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February 25, 2008
Services
Funeral services will be held Saturday, March 1, 2008 at 9:30 AM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne. Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Friday from 2-4, 7-9 PM.
David A. Douma “Dave” age 95 of Spring Hill, Florida passed away Monday, February 25, 2008 at the Hernando-Pasco Hospice in Spring Hill, Florida. His passing was quiet and peaceful while he was receiving the loving care of his family.
He was born in Ridgefield Park and had lived for many years in Little Falls before moving to Spring Hill, Florida sixteen years ago.
Dave received his formal education at Paterson Central High School graduating with the Class of 1928.
His first employment was with Sam Meyer’s Hardware Store located in the center of Little Falls. He would often recall that his pay was ten cents a week with the most of which he contributed to family living expenses. He continued to work a Meyer’s Hardware until the store closed in 1968. He then went to work for Federbush Wholesale Hardware in Totowa finally retiring in 1977.
He was a founding volunteer fireman with Enterprise Fire Company No. 2 in Little Falls. He was an exempt fireman of the New Jersey State Fireman’s Association.
He was a member of the First Reformed Church of Little Falls.
Dave loved sports and was a member of the Kiowa Sports League in Cedar Grove and played both football and baseball. For many years he enjoyed playing golf and especially enjoyed the Passaic County golf course in Wayne.
His daughter Marjorie recalls the happy times Dad took her to Yankee Stadium to see baseball games. His daughter Carolyn recalls her father giving her driving lessons and emphasising that "the middle peddle was the brake for stopping the car."
As a young man he enjoyed riding his 1927 Harley Davidson motor cycle on Route 46 in Fairfield.
David and Marjorie (nee Jacobus) Douma were married for forty-four years in a “loving and devoted” marriage until Marjorie’s passing in 1978.
Surviving are two daughters Carolyn McCawley and her husband Leo of Spring Hill, Florida and Marjorie Cunningham and her husband John of Pequannock, NJ; four grandchildren Dr. Lori Brolsma and her husband Larry, Debbie Tuit and her husband Ray, Judy Luker and her husband Scott and Leonard McCawley; eight Great Grandchildren Ashley, Charles and Alexandra Zulovitz, Shelby and Garrett Brolsma, Jason, Jakob and Karlee Luker.
Those planning an expression of sympathy in David’s memory are asked to consider Enterprise Fire Co. #2, Little Falls, NJ 07424 or The Hernando-Pasco Hospice, 12107 Majestic Boulevard, Hudson, Florida 34667-2460.
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Funeral services will be held Saturday, March 1, 2008 at 9:30 AM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne. Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Friday from 2-4, 7-9 PM.
February 25, 2008
Services
Funeral services will be held Saturday, March 1, 2008 at 9:30 AM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne. Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Friday from 2-4, 7-9 PM.
David A. Douma “Dave” age 95 of Spring Hill, Florida passed away Monday, February 25, 2008 at the Hernando-Pasco Hospice in Spring Hill, Florida. His passing was quiet and peaceful while he was receiving the loving care of his family.
He was born in Ridgefield Park and had lived for many years in Little Falls before moving to Spring Hill, Florida sixteen years ago.
Dave received his formal education at Paterson Central High School graduating with the Class of 1928.
His first employment was with Sam Meyer’s Hardware Store located in the center of Little Falls. He would often recall that his pay was ten cents a week with the most of which he contributed to family living expenses. He continued to work a Meyer’s Hardware until the store closed in 1968. He then went to work for Federbush Wholesale Hardware in Totowa finally retiring in 1977.
He was a founding volunteer fireman with Enterprise Fire Company No. 2 in Little Falls. He was an exempt fireman of the New Jersey State Fireman’s Association.
He was a member of the First Reformed Church of Little Falls.
Dave loved sports and was a member of the Kiowa Sports League in Cedar Grove and played both football and baseball. For many years he enjoyed playing golf and especially enjoyed the Passaic County golf course in Wayne.
His daughter Marjorie recalls the happy times Dad took her to Yankee Stadium to see baseball games. His daughter Carolyn recalls her father giving her driving lessons and emphasising that "the middle peddle was the brake for stopping the car."
As a young man he enjoyed riding his 1927 Harley Davidson motor cycle on Route 46 in Fairfield.
David and Marjorie (nee Jacobus) Douma were married for forty-four years in a “loving and devoted” marriage until Marjorie’s passing in 1978.
Surviving are two daughters Carolyn McCawley and her husband Leo of Spring Hill, Florida and Marjorie Cunningham and her husband John of Pequannock, NJ; four grandchildren Dr. Lori Brolsma and her husband Larry, Debbie Tuit and her husband Ray, Judy Luker and her husband Scott and Leonard McCawley; eight Great Grandchildren Ashley, Charles and Alexandra Zulovitz, Shelby and Garrett Brolsma, Jason, Jakob and Karlee Luker.
Those planning an expression of sympathy in David’s memory are asked to consider Enterprise Fire Co. #2, Little Falls, NJ 07424 or The Hernando-Pasco Hospice, 12107 Majestic Boulevard, Hudson, Florida 34667-2460.
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