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May 7, 2010
Services
Funeral services will be held Thursday, May 13, 2010 at the Holland Christian Home Chapel, 151 Graham Avenue, North Haledon at 10 AM. The family will be in attendance to greet friends from 9 -10 AM. Arrangements are under the direction of the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne. Those planning an expression of sympathy in Eleanor’s memory are asked to consider the Holland Christian Home.
Eleanor Sinkway (nee Gross) age 95 of North Haledon on Friday, May 7, 2010 at the Holland Christian Home. Her passing was quiet and peaceful and took place with her loving daughter at her side. A lady of wonderful Christian faith that moved into the blessed assurance and arms of her Lord and Savior at that moment.
She was born in Paterson and lived her formative years there. Eleanor was part of a lively family of nine born to John and Rose Gross. She went to High School at Paterson Central High School. She later lived in Glen Rock for thirty-five years and then Hawthorne. Ten years ago she moved into the Holland Home in North Haledon.
Her ancestry was in the Netherlands and she was proud of her Dutch heritage.
Eleanor was a fine and dedicated Christian lady and was a member and Sunday school teacher for thirty years at the First Baptist church of Paterson. When she moved to Hawthorne and became a member of the Emmanuel Baptist Church in Ridgewood.
She was gifted with an outgoing personality and loved to be with people. As a result she accumulated many wonderful friends.
She will always be remembered as a dedicated and wonderful wife, mother, sister, grandmother and a friend to many. She was always there for her children even into their adulthood she remained a guiding influence with high expectancy of their life journey. She was a good cook and her daughter’s favorite treat was mom’s rice pudding and her son mom’s apple fritter pancakes. Thanks Mom for being so special in our lives.
Eleanor and her sister Edna were always very close and dear companions. One day she and her sister went to a church softball game and met the loves of their lives. Eleanor met Jim Sinkway and Edna met Al Vanderweert. It was not long thereafter that they married these two good friends. It is a story that good friends married good friends. Both couples built a home on Grante Avenue in Paterson and lived there for several years. Eventually Edna moved to Wyckoff and Eleanor to Glen Rock. The two sisters no longer lived close to one another but made up for it by spending lots of time on the phone.
In 1968 tragedy struck her life with the death of her husband following a serious illness. They had enjoyed thirty-one years of “Idyllic marriage” together. Eleanor gradually adjusted to her loss and moved to a small apartment in Hawthorne. She remained faithful to her church and to her family.
Surviving to cherish the memories of a very special mother are her daughter Lenore Ochs and her husband Phil of Wayne; her son James Mark Sinkway and his wife Karen of Murrells Inlet, South Carolina; three grandchildren including Rebecca Sinkway, Deborah Quinn and her husband Jamie and James Sinkway and his wife Holly.
She was predeceased by her sisters Margaret Berlinger, Clara Van Der Sluys, Helen Dalby, Edna Vanderweert, Clarence, Harry, John and Conrad Gross.
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Funeral services will be held Thursday, May 13, 2010 at the Holland Christian Home Chapel, 151 Graham Avenue, North Haledon at 10 AM. The family will be in attendance to greet friends from 9 -10 AM. Arrangements are under the direction of the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne. Those planning an expression of sympathy in Eleanor’s memory are asked to consider the Holland Christian Home.
May 7, 2010
Services
Funeral services will be held Thursday, May 13, 2010 at the Holland Christian Home Chapel, 151 Graham Avenue, North Haledon at 10 AM. The family will be in attendance to greet friends from 9 -10 AM. Arrangements are under the direction of the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne. Those planning an expression of sympathy in Eleanor’s memory are asked to consider the Holland Christian Home.
Eleanor Sinkway (nee Gross) age 95 of North Haledon on Friday, May 7, 2010 at the Holland Christian Home. Her passing was quiet and peaceful and took place with her loving daughter at her side. A lady of wonderful Christian faith that moved into the blessed assurance and arms of her Lord and Savior at that moment.
She was born in Paterson and lived her formative years there. Eleanor was part of a lively family of nine born to John and Rose Gross. She went to High School at Paterson Central High School. She later lived in Glen Rock for thirty-five years and then Hawthorne. Ten years ago she moved into the Holland Home in North Haledon.
Her ancestry was in the Netherlands and she was proud of her Dutch heritage.
Eleanor was a fine and dedicated Christian lady and was a member and Sunday school teacher for thirty years at the First Baptist church of Paterson. When she moved to Hawthorne and became a member of the Emmanuel Baptist Church in Ridgewood.
She was gifted with an outgoing personality and loved to be with people. As a result she accumulated many wonderful friends.
She will always be remembered as a dedicated and wonderful wife, mother, sister, grandmother and a friend to many. She was always there for her children even into their adulthood she remained a guiding influence with high expectancy of their life journey. She was a good cook and her daughter’s favorite treat was mom’s rice pudding and her son mom’s apple fritter pancakes. Thanks Mom for being so special in our lives.
Eleanor and her sister Edna were always very close and dear companions. One day she and her sister went to a church softball game and met the loves of their lives. Eleanor met Jim Sinkway and Edna met Al Vanderweert. It was not long thereafter that they married these two good friends. It is a story that good friends married good friends. Both couples built a home on Grante Avenue in Paterson and lived there for several years. Eventually Edna moved to Wyckoff and Eleanor to Glen Rock. The two sisters no longer lived close to one another but made up for it by spending lots of time on the phone.
In 1968 tragedy struck her life with the death of her husband following a serious illness. They had enjoyed thirty-one years of “Idyllic marriage” together. Eleanor gradually adjusted to her loss and moved to a small apartment in Hawthorne. She remained faithful to her church and to her family.
Surviving to cherish the memories of a very special mother are her daughter Lenore Ochs and her husband Phil of Wayne; her son James Mark Sinkway and his wife Karen of Murrells Inlet, South Carolina; three grandchildren including Rebecca Sinkway, Deborah Quinn and her husband Jamie and James Sinkway and his wife Holly.
She was predeceased by her sisters Margaret Berlinger, Clara Van Der Sluys, Helen Dalby, Edna Vanderweert, Clarence, Harry, John and Conrad Gross.
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