January 30, 2013 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • Page 3 Wyckoff Five-time mayor Harold Galenkamp remembered by John Koster Harold J. Galenkamp Jr., who served an unprecedented five terms as mayor of Wyckoff, has died at the age of 72. “He lived in Wyckoff all his life and he gave 47 years of his life to service on the volunteer fire department, as a member of the township committee, and other volunteer groups,” said Mayor Rudy Boonstra, who is Galenkamp’s brother-in-law. “The fact that he served five terms as mayor in four separate decades, I think, speaks for itself. I don’t believe his record is in any danger. He was also a man you could always go to for advice.” Mayor Boonstra said one of Galenkamp’s proudest achievements was the role he played in convincing other long-term residents to donate substantial areas of property to the township. Galenkamp was a member of the volunteer Wyckoff Community Park Committee that built the 18-acre Wyckoff Community Park that opened in 1995. The land was given to the township by the board of education for recreational purposes. He was reportedly proud of the township’s receipt of the Larkin House in 1999. The house is used for community meetings, and the property provides five acres of open space. Galenkamp also favored the Brackett family’s 1994 donation of the Gardens at Wyckoff, a 12-acre site. Galenkamp had also noted that Wyckoff had instituted many regionalized service programs before interlocal programs became popular. Such programs include the agreement in which Wyckoff provides dispatching services for Midland Park, and the agreement with the board of education to improve baseball and softball fields. (continued on page 10) Harold Galenkamp