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July 21, 2018
Services
Friends may gather with the family for Memorial Visitation at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Wednesday, July 25, 2018 from 6:00 to 8:30 PM. A Funeral Service will immediately follow and begin in the funeral home at 8:30 PM.
Keith Dorrman, age 30, passed away on Saturday, July 21, 2018.
Keith was born in Pequannock and raised in Kinnelon where he attended Kinnelon High School and was a member of the class of 2006.
Keith ultimately settled into the electrical trade working as an electrician for his brother Doug at Dorrman Electric in Basking Ridge. Working there from 2010 to the present, he was a hard worker who frequently showed excellent insight in how to run a given job in an efficient and productive manner.
In his spare time, it seemed that Keith was never happier than when he was outdoors. He loved nature and was glad to be exposed to it from the time he was just a young kid. All throughout his upbringing, one of Keith’s favorite pastimes was spending summers down the Jersey shore in Chadwick Beach Island where his Grandpa Van Riper always rented a house for the whole family to gather. As a young boy, Saturdays were traditionally spent with his whole family, riding quad ATV’s in the woods near Keith’s home in Rockaway, Newfoundland and Kinnelon, sometimes with upwards of twenty different riders joining him in the woods. This practice continued into adulthood and Keith’s latest quad was a Honda 420 Rancher. Keith also loved to go fresh-water fishing and hiking throughout Rockaway, Newfoundland, and West Milford. He was usually accompanied on these hikes by his trusted companion Mae, a bull dog pit bull mix.
Keith had a real soft spot in his heart for all kinds of animals. This love was fostered also by his Grandpa Van Riper who worked as a science teacher at Bergen County Technical Institute. During the summers the animals, including all kinds of reptiles, piranhas, and tarantulas, couldn’t remain in the school so home they would come and Keith was all too happy to assist Grandpa with their care. Ironically, Keith was always afraid of spiders, even into his adult years. Of course, his family also enjoyed more traditional pets like cats and dogs.
Keith was typically loud and always outspoken. He had strong opinions and he had no problem letting you know what they were. But he could also be described as a real goofball and it always seemed that he lived life by looking for the humor in any given situation. This sense of humor, of course, was one of the primary qualities that made him so immensely endearing to his entire family including his niece and nephews who truly thought that Uncle Keith was a true super hero. Keith adored them and especially enjoyed good times swimming with them in his brother Doug’s pool. He’d also bring them gifts all the time – one of the most memorable being a real working mini leaf blower. He truly was a loving and caring person.
Keith was the loving son of Dolores Van Riper of Newfoundland and Eric Dorrman of Havelock, NC; dear brother of: Douglas and wife Jaclyn Dorrman of Basking Ridge, Kevin and wife Erika Dorrman of Virginia Beach, VA, and Michaela Mathis of Vernon; loved grandson of Viola Van Riper of Kinnelon; adored uncle of Dominic, Lucas, Ava, and Gage; and dear buddy of his loving and faithful pooch Mae.
In lieu of flowers, a GoFundMe page has been established to help Keith’s family with funeral and related expenses. Your support would be greatly appreciated. Please follow this link to Keith’s GoFundMe page.
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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 Wednesday, July 25, 2018 from 6:00 to 8:30 PM. A Funeral Service will immediately follow and begin in the funeral home at 8:30 PM.
July 21, 2018
Services
Friends may gather with the family for Memorial Visitation at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Wednesday, July 25, 2018 from 6:00 to 8:30 PM. A Funeral Service will immediately follow and begin in the funeral home at 8:30 PM.
Keith Dorrman, age 30, passed away on Saturday, July 21, 2018.
Keith was born in Pequannock and raised in Kinnelon where he attended Kinnelon High School and was a member of the class of 2006.
Keith ultimately settled into the electrical trade working as an electrician for his brother Doug at Dorrman Electric in Basking Ridge. Working there from 2010 to the present, he was a hard worker who frequently showed excellent insight in how to run a given job in an efficient and productive manner.
In his spare time, it seemed that Keith was never happier than when he was outdoors. He loved nature and was glad to be exposed to it from the time he was just a young kid. All throughout his upbringing, one of Keith’s favorite pastimes was spending summers down the Jersey shore in Chadwick Beach Island where his Grandpa Van Riper always rented a house for the whole family to gather. As a young boy, Saturdays were traditionally spent with his whole family, riding quad ATV’s in the woods near Keith’s home in Rockaway, Newfoundland and Kinnelon, sometimes with upwards of twenty different riders joining him in the woods. This practice continued into adulthood and Keith’s latest quad was a Honda 420 Rancher. Keith also loved to go fresh-water fishing and hiking throughout Rockaway, Newfoundland, and West Milford. He was usually accompanied on these hikes by his trusted companion Mae, a bull dog pit bull mix.
Keith had a real soft spot in his heart for all kinds of animals. This love was fostered also by his Grandpa Van Riper who worked as a science teacher at Bergen County Technical Institute. During the summers the animals, including all kinds of reptiles, piranhas, and tarantulas, couldn’t remain in the school so home they would come and Keith was all too happy to assist Grandpa with their care. Ironically, Keith was always afraid of spiders, even into his adult years. Of course, his family also enjoyed more traditional pets like cats and dogs.
Keith was typically loud and always outspoken. He had strong opinions and he had no problem letting you know what they were. But he could also be described as a real goofball and it always seemed that he lived life by looking for the humor in any given situation. This sense of humor, of course, was one of the primary qualities that made him so immensely endearing to his entire family including his niece and nephews who truly thought that Uncle Keith was a true super hero. Keith adored them and especially enjoyed good times swimming with them in his brother Doug’s pool. He’d also bring them gifts all the time – one of the most memorable being a real working mini leaf blower. He truly was a loving and caring person.
Keith was the loving son of Dolores Van Riper of Newfoundland and Eric Dorrman of Havelock, NC; dear brother of: Douglas and wife Jaclyn Dorrman of Basking Ridge, Kevin and wife Erika Dorrman of Virginia Beach, VA, and Michaela Mathis of Vernon; loved grandson of Viola Van Riper of Kinnelon; adored uncle of Dominic, Lucas, Ava, and Gage; and dear buddy of his loving and faithful pooch Mae.
In lieu of flowers, a GoFundMe page has been established to help Keith’s family with funeral and related expenses. Your support would be greatly appreciated. Please follow this link to Keith’s GoFundMe page.
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