April 5, 2014

Henry “Hank” Kuiken

Wayne

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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Tuesday April 8th, 2014 from 12:00 - 1:30 PM. A 1:30 service will be held at the funeral home.

Interment will be in Laurel Grove Memorial Park, Totowa.

Henry “Hank” Kuiken age 86 formerly of Wayne passed away peacefully on April 5, 2014 while receiving the loving care of his family.

Hank was born and raised in Fair Lawn, then lived in Wayne for 55 years before moving to Charlottesville, VA in the summer of 1987. His winter residence was St James City, FL. He was self-employed as a produce and dairy farmer. Hank also worked in the retail milk business having been a founding partner in Westbrook Farms. He was a building contractor working primarily in home construction until his retirement in 1986. In retirement one of Hanks hobbies was creating beautiful furniture. Many of his friends considered him to be a master craftsman of wood.

Hank is Survived by his wife Christine Austin Kuiken; three daughters Jeanne Schaper and her husband John of Springhill FL, Joanne Langlois of Haverstraw, NY, and Janice Hofer and her husband Rob of Wiggins, CO; two brothers Jacob of Prospect Park and Kenneth of Sarasota, FL; and two sisters Grace Thiessen of Huntley, IL and Helene Bradley of Charlottesville, VA; four grandchildren, six great grandchildren and a loyal friend Ray Wyant. He was predeceased by his First Wife Ella E. Kuiken in January 2000, two of his brothers Bill and Harold and two of his sisters Elizabeth and Dot.

Those planning an expression of sympathy in Hank’s name are asked to consider the American Cancer Society, 20 Mercer Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601.

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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Tuesday April 8th, 2014 from 12:00 - 1:30 PM. A 1:30 service will be held at the funeral home.

Interment will be in Laurel Grove Memorial Park, Totowa.

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