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December 4, 2013
Services
Friends may visit with the family Monday, December 9, 2013 from 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, December 10, 2013 10 AM at the funeral home.
Interment will be in George Washington Memorial Park, Paramus.
James H. Vieldhouse, Jr. age 76 of Wantage passed peacefully at home on Wednesday, December 4, 2013.
He was born in Paterson having been raised in Prospect Park and lived in Hawthorne and Wayne before moving to Wantage six years ago.
James was a United States Navy Veteran of the Korean War having served from 1953 – 1957. For a majority of his service he was aboard the USS Mount McKinley, an amphibious force command ship. He was personally involved with Operation Wigwam and Operation Redwing - both nuclear bomb tests. From his ship he was an eye witness to the testing of a hydrogen bomb on Bikini Island and later walked the beach. He remembers being called topside and instructed to “face away from the blast and cover your eyes.” He received the Good Conduct Medal and the National Defense Medal.
He graduated from William Paterson University in Wayne with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Public Safety with the Class of 1979.
James was a Detective Sergeant and Commander of the Youth Bureau for the Wayne Township Police Department where he worked for thirty years before retiring in 2002.
He loved his family and enjoyed the accomplishments of his grandchildren. James also enjoyed his many annual trips deer hunting, fishing, traveling all around the country with his camper, long visits to the Florida Keys, and he was always watching FOX News.
James was the loving husband of Beverly (VanWyck); devoted father of Deborah L. Vieldhouse of Coco Beach, FL, Detective Sergeant of the NJ State Police Kevin Vieldhouse and his wife Caprice of Wayne, and Jodi Zaccone and her husband Michael of Wayne; cherished grandfather of Stephanie Shepard, Makana Kaluiokalana, Kevin, Korey, Carli Vieldhouse, and Michael, Corinne, and Giovanna Zaccone; and five great-grandchildren; loved step-father of Eddie Minchin, Tina Hadjissa and her husband Tambe, and Heather Minchin all of Wantage; much loved step-grandfather of Tyler, Hailie, Kaitlynn, and Adam Hadjissa, and Ava Torres; dear brother of William Vieldhouse and his wife Janet of Warwick, NY.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to the Wounded Warrior Project www.woundedwarrriorproject.com would be appreciated.
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Friends may visit with the family Monday, December 9, 2013 from 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, December 10, 2013 10 AM at the funeral home.
Interment will be in George Washington Memorial Park, Paramus.
December 4, 2013
Services
Friends may visit with the family Monday, December 9, 2013 from 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, December 10, 2013 10 AM at the funeral home.
Interment will be in George Washington Memorial Park, Paramus.
James H. Vieldhouse, Jr. age 76 of Wantage passed peacefully at home on Wednesday, December 4, 2013.
He was born in Paterson having been raised in Prospect Park and lived in Hawthorne and Wayne before moving to Wantage six years ago.
James was a United States Navy Veteran of the Korean War having served from 1953 – 1957. For a majority of his service he was aboard the USS Mount McKinley, an amphibious force command ship. He was personally involved with Operation Wigwam and Operation Redwing - both nuclear bomb tests. From his ship he was an eye witness to the testing of a hydrogen bomb on Bikini Island and later walked the beach. He remembers being called topside and instructed to “face away from the blast and cover your eyes.” He received the Good Conduct Medal and the National Defense Medal.
He graduated from William Paterson University in Wayne with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Public Safety with the Class of 1979.
James was a Detective Sergeant and Commander of the Youth Bureau for the Wayne Township Police Department where he worked for thirty years before retiring in 2002.
He loved his family and enjoyed the accomplishments of his grandchildren. James also enjoyed his many annual trips deer hunting, fishing, traveling all around the country with his camper, long visits to the Florida Keys, and he was always watching FOX News.
James was the loving husband of Beverly (VanWyck); devoted father of Deborah L. Vieldhouse of Coco Beach, FL, Detective Sergeant of the NJ State Police Kevin Vieldhouse and his wife Caprice of Wayne, and Jodi Zaccone and her husband Michael of Wayne; cherished grandfather of Stephanie Shepard, Makana Kaluiokalana, Kevin, Korey, Carli Vieldhouse, and Michael, Corinne, and Giovanna Zaccone; and five great-grandchildren; loved step-father of Eddie Minchin, Tina Hadjissa and her husband Tambe, and Heather Minchin all of Wantage; much loved step-grandfather of Tyler, Hailie, Kaitlynn, and Adam Hadjissa, and Ava Torres; dear brother of William Vieldhouse and his wife Janet of Warwick, NY.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to the Wounded Warrior Project www.woundedwarrriorproject.com would be appreciated.
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