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May 29, 2011
Services
A joint Memorial Service for Jean and her husband William Tanis, Sr. will be held at their home in Green Pond. To be announced at a future date.
Jean Dunker Tanis, 90, of Green Pond New Jersey, died on Sunday May 29, 2011 at The In Patient Unit of Compassionate Care Hospice, Dover NJ, surrounded by her loved ones.
Born on June 12, 1920 to Josephine and Frank Dunker of Newton, she grew up and attended schools in Newton, NJ. She was a graduate of The Katherine Gibbs School in New York City. Jean worked as an Administrative Assistant in Lake Mohawk prior to her marriage. Jean served as a member of the Manchester Regional High School Board of Education, a Trustee of the North Haledon Public Library, a member of the Board of Directors of the Paterson Mental Health Clinic, and the American Red Cross. Jean was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of North Haledon, the Green Pond Chapel Club, and a Lifetime member of the Green Pond Women’s Club. Jean also contributed to and was active in numerous church and youth organizations both in North Haledon and Green Pond.
Jean was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. The love and well being of her family and her children were her focus in life. She is predeceased by her husband William, Sr., of Ideal Farms, in 2008, and her daughter Jean Jr., in 1987, two sisters Beatrice Dunker Vermeulen and Barbara Dunker Snook, and her brother Frank “Bud” Dunker, Jr.
She is survived by her children Barbara Tanis Gibson and her husband Frank of TustinCalifornia, William Tanis Jr. of Green Pond, Peter Tanis and his wife Marlene of Oak Ridge, and JoAnn Tanis of Hope and Green Pond, 9 grandchildren, 17 great grandchildren, and her brother Robert Dunker and his wife Joan of Cape Carteret, North Carolina.
In lieu of flowers, donations in Jean’s name would be greatly appreciated to: The Jean Tanis Jr. Memorial Scholarship Fund, The Green Pond Women’s Club, 7 Oak Lane, Green Pond, NJ 07435, and/or The In Patient Unit of Compassionate Care Hospice, Dover General Hospital, Dover, NJ.
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A joint Memorial Service for Jean and her husband William Tanis, Sr. will be held at their home in Green Pond. To be announced at a future date.
May 29, 2011
Services
A joint Memorial Service for Jean and her husband William Tanis, Sr. will be held at their home in Green Pond. To be announced at a future date.
Jean Dunker Tanis, 90, of Green Pond New Jersey, died on Sunday May 29, 2011 at The In Patient Unit of Compassionate Care Hospice, Dover NJ, surrounded by her loved ones.
Born on June 12, 1920 to Josephine and Frank Dunker of Newton, she grew up and attended schools in Newton, NJ. She was a graduate of The Katherine Gibbs School in New York City. Jean worked as an Administrative Assistant in Lake Mohawk prior to her marriage. Jean served as a member of the Manchester Regional High School Board of Education, a Trustee of the North Haledon Public Library, a member of the Board of Directors of the Paterson Mental Health Clinic, and the American Red Cross. Jean was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of North Haledon, the Green Pond Chapel Club, and a Lifetime member of the Green Pond Women’s Club. Jean also contributed to and was active in numerous church and youth organizations both in North Haledon and Green Pond.
Jean was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. The love and well being of her family and her children were her focus in life. She is predeceased by her husband William, Sr., of Ideal Farms, in 2008, and her daughter Jean Jr., in 1987, two sisters Beatrice Dunker Vermeulen and Barbara Dunker Snook, and her brother Frank “Bud” Dunker, Jr.
She is survived by her children Barbara Tanis Gibson and her husband Frank of TustinCalifornia, William Tanis Jr. of Green Pond, Peter Tanis and his wife Marlene of Oak Ridge, and JoAnn Tanis of Hope and Green Pond, 9 grandchildren, 17 great grandchildren, and her brother Robert Dunker and his wife Joan of Cape Carteret, North Carolina.
In lieu of flowers, donations in Jean’s name would be greatly appreciated to: The Jean Tanis Jr. Memorial Scholarship Fund, The Green Pond Women’s Club, 7 Oak Lane, Green Pond, NJ 07435, and/or The In Patient Unit of Compassionate Care Hospice, Dover General Hospital, Dover, NJ.
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