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May 18, 2013
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 from 4-7 PM. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 7 PM, immediately following the visiting hours.
Kryn M. Ver Hage, known to all as “Junior”, age 76 of Franklin and formerly of Wayne, died on Saturday, May 18, 2013. Junior grew up in Prospect Park and Haledon before moving to Wayne in 1971. He moved to Franklin, NJ just sixteen years ago.
Junior graduated from Paterson Technical High School where he learned the electrical trade. He began his career with SKV Electric on Goffle Road before becoming a custodian with the Wayne Schools. He was head custodian at Wayne Valley High School for most of his twenty five year career and retired in 2004.
Junior was a member of the Prospect Park Volunteer Hose Co. 1, a member of the Haledon Ambulance Corps and a Special with the Haledon Police Department. His children still wonder how he managed to do all that volunteer work and still be a great dad who was always there for them. He took them to the Jersey Shore almost every weekend in the summers; driving down early on Saturday morning. They would be on the beach by 8 am, play all day and dad never let them leave the beach before 5 pm – it had to be a full day at the beach! They would have dinner and spend time on the boardwalk before driving home late at night. They drove everywhere on family trips in their big station wagon and all of the kids have many cherished memories of those great times. Junior also enjoyed going fishing and used to take his grandchildren fishing too. He kept his mind sharp doing puzzles and word search games. He would relax listening to the Gatlin Brothers country music and Christian music.
Junior met his wife Helen (nee Springer) while they were in high school. They married on February 20, 1960 and had the whole ceremony and reception right at Morningside Florist in Haledon. The street was blocked off and their wedding was more like a street festival with many quests. It was a great time. They enjoyed forty two years together before Helen’s passing in 2003. They frequently traveled with other couples, went on several Caribbean cruises and especially enjoyed their trips to Atlantic City. They were a loving couple and Junior doted on her.
Junior is survived by his four children; David and his wife Lisa of Ogdensburg, NJ, Scott and his wife Charry of Highland Lakes, NJ, Susan Kristiansen of Franklin and Georgene Ver Hage of East Rutherford, NJ; five grandchildren; Marisa Ver Hage of Ogdensburg, Kyle and Joshua Kristiansen of Franklin, Zachary and Scott Ver Hage, both of Highland Lakes, NJ; two brothers; Richard Ver Hage of North Haledon and Edwin Ver Hage of Pompton Plains. He was predeceased by his sister Martina Kay in 2009.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 from 4-7 PM. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 7 PM, immediately following the visiting hours.
May 18, 2013
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 from 4-7 PM. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 7 PM, immediately following the visiting hours.
Kryn M. Ver Hage, known to all as “Junior”, age 76 of Franklin and formerly of Wayne, died on Saturday, May 18, 2013. Junior grew up in Prospect Park and Haledon before moving to Wayne in 1971. He moved to Franklin, NJ just sixteen years ago.
Junior graduated from Paterson Technical High School where he learned the electrical trade. He began his career with SKV Electric on Goffle Road before becoming a custodian with the Wayne Schools. He was head custodian at Wayne Valley High School for most of his twenty five year career and retired in 2004.
Junior was a member of the Prospect Park Volunteer Hose Co. 1, a member of the Haledon Ambulance Corps and a Special with the Haledon Police Department. His children still wonder how he managed to do all that volunteer work and still be a great dad who was always there for them. He took them to the Jersey Shore almost every weekend in the summers; driving down early on Saturday morning. They would be on the beach by 8 am, play all day and dad never let them leave the beach before 5 pm – it had to be a full day at the beach! They would have dinner and spend time on the boardwalk before driving home late at night. They drove everywhere on family trips in their big station wagon and all of the kids have many cherished memories of those great times. Junior also enjoyed going fishing and used to take his grandchildren fishing too. He kept his mind sharp doing puzzles and word search games. He would relax listening to the Gatlin Brothers country music and Christian music.
Junior met his wife Helen (nee Springer) while they were in high school. They married on February 20, 1960 and had the whole ceremony and reception right at Morningside Florist in Haledon. The street was blocked off and their wedding was more like a street festival with many quests. It was a great time. They enjoyed forty two years together before Helen’s passing in 2003. They frequently traveled with other couples, went on several Caribbean cruises and especially enjoyed their trips to Atlantic City. They were a loving couple and Junior doted on her.
Junior is survived by his four children; David and his wife Lisa of Ogdensburg, NJ, Scott and his wife Charry of Highland Lakes, NJ, Susan Kristiansen of Franklin and Georgene Ver Hage of East Rutherford, NJ; five grandchildren; Marisa Ver Hage of Ogdensburg, Kyle and Joshua Kristiansen of Franklin, Zachary and Scott Ver Hage, both of Highland Lakes, NJ; two brothers; Richard Ver Hage of North Haledon and Edwin Ver Hage of Pompton Plains. He was predeceased by his sister Martina Kay in 2009.
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