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June 17, 2018
Services
Friends may gather with the family for Memorial Visitation at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Thursday, June 28 from 5:30 to 8:30 PM.
Joan Heinrichs, age 74, of Haledon, passed away on Sunday, June 17, 2018.
After Joan was born, her parents brought her home to their house in Haledon and, as it turned out, she ended up living in that house her entire life. The home was a lovely Arts and Crafts era structure built in the first decade of the 1900’s and purchased by her grandfather in the 1920’s. Sitting on 3 acres of land, there was plenty of room for beautiful flower gardens, vegetables, raspberry bushes, currents, grape vines and fruit trees and Joan really enjoyed taking care of it all. A skilled do-it-yourself horticulturalist, she liked to graft fruit trees resulting in a harvest of two types of apples from the same tree.
Joan spent her freshman and sophomore year at Central High School in Paterson while a new school, Manchester Regional High School, was being constructed in Haledon. Her junior and senior year were spent in the sparkling new and completed Manchester Regional High School where she graduated with the Class of 1962.
With her years of formal education behind her, Joan jumped into a car with her mom, her sister Barbara, her aunt Marie and her cousin Marilyn to embark upon a cross-country road trip to the 1962 World’s Fair in Seattle, Washington. They enjoyed all the sights and attractions at the fair including the 605 foot tall Space Needle observation tower complete with rotating restaurant at 500 feet. Along the trip to the fair and back home they got to see other U.S. points of interest including South Dakota’s Badlands and Mount Rushmore, Oregon’s Sea Lion Caves, Nevada’s Hoover Dam, and the Great Salt Lake in Utah.
After the trip of a life-time, Joan entered the workforce as a member of the steno pool – a group of worker who were available to take notes in shorthand, at Haband – a seller and distributor of clothing, originally located in Prospect Park. She eventually moved with the company to Oakland and, through hard work, determination, and gifted leadership skills, Joan worked her way all the way up to the position of President of Advertising before retiring in 2009 after a 47 year career.
One of Joan’s favorite passions were her dogs. She was especially adept at training them in obedience and agility and would get together with friends to train their dogs together. She was especially fond of Norwegian Elk Hounds and German Shepherds and her most recent companion was a beautiful long-haired golden German Shepherd named Zaza. Joan also was a big fan of opera and classical music. She had a huge collection of CD’s and records so she could play whatever she felt compelled to listen to at any given time.
Joan is survived by her sister Barbara Heinrichs of Cape May.
In lieu of flowers, those planning an expression of sympathy in Joan’s name are asked to consider the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, 28 West 44th Street, Suite 609, New York, NY 10036, or donations can be made online at www.bcrf.org
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Friends may gather with the family for Memorial Visitation at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Thursday, June 28 from 5:30 to 8:30 PM.
June 17, 2018
Services
Friends may gather with the family for Memorial Visitation at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Thursday, June 28 from 5:30 to 8:30 PM.
Joan Heinrichs, age 74, of Haledon, passed away on Sunday, June 17, 2018.
After Joan was born, her parents brought her home to their house in Haledon and, as it turned out, she ended up living in that house her entire life. The home was a lovely Arts and Crafts era structure built in the first decade of the 1900’s and purchased by her grandfather in the 1920’s. Sitting on 3 acres of land, there was plenty of room for beautiful flower gardens, vegetables, raspberry bushes, currents, grape vines and fruit trees and Joan really enjoyed taking care of it all. A skilled do-it-yourself horticulturalist, she liked to graft fruit trees resulting in a harvest of two types of apples from the same tree.
Joan spent her freshman and sophomore year at Central High School in Paterson while a new school, Manchester Regional High School, was being constructed in Haledon. Her junior and senior year were spent in the sparkling new and completed Manchester Regional High School where she graduated with the Class of 1962.
With her years of formal education behind her, Joan jumped into a car with her mom, her sister Barbara, her aunt Marie and her cousin Marilyn to embark upon a cross-country road trip to the 1962 World’s Fair in Seattle, Washington. They enjoyed all the sights and attractions at the fair including the 605 foot tall Space Needle observation tower complete with rotating restaurant at 500 feet. Along the trip to the fair and back home they got to see other U.S. points of interest including South Dakota’s Badlands and Mount Rushmore, Oregon’s Sea Lion Caves, Nevada’s Hoover Dam, and the Great Salt Lake in Utah.
After the trip of a life-time, Joan entered the workforce as a member of the steno pool – a group of worker who were available to take notes in shorthand, at Haband – a seller and distributor of clothing, originally located in Prospect Park. She eventually moved with the company to Oakland and, through hard work, determination, and gifted leadership skills, Joan worked her way all the way up to the position of President of Advertising before retiring in 2009 after a 47 year career.
One of Joan’s favorite passions were her dogs. She was especially adept at training them in obedience and agility and would get together with friends to train their dogs together. She was especially fond of Norwegian Elk Hounds and German Shepherds and her most recent companion was a beautiful long-haired golden German Shepherd named Zaza. Joan also was a big fan of opera and classical music. She had a huge collection of CD’s and records so she could play whatever she felt compelled to listen to at any given time.
Joan is survived by her sister Barbara Heinrichs of Cape May.
In lieu of flowers, those planning an expression of sympathy in Joan’s name are asked to consider the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, 28 West 44th Street, Suite 609, New York, NY 10036, or donations can be made online at www.bcrf.org
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