Floyd William Van Nortwick

Floyd W. Van Nortwick, age 84, of Wayne passed peacefully at home with his family by his side on Thursday, June 20, 2019.

He was born in Passaic to Floyd and Marie Van Nortwick and raised at 114 Court Avenue in Lyndhurst. He attended Lyndhurst High School with the Class of 1952. As a young man Floyd worked for his father’s company Vans Fuel Oil.

Floyd was drafted in the US Army in 1957 and was stationed in Germany for eighteen months before being discharged in 1959. He got married July 2nd, 1961 to Natalie and they purchased their house in Wayne where they still reside. Floyd was recalled into the service three months later and was honorably discharged from the US Army on March 31, 1963.

After his service in the military Floyd found work with the New Jersey Carpenters Union Local 254. Then he started a business with his brother Richard called VanRad Contracting in Lyndhurst where he worked until retiring.

He will be remembered as a loving husband, father and grandfather. He was compassionate, easy going, and a huge sports fan. He had season tickets to the NY Giants from their days at the Polo grounds then to Yankee Stadium and finally for many years at the Meadowlands in New Jersey. He enjoyed gardening, working in the yard and loved speeding across Barnegat Bay and Greenwood Lake in his speedboats. Another of Floyd’s favorite things was vacationing at his condo on Miami Beach, their house at the Jersey Shore and Pigeon Forge in Tennesee where he could hear the country music that he enjoyed listening to. Floyd loved spending time with his German Shepherds. Lastly, Floyd and Natalie loved their date nights on Friday and Saturday where they met friends and dined at many local restaurants where they were well known to the staff and owners.

Floyd was the loving husband of Natalie (Gardzinski); he was the devoted father of Keith and his wife Debbie of Newfoundland and Kevin of Wayne; cherished grandfather (Poppi) of Matthew, Lindsey, and Jared; dear brother of the late Richard and his surviving wife Linda; much loved uncle of the late Richard, Gary, Michael and his wife Dian from Clifton, and Jimmy LaFaso and his wife Maureen of Rutherford and Bobby LaFaso of Lyndhurst.

In lieu of flowers memorial donations would be greatly appreciated and may be made in Floyd's name to the Wayne Memorial First Aid Squad, PO box 2004,Wayne NJ 07474.