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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Monday June 1 from 4-8 PM.
Funeral Services will be held Tuesday at 10AM from the funeral home.
Interment will be in Laurel Grove Memorial Park, Totowa.
John “Jack” Van Riper age 82 of Kinnelon, New Jersey, passed away peacefully on May 28, 2015.
Jack was born to Wilhelmina and Harry Van Riper in August of 1932 while vacationing in Wayne, NJ. He was actually born on the kitchen table of their vacation home! He was raised in Paterson. During high school, Jack met a girl, Viola See, they became high school sweethearts and were married in 1950. They went on to cherish sixty-four years of loving marriage and raised four beautiful children. The family resided in Towaco for seventeen years before moving to Kinnelon where they lived for the past thirty-six years. Jack’s occupation was a New Jersey Licensed Electrical Contractor. He operated Van Riper Electric Co. Inc. for 35 years. During this time Jack earned his Teaching Degree from Montclair State College. He went on to teach the Electrical Trade at Bergen County Vocational Tech School in Teterboro, NJ.
Jack spent the last twelve years of his career in education teaching Special Education Students science. He was elected to the Montville Township Board of Education, serving nine years, three of the nine years as the Board’s President. He was also a F. & A. Mason and recently celebrated his 50th year. Jack was a devoted father and husband, he was always there for his family when they needed him. He had a passion for sports and was a dedicated New York Mets fan. Jack and Viola loved playing cards with their Friday Night Bridge Group in Kinnelon, vacationing in Aruba, enjoying plays and attending concerts. He was very spiritual and was a devout Christian. Jack touched the lives of many people and he will be sincerely missed by his friends and family.
Jack is survived by his wife; Viola (nee See), 3 sons; John (Jack) Jr. and his wife Susan of Tucson, Arizona, Robert and Carolann of Bloomingdale, Harry and Peggy of Boonton Twp., daughter; Dolores Dorrman of Rockaway Twp., 8 grandchildren; John (Jack) III, Shauna, Douglas, Kevin, Keith, Michaela, Joanna, Irene and 7 great-grandchildren; John (Jack) IV, Joslynn, Kaylynn, Dominic, Lucas, Brody and Emma.
Those planning an expression of sympathy in John’s name are asked to consider The American Cancer Society 468 Parish Dr, Suite 6, Wayne, NJ 07470.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Monday June 1 from 4-8 PM.
Funeral Services will be held Tuesday at 10AM from the funeral home.
Interment will be in Laurel Grove Memorial Park, Totowa.
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Monday June 1 from 4-8 PM.
Funeral Services will be held Tuesday at 10AM from the funeral home.
Interment will be in Laurel Grove Memorial Park, Totowa.
John “Jack” Van Riper age 82 of Kinnelon, New Jersey, passed away peacefully on May 28, 2015.
Jack was born to Wilhelmina and Harry Van Riper in August of 1932 while vacationing in Wayne, NJ. He was actually born on the kitchen table of their vacation home! He was raised in Paterson. During high school, Jack met a girl, Viola See, they became high school sweethearts and were married in 1950. They went on to cherish sixty-four years of loving marriage and raised four beautiful children. The family resided in Towaco for seventeen years before moving to Kinnelon where they lived for the past thirty-six years. Jack’s occupation was a New Jersey Licensed Electrical Contractor. He operated Van Riper Electric Co. Inc. for 35 years. During this time Jack earned his Teaching Degree from Montclair State College. He went on to teach the Electrical Trade at Bergen County Vocational Tech School in Teterboro, NJ.
Jack spent the last twelve years of his career in education teaching Special Education Students science. He was elected to the Montville Township Board of Education, serving nine years, three of the nine years as the Board’s President. He was also a F. & A. Mason and recently celebrated his 50th year. Jack was a devoted father and husband, he was always there for his family when they needed him. He had a passion for sports and was a dedicated New York Mets fan. Jack and Viola loved playing cards with their Friday Night Bridge Group in Kinnelon, vacationing in Aruba, enjoying plays and attending concerts. He was very spiritual and was a devout Christian. Jack touched the lives of many people and he will be sincerely missed by his friends and family.
Jack is survived by his wife; Viola (nee See), 3 sons; John (Jack) Jr. and his wife Susan of Tucson, Arizona, Robert and Carolann of Bloomingdale, Harry and Peggy of Boonton Twp., daughter; Dolores Dorrman of Rockaway Twp., 8 grandchildren; John (Jack) III, Shauna, Douglas, Kevin, Keith, Michaela, Joanna, Irene and 7 great-grandchildren; John (Jack) IV, Joslynn, Kaylynn, Dominic, Lucas, Brody and Emma.
Those planning an expression of sympathy in John’s name are asked to consider The American Cancer Society 468 Parish Dr, Suite 6, Wayne, NJ 07470.
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