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November 30, 2011
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Holland Christian Home, 151 Graham Avenue, North Haledon, NJ, on Friday, December 2, 2011 from 5-8 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 10 AM on Saturday, December 3 at the Holland Christian Home, then a committal service will follow at East Ridgelawn Cemetery, Clifton.
Gertrude “Tootsie” Van Beveren (nee Densel), age 89 of North Haledon, and formerly of Wayne and Clifton, died peacefully on Wednesday, November 30, 2011 at the Holland Christian Home.
“Tootsie”, as everyone knew her, was born in Passaic and enjoyed her childhood there, graduating from Passaic High School in 1940. She began working for Western Electric and worked her way up through the ranks during her career of more than 40 years there. She was a foreman, supervising electrical engineers who were designing telephone equipment. She retired from there in 1987. She moved to Siena Village in Wayne in 2001 and then in 2009 she moved to the Holland Christian Home in North Haledon.
She met her husband Martin and they married in 1959. They enjoyed a fun and loving marriage for thirty one years before Martin’s passing in 1990. She was a wonderful caregiver, taking care of not only her husband, but his parents, her nieces and nephews, and just about anyone else who could use her care. She was full of joy and always grateful for the many blessings bestowed upon her in her life. She seemed particularly grateful for many of the things that often go by unnoticed such as the sun, the rain, and the seasons. She was simply grateful for everything around her. She had a wonderful singing voice and joined the Chennaniah Choir at several area churches. She was also a member of the Dorcas Guild. Her faith in Jesus was the foundation of her life and she was a member of the Netherlands Reformed Congregation of Clifton for many years.
Family was where her heart was. She adored her nieces and nephews and would visit with them as often as she could. Holidays, such as Christmas, would be extended over a few days so that she could spend time at each of their homes. She was always there for them, whatever they needed and whatever she could provide. She was devoted to all of them as if they were her own children. She loved them all very much and she will surely be missed dearly by each and every one of them.
She is survived by her nephew Richard Densel and his wife Ruth of Pequannock, four nieces; Margaret Johnstone and her husband James of Pompton Plains, NJ, Cornelia Sellito and her husband Anthony of Spring Lake Heights, NJ, Joanne Holcomb and her husband Jeffrey of Branchville, NJ, and Margaret Garza and her husband Frank of Butler, NJ, two sister-in-laws; Joanne Densel of Pequannock and Pauline Tedesco of North Carolina and her children; Emmett Tedesco and his wife Linda of Virginia, Joanne Hinesley and her husband Thomas of Massachusetts, and Lori Tedesco of London, UK, as well as many great nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her beloved husband Martin in 1990, as well as two brothers and one sister.
As expressions of sympathy, if friends so wish, donations may be made in Tootsie’s memory to the Holland Christian Home, 151 Graham Avenue, North Haledon, NJ 07508.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Holland Christian Home, 151 Graham Avenue, North Haledon, NJ, on Friday, December 2, 2011 from 5-8 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 10 AM on Saturday, December 3 at the Holland Christian Home, then a committal service will follow at East Ridgelawn Cemetery, Clifton.
November 30, 2011
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Holland Christian Home, 151 Graham Avenue, North Haledon, NJ, on Friday, December 2, 2011 from 5-8 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 10 AM on Saturday, December 3 at the Holland Christian Home, then a committal service will follow at East Ridgelawn Cemetery, Clifton.
Gertrude “Tootsie” Van Beveren (nee Densel), age 89 of North Haledon, and formerly of Wayne and Clifton, died peacefully on Wednesday, November 30, 2011 at the Holland Christian Home.
“Tootsie”, as everyone knew her, was born in Passaic and enjoyed her childhood there, graduating from Passaic High School in 1940. She began working for Western Electric and worked her way up through the ranks during her career of more than 40 years there. She was a foreman, supervising electrical engineers who were designing telephone equipment. She retired from there in 1987. She moved to Siena Village in Wayne in 2001 and then in 2009 she moved to the Holland Christian Home in North Haledon.
She met her husband Martin and they married in 1959. They enjoyed a fun and loving marriage for thirty one years before Martin’s passing in 1990. She was a wonderful caregiver, taking care of not only her husband, but his parents, her nieces and nephews, and just about anyone else who could use her care. She was full of joy and always grateful for the many blessings bestowed upon her in her life. She seemed particularly grateful for many of the things that often go by unnoticed such as the sun, the rain, and the seasons. She was simply grateful for everything around her. She had a wonderful singing voice and joined the Chennaniah Choir at several area churches. She was also a member of the Dorcas Guild. Her faith in Jesus was the foundation of her life and she was a member of the Netherlands Reformed Congregation of Clifton for many years.
Family was where her heart was. She adored her nieces and nephews and would visit with them as often as she could. Holidays, such as Christmas, would be extended over a few days so that she could spend time at each of their homes. She was always there for them, whatever they needed and whatever she could provide. She was devoted to all of them as if they were her own children. She loved them all very much and she will surely be missed dearly by each and every one of them.
She is survived by her nephew Richard Densel and his wife Ruth of Pequannock, four nieces; Margaret Johnstone and her husband James of Pompton Plains, NJ, Cornelia Sellito and her husband Anthony of Spring Lake Heights, NJ, Joanne Holcomb and her husband Jeffrey of Branchville, NJ, and Margaret Garza and her husband Frank of Butler, NJ, two sister-in-laws; Joanne Densel of Pequannock and Pauline Tedesco of North Carolina and her children; Emmett Tedesco and his wife Linda of Virginia, Joanne Hinesley and her husband Thomas of Massachusetts, and Lori Tedesco of London, UK, as well as many great nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her beloved husband Martin in 1990, as well as two brothers and one sister.
As expressions of sympathy, if friends so wish, donations may be made in Tootsie’s memory to the Holland Christian Home, 151 Graham Avenue, North Haledon, NJ 07508.
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