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September 26, 2013
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Monday, September 30, 2013 from 4-8 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 11:30 AM on Tuesday, October 1, 2013 from the funeral home, then to Laurel Grove Cemetery, Totowa.
Margaret Huizenga, age 90 of Totowa died peacefully on Thursday, September 26, 2013.
Margaret was born in Paterson and graduated from Eastside High School. After getting married, she moved to the Huizenga Family Farm on Totowa Road in Totowa. There, she packed and delivered eggs and worked with her family running the operation. During the 1960’s, small family farms such as theirs struggled to compete with large grocery stores and her family eventually ended their farming operation. Margaret continued to live there until present day and loved to watch from her window as the wild turkey, deer and other local wildlife visited her yard.
Margaret was fond of all animals but had a special place in her heart for cats. She typically only kept one at a time, but has had many over the years. Almost all of them were ‘tuxedo’ cats; black with a white splash on their chest. She also enjoyed reading novels and sewing. She traveled to Maine many times and loved to visit the coastline there. She fell in love with the many lighthouses up and down the rocky shoreline. Music boxes were something she enjoyed collecting. She has many of them and “Edelweiss” could be heard throughout the house on many occasions.
Margaret is survived by her three children; Gail Flanagan of Riverdale, Curt Huizenga and his wife Susan of Wallingford, CT, and Judith Clark and her husband Ed of Tucson, AZ, six grandchildren; Valerie Glynn and her husband Paul of Vergennes, VT, Clifford Huizenga and his wife Jessica of Wallingford, CT, Heather Huizenga and her husband Brian Cusak of Sunderland, MA, Ken Clark and his wife Bonnie of Unionville, NY, Debbie Douglas of Mendham, NJ, and Josiah Houston of Brooklyn, NY, as well as eight great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by her sister Agnes Farr and two brothers; John Klein and William Klein.
In lieu of flowers, donations to the Wayne Animal Shelter, 201 Pompton Plains Crossroads, Wayne, NJ 07470 ((www.waynetownship.com/health-animalctrl-shelter.htm)) or “S.T.A.R.T.”, Save The Animal Rescue Team, PO Box 1098, Little Falls, NJ 07424 (www.startpets.net) would be greatly appreciated.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Monday, September 30, 2013 from 4-8 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 11:30 AM on Tuesday, October 1, 2013 from the funeral home, then to Laurel Grove Cemetery, Totowa.
September 26, 2013
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Monday, September 30, 2013 from 4-8 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 11:30 AM on Tuesday, October 1, 2013 from the funeral home, then to Laurel Grove Cemetery, Totowa.
Margaret Huizenga, age 90 of Totowa died peacefully on Thursday, September 26, 2013.
Margaret was born in Paterson and graduated from Eastside High School. After getting married, she moved to the Huizenga Family Farm on Totowa Road in Totowa. There, she packed and delivered eggs and worked with her family running the operation. During the 1960’s, small family farms such as theirs struggled to compete with large grocery stores and her family eventually ended their farming operation. Margaret continued to live there until present day and loved to watch from her window as the wild turkey, deer and other local wildlife visited her yard.
Margaret was fond of all animals but had a special place in her heart for cats. She typically only kept one at a time, but has had many over the years. Almost all of them were ‘tuxedo’ cats; black with a white splash on their chest. She also enjoyed reading novels and sewing. She traveled to Maine many times and loved to visit the coastline there. She fell in love with the many lighthouses up and down the rocky shoreline. Music boxes were something she enjoyed collecting. She has many of them and “Edelweiss” could be heard throughout the house on many occasions.
Margaret is survived by her three children; Gail Flanagan of Riverdale, Curt Huizenga and his wife Susan of Wallingford, CT, and Judith Clark and her husband Ed of Tucson, AZ, six grandchildren; Valerie Glynn and her husband Paul of Vergennes, VT, Clifford Huizenga and his wife Jessica of Wallingford, CT, Heather Huizenga and her husband Brian Cusak of Sunderland, MA, Ken Clark and his wife Bonnie of Unionville, NY, Debbie Douglas of Mendham, NJ, and Josiah Houston of Brooklyn, NY, as well as eight great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by her sister Agnes Farr and two brothers; John Klein and William Klein.
In lieu of flowers, donations to the Wayne Animal Shelter, 201 Pompton Plains Crossroads, Wayne, NJ 07470 ((www.waynetownship.com/health-animalctrl-shelter.htm)) or “S.T.A.R.T.”, Save The Animal Rescue Team, PO Box 1098, Little Falls, NJ 07424 (www.startpets.net) would be greatly appreciated.
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