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July 14, 2022
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Monday, July 18, 2022 from 4-8 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 10 AM on Tuesday, July 19, 2022 at the Ebenezer Netherland Reformed Church, 875 Ewing Ave, Franklin Lakes. Burial will follow at the Yellow Frame Cemetery, 1 Yellow Frame Rd., Fredon, NJ.
Dena Van Grouw (nee Vander Wiele), age 92, of Frelinghuysen, NJ, died peacefully at home on Thursday, July 14, 2022, surrounded by her loving family. Her faith in the Lord guided her daily life, and even as Alzheimer’s disease increasingly altered her state of mind in recent years, she never stopped praying for her family and loved ones, often out loud.
Dena grew up in the Dutch Hill section of Clifton, and after marrying William Van Grouw in 1953, they moved to Wyckoff. It had always been Dena’s dream to live on a farm, so in 1979, she and William moved their family to Frelinghuysen, NJ. Dena was truly devoted to her husband and her family. Dena enjoyed crocheting and made many blankets for her children and grandchildren.
Dena is survived by seven children: Linda den Hollander and her husband Gary of Michigan, Sandra Van Sweden and her husband John of Mississippi, William Van Grouw and his wife Nellie of Frelinghuysen, Gregory Van Grouw and his wife Jenny of Hope, Mark Van Grouw and his wife Linda of Frelinghuysen, Donna Kelderman and her husband Mark of Michigan, and Bruce Van Grouw and his wife Jennifer of Lincoln Park, forty-nine grandchildren, one hundred and nine great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild. She was predeceased by her husband William in 2011, by her son Leonard, a grandson; John Van Wageningen, one great-granddaughter, and one great-grandson.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to Netherlands Reformed Christian School. 164 Jacksonville Road, Pompton Plains, NJ 07444
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Monday, July 18, 2022 from 4-8 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 10 AM on Tuesday, July 19, 2022 at the Ebenezer Netherland Reformed Church, 875 Ewing Ave, Franklin Lakes. Burial will follow at the Yellow Frame Cemetery, 1 Yellow Frame Rd., Fredon, NJ.
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