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August 15, 2012
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Tuesday, August 21, 2012 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 10 AM on Wednesday, August 22, 2012 at the funeral home, followed by burial at the First Reformed Church Cemetery in Pompton Plains.
Carl J. Willekes, age 50 of Pompton Plains, died unexpectedly on Wednesday, August 15, 2012. Carl had been a lifelong resident of Pompton Plains and graduated from Pequannock High School in 1980.
Carl was employed at the Wayne offices of ISP, formerly GAF Corporation, for twenty three years before leaving in 2009. He had served in the mail room and typically worked six days per week. During his tenure he became familiar with everyone there. Of the more than one thousand employees at ISP, Carl knew all of them by name and their job title. He had an incredible memory and his family recalls how he could remember details of events that occurred years ago, as well as church sermons from any given Sunday. Carl remembered everything.
Carl was afflicted with Myotonic Dystrophy which causes a slow degeneration of the muscles. During the past several years the disease had taken its toll on him, but he was never bitter or angry about his condition. He knew God had a plan for him and he placed his trust in the Lord.
Over the years, Carl did have the opportunity to travel and he had visited family and friends in the Yakima Valley of Washington State. His family has vineyards there and the Valley was a beautiful place that he loved to visit.
Carl is survived by his devoted parents; John and Johanna Willekes of Pompton Plains, his sister Jo-Ellen Dolengo and her husband Brian of Bloomingdale, and many loving aunts, uncles and cousins.
In lieu of flowers, donations in Carl’s memory to the Netherlands Reformed Christian School, 164 Jacksonville Road, Pequannock, NJ 07444, would be greatly appreciated.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Tuesday, August 21, 2012 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 10 AM on Wednesday, August 22, 2012 at the funeral home, followed by burial at the First Reformed Church Cemetery in Pompton Plains.
August 15, 2012
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Tuesday, August 21, 2012 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 10 AM on Wednesday, August 22, 2012 at the funeral home, followed by burial at the First Reformed Church Cemetery in Pompton Plains.
Carl J. Willekes, age 50 of Pompton Plains, died unexpectedly on Wednesday, August 15, 2012. Carl had been a lifelong resident of Pompton Plains and graduated from Pequannock High School in 1980.
Carl was employed at the Wayne offices of ISP, formerly GAF Corporation, for twenty three years before leaving in 2009. He had served in the mail room and typically worked six days per week. During his tenure he became familiar with everyone there. Of the more than one thousand employees at ISP, Carl knew all of them by name and their job title. He had an incredible memory and his family recalls how he could remember details of events that occurred years ago, as well as church sermons from any given Sunday. Carl remembered everything.
Carl was afflicted with Myotonic Dystrophy which causes a slow degeneration of the muscles. During the past several years the disease had taken its toll on him, but he was never bitter or angry about his condition. He knew God had a plan for him and he placed his trust in the Lord.
Over the years, Carl did have the opportunity to travel and he had visited family and friends in the Yakima Valley of Washington State. His family has vineyards there and the Valley was a beautiful place that he loved to visit.
Carl is survived by his devoted parents; John and Johanna Willekes of Pompton Plains, his sister Jo-Ellen Dolengo and her husband Brian of Bloomingdale, and many loving aunts, uncles and cousins.
In lieu of flowers, donations in Carl’s memory to the Netherlands Reformed Christian School, 164 Jacksonville Road, Pequannock, NJ 07444, would be greatly appreciated.
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