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May 7, 2010
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM. Funeral Services will be held Wednesday, May 19, 2010 at 10:30 AM from the funeral home, then to St. Mary’s RC Church, 17 Pompton Avenue, Pompton Lakes, NJ where at 11:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Anita Kientzler, age 81 of Wayne, died unexpectedly on Friday May 7, 2010, while on vacation in Turkey. She had been with her husband Charles, enjoying a hiking tour; the two things she loved most.
Anita was born in New York City and grew up in Hoboken, New Jersey. She graduated from Miss Beard’s School in Orange, New Jersey with the class of 1948. Soon thereafter she began working at Steven’s Technical Institute. She lived in Midland Park with her husband Charles before moving to Wayne in 1983.
In 1952 she joined the Interstate Hiking Club based out of Paterson to pursue her love of the outdoors. It was here that she met Charles Kientzler, also an avid hiker. Anita and Charlie had their first date together at the Claudius Smith Den, a cave steeped in history and folklore, on a Halloween night. The date was a success and they were married on June 17, 1957. They spent the next thirteen weeks on their honeymoon, camping and hiking all over the western United States. Their honeymoon was just a preview of the rest of their marriage, as they enjoyed the next fifty two years travelling, hiking, and exploring all over the world, and loving each other every step of the way. They have been on biking and hiking tours throughout Europe, including Switzerland, Italy, France, as well as Scotland, Whales, and Egypt. They have been to forty nine of the fifty United States, only skipping Hawaii, and camped in almost all of them, resorting to hotel rooms only on occasion. Maine was one of Anita’s favorite places to visit, but most of all she loved travelling home.
Their family home is also a part of their story. Anita’s family has owned the house in Wayne since the 1940’s and she spent summers there, on the Pompton Lake, as a child. Anita and Charles kept up that tradition and spent their summers there also, moving up from Midland Park as soon as the kids finished school in June and staying through the summer months. In 1983 they purchased the house from her family and made it their year-round home. That home has been a part of her for seventy seven years.
Anita became active with the Pines Lake Garden Club for more than the last twenty years and truly enjoyed the Laurelwood Arboretum. She kept a vegetable garden at home and loved tending to her crops, and also had a garden at the Van Riper House, where you could frequently find her lending a hand with whatever needed to be done. There was never a dull moment with Anita. She was always busy, things were always exciting, and she was always involved.
Anita is survived by her devoted husband of fifty two years; Charles Kientzler of Wayne, her two loving sons; Donald Kientzler and his wife Bich of Millstone Township, NJ, and David Kientzler of Sandystone, NJ, two grandchildren; Dolan and Aspen Kientzler of Millstone Township, NJ, his loving niece; Christina Schuck of Georgia and one nephew; Norman Schuck also of Georgia. Anita was predeceased by her brother Carl Schuck.
Those planning an expression of sympathy in Anita’s memory are asked to consider Laurelwood Arboretum, P.O. Box 2433, 725 Pines Lake Drive West, Wayne, NJ 07474.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM. Funeral Services will be held Wednesday, May 19, 2010 at 10:30 AM from the funeral home, then to St. Mary’s RC Church, 17 Pompton Avenue, Pompton Lakes, NJ where at 11:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
May 7, 2010
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM. Funeral Services will be held Wednesday, May 19, 2010 at 10:30 AM from the funeral home, then to St. Mary’s RC Church, 17 Pompton Avenue, Pompton Lakes, NJ where at 11:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Anita Kientzler, age 81 of Wayne, died unexpectedly on Friday May 7, 2010, while on vacation in Turkey. She had been with her husband Charles, enjoying a hiking tour; the two things she loved most.
Anita was born in New York City and grew up in Hoboken, New Jersey. She graduated from Miss Beard’s School in Orange, New Jersey with the class of 1948. Soon thereafter she began working at Steven’s Technical Institute. She lived in Midland Park with her husband Charles before moving to Wayne in 1983.
In 1952 she joined the Interstate Hiking Club based out of Paterson to pursue her love of the outdoors. It was here that she met Charles Kientzler, also an avid hiker. Anita and Charlie had their first date together at the Claudius Smith Den, a cave steeped in history and folklore, on a Halloween night. The date was a success and they were married on June 17, 1957. They spent the next thirteen weeks on their honeymoon, camping and hiking all over the western United States. Their honeymoon was just a preview of the rest of their marriage, as they enjoyed the next fifty two years travelling, hiking, and exploring all over the world, and loving each other every step of the way. They have been on biking and hiking tours throughout Europe, including Switzerland, Italy, France, as well as Scotland, Whales, and Egypt. They have been to forty nine of the fifty United States, only skipping Hawaii, and camped in almost all of them, resorting to hotel rooms only on occasion. Maine was one of Anita’s favorite places to visit, but most of all she loved travelling home.
Their family home is also a part of their story. Anita’s family has owned the house in Wayne since the 1940’s and she spent summers there, on the Pompton Lake, as a child. Anita and Charles kept up that tradition and spent their summers there also, moving up from Midland Park as soon as the kids finished school in June and staying through the summer months. In 1983 they purchased the house from her family and made it their year-round home. That home has been a part of her for seventy seven years.
Anita became active with the Pines Lake Garden Club for more than the last twenty years and truly enjoyed the Laurelwood Arboretum. She kept a vegetable garden at home and loved tending to her crops, and also had a garden at the Van Riper House, where you could frequently find her lending a hand with whatever needed to be done. There was never a dull moment with Anita. She was always busy, things were always exciting, and she was always involved.
Anita is survived by her devoted husband of fifty two years; Charles Kientzler of Wayne, her two loving sons; Donald Kientzler and his wife Bich of Millstone Township, NJ, and David Kientzler of Sandystone, NJ, two grandchildren; Dolan and Aspen Kientzler of Millstone Township, NJ, his loving niece; Christina Schuck of Georgia and one nephew; Norman Schuck also of Georgia. Anita was predeceased by her brother Carl Schuck.
Those planning an expression of sympathy in Anita’s memory are asked to consider Laurelwood Arboretum, P.O. Box 2433, 725 Pines Lake Drive West, Wayne, NJ 07474.
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