Evelyn K. Hoogmoed

Evelyn K. Hoogmoed, age 91 of North Haledon and formerly of Hawthorne, passed Tuesday, June 25, 2019.

She was born in the family home in Hawthorne to Jasper and Saartje Koster.  She graduated from Hawthorne High School with the Class of 1946.  After high school Evelyn continued her education at the Christian Sanatorium in Wyckoff where she received her Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) certification upon completion of their Nursing program.

Evelyn was a LPN for the Christian Sanatorium which later became known as the Christian Health Care Center in Wyckoff. She had a lifelong career of over forty years with them before retiring in 1993. Evelyn attended the Ebenezer Netherland Reformed Church in Franklin Lakes.

She will be lovingly remembered for her quiet demeanor and loving, nurturing devotion to family. Her caring, motherly, and nurturing way was also evidenced with her loving care of others as a nurse. Evelyn enjoyed playing the organ and for many years she liked knitting blankets, afghans, and sweaters for all.

Evelyn met a young man named Walter Hoogmoed at the Free Reformed Church in Passaic and they married on May 31, 1949.  They honeymooned at Niagara Falls, New York and had a devoted marriage of 55 years that was blessed with five children.

Evelyn was the loving wife of the late Walter Hoogmoed (d.2004); devoted mother of Evelyn Florit and her husband Michael of Prospect Park, Marie Douma Ten Kate and her husband David of North Haledon, Walter Hoogmoed of Riverdale, Richard Hoogmoed and his wife Nancy of Hawthorne, and Arthur Hoogmoed and his wife Patricia of West Milford;  cherished grandmother of twelve grandchildren and twenty-four great-grandchildren; and loving sister of the late Jennie Boer (d.2012) and Jasper Koster of North Haledon and his late wife Mary (d.2019).

In lieu of flowers memorial donations to the Holland Home, 151 Graham Ave., North Haledon, NJ 07508 or online at www.hchnj.org/donate would be greatly appreciated.