery in 1972, and named associate director of surgery in 1976. He also served as attending surgeon for Bergen Pines Hospital in Paramus. Upon retiring from private practice, he was appointed a clinical associate professor of surgery at the University of Medicine and Dentistry-New Jersey Medical School. He was president of the Bergen County Medical Society from 1980-81, and served as president of the New Jersey Society of Surgeons in 1985. He was named Physician of the Year in 1975 by the American Cancer Society. He coauthored publications and articles, including “Tracheal Hamartoma,” which was published in The American Journal of Medicine and “Massive Fibroma of Thorax,” published in the New Jersey Journal of Medicine. He was a charter member of the Mahwah American Legion Post 531 and a member of the Hackensack Golf Club. He is survived by his wife Patricia Christensen, his children Paula Ruckelshaus, Jay, Timothy, Ned, and Jeffrey, and five grandchildren. Arrangements were made by Vander Plaat Funeral Home in Wyckoff. Memorial donations may be made to Hackensack University Medical Center Foundation, 30 Prospect Avenue, Hackensack, NJ 07601. Laura E. DeBoer, nee Shields, of Greenfield, Massachusetts, formerly of Midland Park, died July 1. She was 100. Before her retirement, she was confidential aide to the Bergen County Surrogate. She was secretary for the Midland Park Elementary School, acting postmaster of Midland Park, and clerk to the House of Representatives and Senate for the State of New Jersey. She was a member of Gloria V. Beahan the Midland Park Chamber of Commerce. She is survived by her daughters, Dorothy Regan, Eloise Illman, Jacki Salem, five grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by her husband John DeBoer. Robert A. Greer of Midland Park died July 2. He was 49. He was an independent real estate appraiser for 20 years and owner of Robert A. Greer I.F.A. He was a member and former president of the N.A.I.F.A. He was active in Midland Park youth sports, coaching basketball and baseball. He was a past president of the Midland Park Board of Recreation. He is survived by his wife Anne (nee Sanders), his children, Robby, Matt and Marybeth, his sister Tammy Greer, and his uncle Wayne Sheets. Arrangements were made by Vander Plaat Funeral Home in Wyckoff. Memorial donations may be made to The Greer Children Education Fund c/o Atlantic Stewardship Bank, 630 Godwin Avenue, Midland Park, NJ 07432. John Walter Kissel, PhD. of Ramsey died July 7. He was 84. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of WWII. Before retiring in 1985, he was a research pharmacologist for Lederle Laboratories. Previous to that he was employed at Mead Johnson in Evansville, Indiana in medical research where he patented an animal monitor. He taught navigation at the Ramsey Adult School for the USCG Auxiliary 10-13. He is survived by his children Carl Kissel, Cathy Denton, Julia Collins, and John Kissel, and 10 grandchildren. He was predeceased by his wife Jeannette, and his brother Eugene Kissel. Arrangements were made by Van EmburghSneider-Pernice Funeral Home in Ramsey. Memorial donations may be made to the Christian Health Care Center, 301 Sicomac Avenue, Wyckoff, NJ 07481-2194 or the Southern Poverty Law Center, 400 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, AL 36104. Mary O’Mara, nee Martin, of Ramsey, formerly of New York City, New York and Brentwood, California, died July 4. She was 91. She was a parishioner of Saint Paul’s RC Church in Ramsey. She is survived by her children June Downs of Allendale, Daniel O’Mara of Ireland, Richard K. O’Mara of California, and Mary O’Mara of Mahwah, and three grandchildren. She was predeceased by her husband John J.P. O’Mara. Arrangements were made by Van Emburgh-Sneider-Pernice Funeral Home in Ramsey. Memorial donations may be made to Saint Paul’s RC Church, 200 Wyckoff Avenue, Ramsey, NJ 07446 or to the NYPD, 16 Ericsson Place, New York, NY 10013 in memory of her husband John. Barbara Lou Passaro, nee Brown, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, formerly of Wyckoff, died June 29. She was 74. Along with her husband, she was the owner of the Wyckoff Pharmacy for over 45 years. She was a member of the Wyckoff Reformed Church, the Wyckoff Woman’s Club, and the Garden Club in Long Beach Island. She was an Robert A. Greer alumna of Zeta Kappa Phi. She is survived by her husband Richard P. Passaro, her children William A., Laura M. Jensen, Paul C. and John K. Passaro, eight grandchildren, one great grandchild, and her sister Marie Lyle. She was predeceased by her brother Arthur Brown. Arrangements were made by Vander Plaat Funeral Home in Wyckoff. Memorial donations may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, 400 Morris Avenue, Suite 251, Denville, NJ 07834 or the Wyckoff Reformed Church, 580 Wyckoff Avenue, Wyckoff, NJ 07481. Concetta “Connie” Polisse of Midland Park, formerly of Fair Lawn and Boca Raton, Florida, died July 3. She was 98. She had been secretary for Bishop Fulton J. Sheehan during his visits to Mount Carmel Guild in Paterson. She had been an office manager for the family’s business, Mars Electric in Passaic. She helped establish the library at Bergen Catholic High School and served as secretary to the principal. She was a volunteer for Hospice by the Sea in Florida. She was a parishioner of Church of the Nativity in Midland Park. She was one of the last surviving widows of a World War I veteran. She is survived by her children Grace Byrne of Barnegat Light, Betty Sullivan of Midland Park, and Peter Polisse of Engadine, Michigan, 13 grandchildren, 35 great grandchildren, and one great, great-granddaughter. She was predeceased by her husband Peter, her granddaughter Marysue Sullivan Gates, her siblings Rocco and Russell Caporaso, George Bruno, and Grace Daloisio. Arrangements were made by Vander Plaat Funeral Home in Wyckoff. Memorial donations may be made to the Susan Sullivan Gates Children’s Education Fund, c/o Ryan & Ryan, P.O. Box 303 Cazenovia, NY 13035. Russell O. Ruymen of Mahwah, formerly of Hasbrouck Heights, died July 4. He was 58. He was a security auditor for the United Parcel Service in Mahwah. He is survived by his father Russell L. Ruymen, his sister Carol Ainley, and his niece and nephew Taylor and Patrick Ainley, all of Ramsey. He was predeceased by his mother C. Adiene Ruymen (nee Langbein). Arrangements were made by Costa Memorial Home in Hasbrouck Heights. Matthew J. Wichlinski of Mahwah died July 2. He was 78. He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. He had been employed as a foreman for Ford Motor Company in Mahwah, and later as a corrections officer for the Bergen County Sheriff’s Department. He was a parishioner of Immaculate Heart of Mary RC Church in Mahwah. He was a member of the Hawthorne Gun Club. He is survived by his wife Jean Wichlinski (nee Kwiecinski), his children Mark Wichlinski of Highland Mills, New York, Teresa Kolakowski of Middletown, Basia Gassler of Hawthorne, and Mysia Marchesi of Blairstown, 12 grandchildren, and his siblings Steven Wichlinski of Maryland, and Marion Milewski of Franklin Lakes. Arrangements were made by Browning Forshay Funeral Home in Hawthorne. Concetta Polisse Catherine V. Beck Joseph William Bitsack, MD John Walter Kissel, PhD. Russell O. 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