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Denes G. Herczku, age 74, of Pompton Plains passed peacefully at home on Thursday, May 22, 2014.
He was born and raised in Tarnok, Hungary where he attended a trade school to become a tanner. He entered the United States under the Lodge-Philbin Act which allowed for the recruiting of foreign nationals into a US commanded fighting force. Denes served five years in the US Army during the Vietnam War having attained Expert Sharpshooter status with a pistol and rifle. He was honorably discharged in 1963. He started his own company called Herczku Masonry Inc. which he and his wife ran for over thirty years before retiring.
Denes was the loving husband of Edie Herczku; devoted father of Lisa Howanice and her husband Scott of Pompton Plains and Dennis M. Herczku of Long Valley; cherished grandfather of Brittany, Gwendolyn, and Samuel Howanice, and Sophia Herzcku.
In light of their wonderful and loving care the family asks that those inclined to make a memorial donation please consider the Passaic Valley Hospice, PO Box 1007, Totowa, NJ 07511-1007.
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Funeral services will be held privately.
May 22, 2014
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Funeral services will be held privately.
Denes G. Herczku, age 74, of Pompton Plains passed peacefully at home on Thursday, May 22, 2014.
He was born and raised in Tarnok, Hungary where he attended a trade school to become a tanner. He entered the United States under the Lodge-Philbin Act which allowed for the recruiting of foreign nationals into a US commanded fighting force. Denes served five years in the US Army during the Vietnam War having attained Expert Sharpshooter status with a pistol and rifle. He was honorably discharged in 1963. He started his own company called Herczku Masonry Inc. which he and his wife ran for over thirty years before retiring.
Denes was the loving husband of Edie Herczku; devoted father of Lisa Howanice and her husband Scott of Pompton Plains and Dennis M. Herczku of Long Valley; cherished grandfather of Brittany, Gwendolyn, and Samuel Howanice, and Sophia Herzcku.
In light of their wonderful and loving care the family asks that those inclined to make a memorial donation please consider the Passaic Valley Hospice, PO Box 1007, Totowa, NJ 07511-1007.
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