Page 16 THE VILLADOM TIMES II • January 16, 2013 Obituaries Josephine Fields, nee Caruso, of Glen Rock died Jan. 8. She was 90. She was a parishioner of Saint Catharine R.C. Church in Glen Rock and a member of the Glen Rock Seniors. She is survived by her daughter Carolyn DeCarlo, two grandchildren, and her sister of Anne Koziol. She was predeceased by her husband Herbert W. Fields, and her siblings Andrew Caruso, Nicholas Cassara, and Beatrice Henderson. Arrangements were made by Vander PlaatCaggiano Funeral Home in Fair Lawn. Memorial donations may be made to Elder Helpers, P.O. Box 4651, Ann Arbor, MI 48106, American Heart Association, 1 Union Street, Suite 301, Robbinsville, NJ 08691, or American Diabetes Association, NJ Office, Center Pointe II, Suite 103, 1160 Route 22 East, Bridgewater, NJ 08807. Dorothy E. Luppino of Glen Rock died Jan. 4. She was 95. She studied theater at the College of William and Mary. She participated in many summer stock productions. During the World War II, she moved to Hawaii and worked as a mechanic in an airplane factory. She later returned to Washington to work as a secretary for a senator. She volunteered at Kurth Cottage at Valley Hospital and worked with Meals on Wheels. She is survived by her children Leslie and John, and two grandchildren. She was predeceased by her husband Dom, and her brother David. Arrangements were made by C.C. Van Emburgh, Inc. of Ridgewood. Memorial donations may be made to The Community Church of Glen Rock, 354 Rock Road, Glen Rock, NJ 07452. A memorial service is planned for Saturday, Feb. 9 at 2 p.m. at the Community Church of Glen Rock. Rasik K. Shah of Ridgewood died Jan. 7. He was 75. Born in Gujurat, India, he immigrated to the U.S. in 1965 to advance his graduate studies, and earned multiple degrees. He dedicated his career to nonprofit work, spending over 40 years as a director at the Center for Comprehensive Health Practice in New York City, an institution focused on providing health care to the less fortunate. He was involved in establishing a hospital in Ethiopia, and served as a voluntary tax planner and computer instructor at Northwest Bergen Senior Center. He is survived by his wife Asha, his children Vinay, Mamta, Milan, and Meeta, and four grandchildren. Arrangements were made by Vander Plaat Memorial Home in Paramus. Memorial donations may be made to the Northwest Bergen Senior Center, 46 Center Street, Midland Park, NJ 07432 or the Hindu Samaj Temple of Mahwah, 247 West Ramapo Avenue, Mahwah, NJ 07430. Faith Margaret Touw, formerly of Ridgewood, died Jan. 3. She was 81. She had worked as a Realtor for Weichert for many years. She is survived by her husband Martin, her daughter Faith Wilson, one granddaughter, one greatgranddaughter, and her brother John Kampff of Florida. Arrangements were made by the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home in Wayne. Eugene W. Tuite of Glen Rock and Cooperstown, New York, died Jan. 7. He was 72. He received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Notre Dame. He was president of Stuart Life & Pension Associates in Glen Rock. He was a member of the Estate Planners Association, the Activities Club in Glen Rock, and the Blair Alumni Association. He was a parishioner of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Ridgewood. He is survived by his wife Katherine (nee Barron) Tuite, his children Maura T. Tuite of Ridgewood, Gene D. Tuite of Waldwick, Patrick B. Tuite of Kensington, Maryland, and Andrew G. Tuite of Manasquan, and eight grandchildren. He is also survived by his siblings Robert Ruppert, Gerard Ruppert , Kieran Ruppert, Judy Plum, and Katy Graves. Arrangements were made by Vander Plaat Funeral Home in Wyckoff. Memorial donations may be made to The Blair Fund c/o Blair Academy, P.O. Box 600, Blairstown, NJ 07825-0600 or to Eva’s Village/Kitchen, 393 Main Street, Paterson, NJ 07501. Anna H. Voss of Allendale, formerly of Ridgewood, died Dec. 5. She was 94. She was a 1936 graduate of Synder High School in Jersey City, and served with the Navy WAVES from 1944 to 1946. She was a member of the Good Josephine Fields Eugene W. Tuite Shepherd Lutheran Church in Glen Rock. She is survived by her children Carol and Robert Voss, two grandchildren, and her sister Bernice Dougherty of Saint Paul, Minnesota. She was predeceased by her husband John. Arrangements were made by C.C. Van Emburgh Funeral Home in Ridgewood. Memorial donations may be made to Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Family Promise Shelter, 233 South Highwood Avenue, Glen Rock, NJ 07452 or Habitat for Humanity International, 121 Habitat Street, Americus, GA 31709. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, Jan. 19 at 10:30 a.m. at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Glen Rock. Jacob Arthur Yunker of Wyckoff died Jan. 9. He was 95. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. Before retiring, he was a bookkeeper for Otis Elevator of New York. He was a former member of First Presbyterian Church of North Haledon. He is survived by his wife Jeanette Yunker (nee Van Boerum) of Wyckoff, his step-children Joanne Van Buiten of Hawthorne and Richard Vermaas of Florida, seven grandchildren, and several great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by his siblings Carl and Dorothy. Arrangements were made by Vander Plaat-Vermeulen Memorial Home in Franklin Lakes. Memorial donations may be made to the Holland Christian Home. 151 Graham Avenue, North Haledon, NJ 07508. Jacob Arthur Yunker Dorothy E. Luppino Anna H. Voss Luxury apartment proposal (continued from page 3) public response before the microphone was cautionary. “I just think that considering four projects at the same time is ludicrous,” said Marla Sherman, the first of three residents to speak on the plan. Sherman said the proposals for multi-story housing with less than two cars per unit made no sense in Ridgewood. The four rezoning proposals now before the planning board include those for the Ken Smith property, the Brogan property, a site near the Y, and the former Sealfon’s building. “Everyone needs a car in suburbia,” Sherman said, criticizing the concept of rezoning to permit fewer than two parking spaces per unit when parking is already at a premium in Ridgewood. “There’s going to be more traffic than you’re considering, and more schoolchildren in the school system, which is crowded already...You’re almost getting a double whammy,” Sherman added. Albert Pucciarelli, deputy mayor and Ridgewood Planning Board member, said empty nesters might be able to move from their single-family houses to the multi-story apartments now under preliminary consideration for the section of town near the railroad. Sherman said, however, that as the Ridgewood empty nesters moved, their houses would predictably be sold to couples with young children, and that this pattern would produce the “double whammy” of more traffic and more children. “I look at Ridgewood as like a little jewel here, just a wonderful village,” Tom Kossoff, another resident, agreed. “If you make a mistake, you can really kill this town.” Kossoff said he had attended traffic study meetings for Valley Hospital, which he described as “like the Twilight Zone,” in what he said was their departure from reality. He said traffic in Ridgewood had to be dealt with realistically before any more sources are created by outside developers. He pointed out that a preliminary traffic study for one of the developments had indicated that almost every intersection in Ridgewood is deficient. “Anyone who knows this town knows the congestion during the key rush hours,” Kossoff said. “Here we’re just crowding and building on top of things...I can’t imagine the majority of us saying this is the right road to go on.” Kossoff said he would rather see a shopper-friendly, bicycle-accessible downtown with more parking rather than more residential housing to further congest the streets, which he said could drive Ridgewood residents to shop in Paramus instead of taking trips across town to the section of Ridgewood beyond the tracks. Resident Scott McCann walked to the microphone and uttered just one sentence: “The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.” Rasik K. Shah Faith Margaret Touw