Cecilia Sweetman

Cecilia (nee Willekes) Sweetman, age 75 of Fairfield, passed away after a long illness on Friday, Sept. 25, 2020.  Cecilia was born in Ridderkerk, Netherlands, and came to America with her family at the age of seven.

Cecilia was widowed first to Robert Kievit in 1992, and then by her second husband, Barney Sweetman, in 2014, and was also predeceased by one of her great grandchildren.  She is survived by ten children; Robert Kievit and his wife Andrea of Oak Ridge, NJ, Rita Anzelmo and her husband Gary, Jr., of Bloomingdale, NJ, Donna Mol and her husband Doug of Lincoln Park, NJ Richard Kievit and his wife Stacy of Highland Lakes, NJ, John Sweetman and his wife Sandra of Boonton, NJ, Margaret Baum and her husband Leonard of Butler, NJ, Samuel Sweetman and his wife Ruth of Otisville, NY, Barbara Greendyk and her husband Peter of Montville, NJ, Florence VanVugt and her husband Arie of Andover, NJ, and Laurie Van Wingerden and her husband Kenneth of Lincoln Park, NJ, forty-two grandchildren and forty-seven great grandchildren, six brothers and sisters; Anna Warmenhoven and her husband Paul of Washington, Wilhemina Hook and her husband Wayne of Pequannock, Rose Heerschap and her husband William (predeceased) of Ontario, Lou Willekes and his wife Marie of Michigan, John Willekes and his wife Joke (predeceased) of Pompton Plains, and Joe Willekes and his wife Margaret of Oak Ridge.

As expressions of sympathy in Cecilia’s memory, donations would be appreciated to the Netherlands Reformed Christian School, 164 Jacksonville Rd., Pompton Plains, NJ 07444.