Page 18 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • May 16, 2012 Library’s Shotmeyer Room named for former mayor by John Koster A recent donation by the family of Henry Shotmeyer Jr. will give the citizens of Wyckoff a 150-seat meeting room in the township’s public library. The new room, which will soon have a stage and a full audio system, is being named for the former Wyckoff mayor in memory of his own service and his son’s generosity. “I gave them the money after I stepped down from the library board,” Henry “Henk” Shotmeyer III explained. “They found out they didn’t have the money to finish the room, and they decided to name it after my father. I think he would be pleased, because he loved Wyckoff just as I love Wyckoff, and since he also served on the library board, it seemed appropriate.” The donation of about $30,000 enabled the construction of the Henry Shotmeyer Jr. Room to reach its present state of architectural integrity. The 6,000-square-foot space, when completed, will be the largest of the three assembly rooms in the newly renovated Wyckoff Library. The room will be used to host concerts on a scale that the previous structure did not permit. Library Director Mary Witherell said she envisions a lively series of live concerts and other programs in the new room thanks. “My feeling is that he did so much for the town that he deserved to be rememcan Committee. He died in 2004 after a courageous battle with cancer. His peers on the township committee remembered him as modest, reliable, and brave. “He was very community-oriented and that’s why I think it was a good thing that they decided to dedicate the room in his name,” his son said last week. The recently completed Shotmeyer Room. bered,” said Deputy Mayor Kevin Rooney, who is also Henry Shotmeyer Jr.’s son-inlaw. “He was my best friend. He was a very easy-going, modest guy, and he was a real asset to this community.” A graduate of Ramapo High School, Henry Shotmeyer Jr. served about 15 years on the Wyckoff Township Committee, including two terms as mayor, once in 1989 and once in 1999. He was also chairman of the Bergen County Republi-