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Friends may visit with the family from 4-8 PM on Monday, May 11, 2015 and on Tuesday, May 12, 2015 from 4-6 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
A funeral service will be held 6 PM on Tuesday, May 12, 2015 just after the visitation hours.
Interment will be 1:30 PM on Thursday, May 14, 2015 in the Evergreen Cemetery, 465 West Street, Rutland, VT 05701.
James “Jim” B. Luke, 86, real estate developer and longtime resident of Palm Beach Gardens, FL and Wayne, NJ passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family in West Palm Beach, Florida on Saturday, May 2, 2015.
Jim was born in Mechanicville, NY and was a descendant of the Luke family that emigrated from Crook of Devon, Scotland and founded the West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company in the 1800’s. His parents were Victor Stirling Luke of Tarrytown, NY and the former Alice Blanchard of West Rutland, VT. Jim was raised in Mechanicville, New York and as a young man worked as a farm hand at the Ryan Dairy Farm in Bomoseen, VT and in the tobacco fields in northern Connecticut. He attended Middlebury College in Middlebury, VT and graduated in 1950.
He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War having served a tour in Germany. He was honorably discharged in 1953 as a Corporal. After his discharge from the Army, he settled in New Jersey where he worked for Irving Trust in New York City. He established Grove Associates in 1956 with his brother-in-law Ralph Loveys, developing residential and commercial real estate projects in the northern New Jersey area. Over the course of 60 years they built many residential units and commercial office and retail spaces. He married the former Janet Gensinger of Wayne, NJ in 1986.
Jim was a lifelong devoted Giants fan! He was normally a mild mannered person but his usual gentlemanly manner would undergo a transformation, leaving the television set to sit in his car to listen to the game when the Giants were playing poorly! He loved traveling throughout Europe enjoying meeting the locals and eating local cuisine. Food was his passion and he was a gourmet cook. Jim loved wintering at their Florida home, visiting with their many friends and neighbors and especially walks with Janet and their black lab Thunder. He was a voracious reader – devouring books on all subjects.
Jim was an avid skier and a familiar figure on the slopes of Stratton Mountain, VT and Snowmass, CO. He continued skiing into his 80’s. He also maintained a summer residence on Lake Bomoseen, VT where six generations of his family have been visiting since the 1800’s. Jim will be remembered for his kindness, generosity, humility, and being a true gentleman.
He was the loving husband of twenty-eight years to Janet (Gensinger) Luke; devoted father of Donna Eberle and her husband Kenneth of Florham Park, NJ, Anne McClelland and her husband John of New Paltz, NY, Elizabeth Matthews and her husband Tim of Leonardtown, MD, Barbara Barber of Holliston, MA, Edmund Buchser of Madison, NJ, James Luke, Jr. and his wife Karen of Roseland, NJ, Edward S. Gensinger and his wife Cynthia of Cream Ridge, NJ, and Jayne A. Ickowski and her husband Edward of Wayne, NJ; dear brother Robert Luke of Florham Park, NJ, the late Victor “Mike” Stirling Luke, Jr., and the late Persis Loveys; cherished grandfather of Lauren Eberle Aitchison, Luke Blanchard Eberle, Timothy Kirby Eberle, Tyler Luke Aitchison (great-grandson), Christopher David Chipouras, Dana Blanchard Chipouras, Katherine Luke Chipouras, Holly M. McClelland, John S. McClelland, Jr., Harrison James Matthews, Anne Luke Matthews, Anna Belle Barber, Timothy Jacob Barber, Kathryn Elizabeth Buchser, Andrew James Buchser, Ryan Matthew Buchser, Amanda Thyra Luke, Caroline Ann Gensinger, Luke Gerhard Gensinger, Addison Jayne Ickowski, Jayden Luke Ickowski.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Alzeheimer's Association, NJ Chapter at www.alz.org/nj or the American Cancer Society Hope Lodge at www.cancer.org/treatment/supportprogramsservices/hopelodge.
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Friends may visit with the family from 4-8 PM on Monday, May 11, 2015 and on Tuesday, May 12, 2015 from 4-6 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
A funeral service will be held 6 PM on Tuesday, May 12, 2015 just after the visitation hours.
Interment will be 1:30 PM on Thursday, May 14, 2015 in the Evergreen Cemetery, 465 West Street, Rutland, VT 05701.
Services
Friends may visit with the family from 4-8 PM on Monday, May 11, 2015 and on Tuesday, May 12, 2015 from 4-6 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
A funeral service will be held 6 PM on Tuesday, May 12, 2015 just after the visitation hours.
Interment will be 1:30 PM on Thursday, May 14, 2015 in the Evergreen Cemetery, 465 West Street, Rutland, VT 05701.
James “Jim” B. Luke, 86, real estate developer and longtime resident of Palm Beach Gardens, FL and Wayne, NJ passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family in West Palm Beach, Florida on Saturday, May 2, 2015.
Jim was born in Mechanicville, NY and was a descendant of the Luke family that emigrated from Crook of Devon, Scotland and founded the West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company in the 1800’s. His parents were Victor Stirling Luke of Tarrytown, NY and the former Alice Blanchard of West Rutland, VT. Jim was raised in Mechanicville, New York and as a young man worked as a farm hand at the Ryan Dairy Farm in Bomoseen, VT and in the tobacco fields in northern Connecticut. He attended Middlebury College in Middlebury, VT and graduated in 1950.
He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War having served a tour in Germany. He was honorably discharged in 1953 as a Corporal. After his discharge from the Army, he settled in New Jersey where he worked for Irving Trust in New York City. He established Grove Associates in 1956 with his brother-in-law Ralph Loveys, developing residential and commercial real estate projects in the northern New Jersey area. Over the course of 60 years they built many residential units and commercial office and retail spaces. He married the former Janet Gensinger of Wayne, NJ in 1986.
Jim was a lifelong devoted Giants fan! He was normally a mild mannered person but his usual gentlemanly manner would undergo a transformation, leaving the television set to sit in his car to listen to the game when the Giants were playing poorly! He loved traveling throughout Europe enjoying meeting the locals and eating local cuisine. Food was his passion and he was a gourmet cook. Jim loved wintering at their Florida home, visiting with their many friends and neighbors and especially walks with Janet and their black lab Thunder. He was a voracious reader – devouring books on all subjects.
Jim was an avid skier and a familiar figure on the slopes of Stratton Mountain, VT and Snowmass, CO. He continued skiing into his 80’s. He also maintained a summer residence on Lake Bomoseen, VT where six generations of his family have been visiting since the 1800’s. Jim will be remembered for his kindness, generosity, humility, and being a true gentleman.
He was the loving husband of twenty-eight years to Janet (Gensinger) Luke; devoted father of Donna Eberle and her husband Kenneth of Florham Park, NJ, Anne McClelland and her husband John of New Paltz, NY, Elizabeth Matthews and her husband Tim of Leonardtown, MD, Barbara Barber of Holliston, MA, Edmund Buchser of Madison, NJ, James Luke, Jr. and his wife Karen of Roseland, NJ, Edward S. Gensinger and his wife Cynthia of Cream Ridge, NJ, and Jayne A. Ickowski and her husband Edward of Wayne, NJ; dear brother Robert Luke of Florham Park, NJ, the late Victor “Mike” Stirling Luke, Jr., and the late Persis Loveys; cherished grandfather of Lauren Eberle Aitchison, Luke Blanchard Eberle, Timothy Kirby Eberle, Tyler Luke Aitchison (great-grandson), Christopher David Chipouras, Dana Blanchard Chipouras, Katherine Luke Chipouras, Holly M. McClelland, John S. McClelland, Jr., Harrison James Matthews, Anne Luke Matthews, Anna Belle Barber, Timothy Jacob Barber, Kathryn Elizabeth Buchser, Andrew James Buchser, Ryan Matthew Buchser, Amanda Thyra Luke, Caroline Ann Gensinger, Luke Gerhard Gensinger, Addison Jayne Ickowski, Jayden Luke Ickowski.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Alzeheimer's Association, NJ Chapter at www.alz.org/nj or the American Cancer Society Hope Lodge at www.cancer.org/treatment/supportprogramsservices/hopelodge.
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