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March 31, 2009
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Thursday April 2, 2009 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM.
Funeral services will be at 9:30 AM Friday, April 3, 2009 at the funeral home.
Jack (John) Van Houten Jr., age 81 of Wayne, died suddenly at home on Tuesday, March 31, 2009. He had been a resident of Wayne for 47 years.
Born in Prospect Park, he graduated from Hawthorne High School in 1945 and immediately joined the Navy. Jack served during WW II and during the late 1940’s before being discharged. He was recalled to active duty and served again during the Korean War before being discharged finally in 1954. He began working for his father-in-law at Adelco Service Inc., specializing in gas station maintenance. After his father-in-law passed away, Jack took over the operation and ran it until retiring in 1989. Jack was also a long time distributor of nutritional products for Shaklee.
Jack was an avid reader, especially of religious books. He also enjoyed travelling. His son John recalls memories of their family trips, when they were kids, to almost every state in the USA. More recently Jack and his wife Marion had travelled to the Netherlands, Michigan, and South Dakota. He had a great sense of humor and was always reliable when you needed a laugh. Jack and Marion had a “loving” marriage together for nearly ten years.
Jack is survived by his beloved wife Marion (Rose-Kersten), one son; John and his wife Annette of Kinnelon, a stepson; Gary Kersten and his wife Rachael of Walker, Michigan, five grandchildren; Justin Van Houten of Chester, NJ, Gary Van Sweden and his wife Amy of Oak Ridge, NJ, and Travis, Tyler, and Natalie Kersten of Walker, Michigan, two great-grandchildren; Courtney and Cole Van Sweden of Oak Ridge, a sister; Bette Verblaauw of North Haledon, and many more nieces, nephews, extended family and friends. Jack was predeceased by his son Gerald in 2004 and his first wife Leona (Admerand) in 1996.
In lieu of flowers, donations to the Netherlands Reformed Christian School, 164 Jacksonville Rd, Pompton Plains, NJ 07444 would be greatly appreciated.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Thursday April 2, 2009 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM.
Funeral services will be at 9:30 AM Friday, April 3, 2009 at the funeral home.
March 31, 2009
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Thursday April 2, 2009 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM.
Funeral services will be at 9:30 AM Friday, April 3, 2009 at the funeral home.
Jack (John) Van Houten Jr., age 81 of Wayne, died suddenly at home on Tuesday, March 31, 2009. He had been a resident of Wayne for 47 years.
Born in Prospect Park, he graduated from Hawthorne High School in 1945 and immediately joined the Navy. Jack served during WW II and during the late 1940’s before being discharged. He was recalled to active duty and served again during the Korean War before being discharged finally in 1954. He began working for his father-in-law at Adelco Service Inc., specializing in gas station maintenance. After his father-in-law passed away, Jack took over the operation and ran it until retiring in 1989. Jack was also a long time distributor of nutritional products for Shaklee.
Jack was an avid reader, especially of religious books. He also enjoyed travelling. His son John recalls memories of their family trips, when they were kids, to almost every state in the USA. More recently Jack and his wife Marion had travelled to the Netherlands, Michigan, and South Dakota. He had a great sense of humor and was always reliable when you needed a laugh. Jack and Marion had a “loving” marriage together for nearly ten years.
Jack is survived by his beloved wife Marion (Rose-Kersten), one son; John and his wife Annette of Kinnelon, a stepson; Gary Kersten and his wife Rachael of Walker, Michigan, five grandchildren; Justin Van Houten of Chester, NJ, Gary Van Sweden and his wife Amy of Oak Ridge, NJ, and Travis, Tyler, and Natalie Kersten of Walker, Michigan, two great-grandchildren; Courtney and Cole Van Sweden of Oak Ridge, a sister; Bette Verblaauw of North Haledon, and many more nieces, nephews, extended family and friends. Jack was predeceased by his son Gerald in 2004 and his first wife Leona (Admerand) in 1996.
In lieu of flowers, donations to the Netherlands Reformed Christian School, 164 Jacksonville Rd, Pompton Plains, NJ 07444 would be greatly appreciated.
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