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Obituaries
Thomas R. Lipari of Waldwick died Jan. 12. He was 51. He was a retired captain in the New Jersey Army National Guard. He was employed by Barclay Brands Ferdon in South Plainfield as a forklift mechanic. He was a coach for all sports, but especially football in Waldwick and Mahwah. He is survived by his children Kayla Marie and Thomas Anthony both of Waldwick, his mother Melba Lipari of Waldwick, his sister Cheryl Hicks of Oakland, and his friend Christine Hogh and her daughter Brittany. Arrangements were made by C.C. Van Emburgh Funeral Home in Ridgewood. Memorial donations may be made to Waldwick Junior Football Association, c/o Rob Greenwald, 10 Vine Street, Waldwick, NJ 07463 or Community Food Bank of NJ, 31 Evans Terminal Road, Hillside, NJ 07205. Dorothy May of Waldwick, formerly of Roselle, died Jan 14. She was 77. She had been employed at Exxon (Esso), McGraw-Hill Publishing Company as a personnel manager, and at Ziff- Davis Publishing Company as director of recruitment/community relations, all in New York. She worked as a recruiter for J.S.P. Personnel, Inc. in Hasbrouck Heights. She served on the election committee at Riverside Church in New York, New York. She attended the Hawthorne Gospel Church, where she was a volunteer in the lending library. Her life as the fiancée of all-star professional basketball player for the Cincinnati Royals, Maurice Stokes was depicted in the film “Maurie.” She is survived by her sisters Elsie H. Cox, Almeda P. Thompson, Mary Patricia Parsons, and Elaine Pastras, her sister-in-law Joyce M. Parsons, and 10 nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her husband Kermit H. Boston, her parents Elsie and Royal Parsons, and her siblings Julia Elizabeth Stevenson, Margaret Pauline Lee and Royal Isadore Parsons, Jr. Arrangements were made by G. G. Woody Funeral Home in Roselle. Corinne Mc Cluskie, nee Freeman, of Allendale, formerly of Roselle, died Jan. 17. She was 79. She was a registered nurse at Woodcliff Lake Manor Nursing Home and recently for Rockleigh Intermediate Care Facility, before her retirement. She is survived by her husband Robert of Allendale, her children Robert Jr. of Potomac, Maryland, Tair Seprish of Midland Park, Jennifer Stevenson of Ridgewood, and Carrey Cornell of Glen Rock, six grandchildren, and her sisters Mary Jeche of Wykoff, Minnesota and Donna Carroll of Beltsville, Maryland. She was predeceased by her sister Betty Sueker. Arrangements were made by Vander Plaat Funeral Home in Wyckoff. Martha A. Nordham of Manchester, formerly of Waldwick, died Jan. 16. She was 83. She was a graduate of
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West Virginia University. She was a member of the Leisure Village West Kiwanis, the Deborah LVW Chapter, and the LVW Garden Club. She is survived by her husband John R. Nordham, her children Douglas B. Nordham of Boulder, Colorado, David J. Nordham of Newtown, Pennsylvania, and Diane F. Messing of Chicago, Illinois, and six grandchildren. Arrangements were made by Anderson & Campbell Funeral Home in Manchester. Memorial donations may be made to a charity of choice. Cornelius Rypkema of Wyckoff, formerly of Ho-HoKus, died Jan.18. He was 86. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of WWII. He attended the University of Pennsylvania. He was involved in many family businesses including Rypkema Dairy, Laurel Hill Trucking, and Hudson County Motors. He is survived by his children Janis Aull of Battle Ground, Washington, Neil Rypkema of Silver Bay, New York, Paul Rypkema of Wyckoff, Jeanne Savietta of HoHo-Kus, Joan Rypkema of Schuylerville, New York. and Steven Rypkema of Midland Park, 11 grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, and his siblings William Rypkema, Norbert Rypkema, Jule Demarest, and Rene Lankering. He was predeceased by his wife Irene. Arrangements were made by C.C. Van Emburgh Funeral Home in Ridgewood. Memorial donations may be made to Saint Gabriel’s R.C. Church, 88 East Saddle River Road, Saddle River, NJ 07458 or the American Cancer Society. Dorothy L. Service, formerly of Glen Rock, died Jan. 12. She was 93. She graduated from Rutherford High School in 1936 and Packard Business School in 1937. She was employed as a secretary for Eastern Steamship, Pall Mall Cigarette Co. and W.J. Barney, all of New York City. She was a member of All Saints Episcopal Church in Glen Rock. She served as a volunteer at Kurth Cottage for The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, and was a Girl Scout leader. She was the daughter of Joseph E. and Mary A. Brewster Lewis of Rutherford. She was a descendant of William Brewster, one of the original settlers who traveled to North America on the Mayflower. She is survived by her husband George B. Service Jr. of Heath Village in Hackettstown, her children Kathleen Service Coffin of Palm Harbour, Florida, Elizabeth A. Service Seabury of Saint Michael, Maryland, and Nancy Service Marosits of Englewood, Colorado, six grandchildren, and her brother William Lewis of Indialantic, Florida. She was predeceased by her sister Anna May Hand. Arrangements were made by the Collins Calhoun Funeral Home in Rutherford. Memorial donations may be made to The Susan B. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. A memorial service will be scheduled in the spring. William F. “Bill” Yee of Saddle River died Jan. 12. He was 87. He was a U.S. 14th Air Service veteran of WWII. He was born in Kwangtung province in China. At age 15, he came to the U.S. to further his education and to escape
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the Japanese invasion. Following high school, he studied drafting at Manhattan Technical School. He was employed as an aeronautical draftsman at Bendix Aircraft. He began his own business in 1949, handcrafting and selling “Ming Trees,” replica Asian stunted trees. As the company grew, he and his wife became experts in the United States gift industry, and were among the first Americans invited to China during the Cultural Revolution to begin the dialogue that led to development of trade between the two countries. Under the trade name Bill Yee Associates, the company imported traditional Chinese arts and crafts. He went on to revive the lost Chinese art of inside painting, creating a line of exquisite ornaments. He developed a patented innovation of classic cloisonné ware at age 74 and also received a second patent two years later. He was a member of Saint Gabriel’s in Saddle River. He is survived by his wife Katherine, his children Brian, Christina, and five grandchildren. Arrangements were made by Feeney Funeral Home in Ridgewood. Memorial donations may be made to a charity of choice.
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(continued from page 8) Community College. Agugliaro is also a long-term resident of Waldwick. Since 2006, she has served the community as an active member of the Waldwick Fire Department, where she currently holds the position of second lieutenant. Pascack Bancorp is the holding company for Pascack Community Bank, a New Jersey chartered commercial bank founded in 2002 that provides personalized banking services with a strong emphasis on relationship banking to consumers and businesses. Pascack Community Bank has locations at 21 Jefferson Avenue, Westwood; 210 Broadway, Hillsdale; 25 Main Street, Hackensack; 9 Polifly Road, Hackensack branded as Bank of Hackensack, Division of Pascack Community Bank; 1 East Passaic Street, Rochelle Park, branded as Bank of Rochelle Park, Division of Pascack Community Bank; and 356 Franklin Avenue, Nutley, branded as Bank of Nutley, Division of Pascack Community Bank. Pascack Community Bank’s lending activities are geared toward small and medium-sized business customers, professional practices, and consumer and retail customers. Its products include term loans, residential and commercial mortgages, and working capital and home equity lines of credit. Deposit services offered include various types of personal and business checking accounts, savings accounts, certificates of deposit, 24/7 telephone banking, online banking with bill pay, and 24-hour driveup/walk-up ATMs. The bank is a member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and is an Equal Housing/Equal Opportunity Lender. For more information and hours, call (201) 7224722 or visit www.pascackbank.com.
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