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April 16, 2010
Services
Funeral services will be held 9 AM on Wednesday, April 21, 2010 from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne then to Our Lady of Consolation RC Church, 1799 Hamburg Tpk., Wayne where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Friends may visit with the family on Tuesday, April 20, 2010 from 2-4, 7-9 PM at the funeral home. Internment will be in Calvary Cemetery, Paterson.
Frederick Louis Vlamynck, age 88, of Wayne died Friday, April 16, 2010 at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Paterson. He was born in Secaucus to Alice Herpe and Octave Vlamynck.
He lived in East Paterson, now known as Elmwood Park and graduated Class of 1939 from Eastside High School, Paterson. After high school he was drafted into the US Army, where they selected him to attend engineering classes at Clemson University. However, World War II needed even more soldiers, so he was taken from his college classes to join the 87th infantry division in the Battle of the Bulge. His division of 200 men had been told to hold their ground at any cost, and he was one of only 42 who survived the devastating battle. Leaving battle with severe frostbite, Fred was sent home on the Queen Mary which was serving as a hospital ship. Fred returned to both his high school sweetheart and the family greenhouse business.
He had proposed to Ruth before going off to war, and on June 25, 1947 they married at St. Joseph’s Church, Paterson. They began their married life in East Paterson, started a family, and built a home near the greenhouses. As the owner of Octave Vlamynck & Co., he raised fine plants for the wholesale trade. He was one of the largest growers of poinsettias on the east coast, supplying Christmas plants for churches and retailers in NYC and beyond. In other seasons, he grew lilies, azaleas, mums, hydrangeas, gardenias, and potted plants. His father had started the greenhouse business in 1919, and when Fred took it over there were 20 greenhouses on the 14 acres of land, with open fields for the plants in the summertime. Fred had a self-reliant farm mentality where he could fix just about anything. He knew enough about things to get himself in trouble and often knew just a little more to find his way out. In the mid-80‘s he sold the family business and moved to Wayne.
Fred had a love of travel and adventure. The family started with car trips across the country and eventually progressed into motor-home travel. Their adventures were not limited to the United States as they rented motor homes in Australia and New Zealand as well. They also strapped their motor-home onto a train car and toured the Copper Canyon of Mexico. Ruth and Fred enjoyed taking cruises, getting off the beaten path, and exploring the world in many different ways. Fred was also very social. He loved to play games including cards, shuffleboard and board games. He enjoyed playing with his family and card groups.
Fred was a long term Rotary member and served as a Past-President of the Elmwood Park Rotary Club.
He was the beloved husband of sixty-three years to Ruth (Smith) Vlamynck; loving father of Patricia Vlamynck of Hartland, VT, Jean Vlamynck of Santa Cruz, CA and Susan Polansky and her husband Hari of Dedham, MA and the late Frederick Richard Vlamynck (May/2009); cherished grandfather of Daniel, Allison and Zachary; loved brother of the late Margaret Mesaros.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations to Eva’s Village, 393 Main Street, Paterson, NJ 07501 would be appreciated.
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Funeral services will be held 9 AM on Wednesday, April 21, 2010 from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne then to Our Lady of Consolation RC Church, 1799 Hamburg Tpk., Wayne where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Friends may visit with the family on Tuesday, April 20, 2010 from 2-4, 7-9 PM at the funeral home. Internment will be in Calvary Cemetery, Paterson.
April 16, 2010
Services
Funeral services will be held 9 AM on Wednesday, April 21, 2010 from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne then to Our Lady of Consolation RC Church, 1799 Hamburg Tpk., Wayne where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Friends may visit with the family on Tuesday, April 20, 2010 from 2-4, 7-9 PM at the funeral home. Internment will be in Calvary Cemetery, Paterson.
Frederick Louis Vlamynck, age 88, of Wayne died Friday, April 16, 2010 at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Paterson. He was born in Secaucus to Alice Herpe and Octave Vlamynck.
He lived in East Paterson, now known as Elmwood Park and graduated Class of 1939 from Eastside High School, Paterson. After high school he was drafted into the US Army, where they selected him to attend engineering classes at Clemson University. However, World War II needed even more soldiers, so he was taken from his college classes to join the 87th infantry division in the Battle of the Bulge. His division of 200 men had been told to hold their ground at any cost, and he was one of only 42 who survived the devastating battle. Leaving battle with severe frostbite, Fred was sent home on the Queen Mary which was serving as a hospital ship. Fred returned to both his high school sweetheart and the family greenhouse business.
He had proposed to Ruth before going off to war, and on June 25, 1947 they married at St. Joseph’s Church, Paterson. They began their married life in East Paterson, started a family, and built a home near the greenhouses. As the owner of Octave Vlamynck & Co., he raised fine plants for the wholesale trade. He was one of the largest growers of poinsettias on the east coast, supplying Christmas plants for churches and retailers in NYC and beyond. In other seasons, he grew lilies, azaleas, mums, hydrangeas, gardenias, and potted plants. His father had started the greenhouse business in 1919, and when Fred took it over there were 20 greenhouses on the 14 acres of land, with open fields for the plants in the summertime. Fred had a self-reliant farm mentality where he could fix just about anything. He knew enough about things to get himself in trouble and often knew just a little more to find his way out. In the mid-80‘s he sold the family business and moved to Wayne.
Fred had a love of travel and adventure. The family started with car trips across the country and eventually progressed into motor-home travel. Their adventures were not limited to the United States as they rented motor homes in Australia and New Zealand as well. They also strapped their motor-home onto a train car and toured the Copper Canyon of Mexico. Ruth and Fred enjoyed taking cruises, getting off the beaten path, and exploring the world in many different ways. Fred was also very social. He loved to play games including cards, shuffleboard and board games. He enjoyed playing with his family and card groups.
Fred was a long term Rotary member and served as a Past-President of the Elmwood Park Rotary Club.
He was the beloved husband of sixty-three years to Ruth (Smith) Vlamynck; loving father of Patricia Vlamynck of Hartland, VT, Jean Vlamynck of Santa Cruz, CA and Susan Polansky and her husband Hari of Dedham, MA and the late Frederick Richard Vlamynck (May/2009); cherished grandfather of Daniel, Allison and Zachary; loved brother of the late Margaret Mesaros.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations to Eva’s Village, 393 Main Street, Paterson, NJ 07501 would be appreciated.
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