Page 18 THE VILLADOM TIMES III • March 13, 2013 Obituaries Kenneth Brendstrup of Pompton Plains, formerly of Allendale and Pine Knoll Shores, North Carolina, died March 3. He was 87. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II. He had a long and successful career as an assistant vice president for New York Telephone Company and director of labor relations at AT&T. He is survived by his wife Eleanor Schneider Brendstrup, his children Dr. Kurt Brendstrup of Saluda, North Carolina, Mark Brendstrup of Dallas, Texas and Ann Kastner of Ramsey, five grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren. Memorial donations may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association at ALZ.org. Terrence J. Byrne of Upper Saddle River, formerly of Waldwick, died March 1. He was 75. He was a graduate of Saint Luke’s High School and attended Dayton University on a football scholarship. He was head football coach at Waldwick High School, and was on the football coaching staff at Saint Luke’s High School, Bergen Catholic, Saint Joseph’s Regional, and Don Bosco Prep. He also coached Saint Luke’s Junior Football for many years. He was the owner of Byrne Tree Service in Waldwick for 50 years. He was a parishioner of Saint Luke’s R.C. Church in Ho-HoKus. He is survived by his wife Mary (nee Tumulty), his children Liz Byrne, Brendan, Fran McNicholas, and Martha McMahon, and 11 grandchildren. He is also survived by his siblings Patricia Leonard, Doreen Murray, Alice Good, and Brenda Greene. He was predeceased by his brother Myles Byrne and his sister Mary D’Annibale. Arrangements were made by Feeney Funeral Home in Ridgewood. Memorial donations may be made to Saint Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105. Marie M. Huffman of Ho-Ho-Kus, formerly of Saddle River and Ramsey, died March 2. She was 84. She was a graduate of Saint John’s University, and had a life-long career in telecommunications. Along with her husband Minor, she co-founded and owned Center for Communications Management, Inc., a publishing company in Ramsey. She was a member of the Saddle River Branch of the Valley Hospital Auxiliary, where she was the chairwoman of the Fine Arts Committee. She was a member of the Ridgewood Country Club, the Saddle River Garden Club, and the Fort Kenneth Brendstrup Comfort Yacht Club. She was a patron of the Metropolitan Opera Company and The New York City Ballet. She was a parishioner of Saint Gabriel’s R.C. Church in Saddle River, where she was a member of Cornerstone. She is survived by her children Minor S. Huffman III of Hoboken and Heather M. Jenkins of Ransom Canyon, Texas, her step-children Karen Brower, Sharon Porter, and Scott Huffman, and 16 grandchildren. She was predeceased by her husband Minor S. Huffman Jr. Arrangements were made by C.C. Van Emburgh Funeral Home in Ridgewood. Memorial donations may be made to The Villa Marie Claire, East Saddle River Road, Saddle River, NJ 07458. Eleanor Kluger of Allendale, formerly of Fair Lawn, died Feb. 28. She was 81. She is survived by three sons and nine grandchildren. She was predeceased by her husband Lawrence. Arrangements were made by Robert Schoem’s Memorial Chapel. Christopher B. Nickl of Waldwick died March 5. He was 66. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran. He was a network engineer for Sungard Availability Services in Carlstadt. He is survived by his wife Wendy (nee Pope), his children Patricia Hackney and Kristin Rappleye, both of Michigan, Christopher Nickl of Pennsylvania, Michelle Nickl of Rochelle Park, Kerry Serritella of Warwick, New York, and Jennifer Wood of Alabama. Arrangements were made by Feeney Funeral Home in Ridgewood. Memorial donations may be made to Our New Journey, 131 Main Street, Hackensack NJ 07601. Joyce L. Peterson, nee Torres, of Ramsey, formerly of Waldwick, died March 6. She was 81. Before retiring, she had been an administrative assistant at the Valley Hospital in Ridgewood. She was a member of Saint Luke’s R.C. Church in Ho-Ho-Kus. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law Lynda and Craig Kirchner of Waldwick, her daughter Deborah Zayas of Brooklyn, New York, four grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren. She is also survived by her siblings Martha Mahon, Bertha Barry, Gail Hayes, Armand Torres, and Vincent Torres. She was predeceased by her husband Don Fong. Arrangements were made by Vander Plaat Funeral Home in Wyckoff. Memorial donations may be made to The Lustgarten Foundation, 1111 Stewart Avenue, Bethpage, NY 11714 or a charity of choice. Paula G. Sanderson, nee Gosman, of Ridgewood died March 6. She was 70. Before retiring, she was a secretary with Valley Home Care for more than 20 years. She was a former member of Upper Ridgewood Community Church. She is survived by her children Kelly Sanderson-Rotunda of Hillsdale and Craig Sanderson of Nashville, Tennessee, two grandchildren, and her brother Jeffrey Gosman of Little Falls. She was predeceased by her brother Jonathan Gosman. Arrangements were made by Browning-Forshay Funeral Home in Hawthorne. Memorial donations may be made to Saint Jude’s Childrens’s Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105. Mary Scillieri, nee Kyriakakis, of Wyckoff, formerly of Clifton and Passaic, died Feb. 28. She was 92. She was a parishioner of Saint George Greek Orthodox Church in Clifton. She is survived by her children Roseanne Psomas and Joseph Scillieri, two grandchildren, her brother Ted Karas, and many nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her husband Samuel Scillieri. Arrangements were made by Scillieri Funeral Home in Paterson. Memorial donations may be made to Spectrum for Living, 210 River Vale Road, Suite 3, River Vale, NJ 07675; or Saint George Greek Orthodox Church, 818 Valley Road, Clifton, NJ 07018. John P. Vesey of Inwood New York, died Feb. 26. He was 67. He is survived by his brothers Edward Vesey of Wappingers Falls, New York and Martin Vesey of Ramsey, three nieces, and five nephews. Arrangements were made by Van Emburgh-SneiderPernice Funeral Home in Ramsey. Mary Scillieri Eleanor Kluger Terrence J. Byrne John P. Vesey Christopher B. Nickl Background (continued from page 3) disorderly persons offenses. Those offenses include incidents against the family, children, or incompetents; crimes involving theft; and incidents involving controlled dangerous substances. Individuals being vetted could also be disqualified for incidents that occur in other jurisdictions which, if committed in New Jersey, would constitute a crime or disorderly persons offense. Background checks are required for all employees and volunteers who are 18 or older who participate in activities sponsored by the borough, the Ho-Ho-Kus Recreation Commission, and any nonprofit youth organization approved by the borough or its recreation commission. “For purposes of interpreting the information recorded in a criminal history record to determine the qualifications of the employee or volunteer of a nonprofit youth-serving organization and/or the employee or volunteer involved with borough sponsored programs involving minors, the borough shall presume that the employee or volunteer is innocent of any charges or arrests for which there are no final dispositions on the record,” the ordinance states. “Any employee or volunteer dissatisfied with the determination shall be entitled to file an appeal with the Criminal Background Check Appeal Panel created pursuant to this chapter.” The measure also states, “Each employee, volunteer, and participant shall be required to undergo the background check not less than once every three years, provided that the borough reserves the right to require more frequent testing.” Joyce L. Peterson Marie M. Huffman Paula G. Sanderson