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Kenneth R. Tanis, age 87, of Cedar Crest Village in Pompton Plains passed peacefully at home on Wednesday, August 10, 2016.
He was born in Paterson and raised in the family home at 37 Mohawk Avenue in Hawthorne. Ken was a resident of Prospect Park and when he married Ruth Fish they moved in to live with her parents. They lived in a two family house with Ruth’s grandparents living on the first floor and the newlywed couple living on the second floor with Ruth’s parents.
Ken’s first job during his high school years was as a soda-jerk at the ice cream store in Hawthorne. He went on to become and apprentice at the Watson Machine Company in Paterson where his father-in-law worked. The company made cable, wire rope, sewer grates and various foundry items. He moved on to work for US Rubber and the Redem Company both in Wayne as a machinist. In 1963 he found work at the Bogue Electronics Manufacturing Company in Paterson and worked his way through the ranks from Assistant Shop Foreman to Forman to Plant Manager and was finally appointed Vice President. After retiring in 1994 he worked for the DenHollander Greenhouses in Pompton Plains for ten years fixing motors, generators, and power supplies.
Ken was the loving husband of Ruth (Fish) Tanis; devoted father of Lori Tanis-Blixt and her husband Timothy of Wayne, and Paul Tanis and his wife Beverly of Denton, TX; cherished grandfather of Christopher, Jesse, and Jacob Tanis.
Those planning an expression of sympathy in his memory are asked to consider the Cedar Crest Benevolent Care Fund, Cedar Crests Drive, Pompton Plains, NJ 07444.
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Funeral services will be held privately.
Services
Funeral services will be held privately.
Kenneth R. Tanis, age 87, of Cedar Crest Village in Pompton Plains passed peacefully at home on Wednesday, August 10, 2016.
He was born in Paterson and raised in the family home at 37 Mohawk Avenue in Hawthorne. Ken was a resident of Prospect Park and when he married Ruth Fish they moved in to live with her parents. They lived in a two family house with Ruth’s grandparents living on the first floor and the newlywed couple living on the second floor with Ruth’s parents.
Ken’s first job during his high school years was as a soda-jerk at the ice cream store in Hawthorne. He went on to become and apprentice at the Watson Machine Company in Paterson where his father-in-law worked. The company made cable, wire rope, sewer grates and various foundry items. He moved on to work for US Rubber and the Redem Company both in Wayne as a machinist. In 1963 he found work at the Bogue Electronics Manufacturing Company in Paterson and worked his way through the ranks from Assistant Shop Foreman to Forman to Plant Manager and was finally appointed Vice President. After retiring in 1994 he worked for the DenHollander Greenhouses in Pompton Plains for ten years fixing motors, generators, and power supplies.
Ken was the loving husband of Ruth (Fish) Tanis; devoted father of Lori Tanis-Blixt and her husband Timothy of Wayne, and Paul Tanis and his wife Beverly of Denton, TX; cherished grandfather of Christopher, Jesse, and Jacob Tanis.
Those planning an expression of sympathy in his memory are asked to consider the Cedar Crest Benevolent Care Fund, Cedar Crests Drive, Pompton Plains, NJ 07444.
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