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June 8, 2009
Services
Funeral services will be held Friday, June 12, 2009 at 10 AM at the Preakness Valley United Reformed Church, 480 Valley Rd., Wayne.
Friends may visit with the family on Thursday from 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Interment will be in Laurel Grove Memorial Park, Totowa.
This is a brief life story of a special mother and grandmother who fought the good fight and finished the race in the presence of her Savior. If she could talk to you today she would say it is well with my soul.
Matilda Cornelia Sikkema (nee Casteline) age 90 of Wayne died Monday, June 8, 2009 at the New Jersey Hospice at the Saint Joseph’s Wayne Hospital. Her passing took place one day before her 91st birthday. She died with tranquility and peacefulness while receiving the loving care of her family.
She was born and raised in Paterson having moved to Wayne when she married in 1942. She lived in Vermont, and Richfield Springs, NY before returning to Wayne fifteen years ago.
Matilda was a member of the Preakness Valley United Reformed Church, Wayne formerly named Preakness Christian Reformed Church.
She met her husband, Frederick Sikkema, at church in Paterson. They married in the Pastors’ study, the day after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, as he was in the US Army. They married on that day knowing that Fred would have to go off to War. They had forty-eight years of marriage together. Frederick “cherished and adored” Matilda and she returned that love to him.
Matilda is best described as a relatively quiet person who enjoyed watching the world go by. She especially loved family parties, sweets, and being the center of attention. She was gifted with a regal air and in loving jest was called the queen of all she surveyed. She especially enjoyed dressing nicely and having her hair and lipstick just so.
She leaves her family with many fond memories of a very special wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. Mom was truly devoted to her family always concerned and looking out for their best interests. The arrival of grandchildren and then great grandchildren lit up her life in so many ways.
In the autumn of her life for the past six years she received very special care from her aide Manju. Because of her dedication and care giving, Mom lived especially well, long and comfortably. Manju took wonderful care of Matilda and would take her from her residence at Sienna Village traveling the side walk on Valley Road in her wheel chair to church, the A&P shopping center and to Drug Fair.
She was predeceased by her husband of forty-eight years Frederick Sikkema in 1990; she was the devoted mother of Frederick Sikkema and his wife Janice of Point Pleasant; Judith Hartley of Wayne, and Carol Van Der Ploeg and her husband Jack of Pewaukee, WI; cherished grandmother of Brenda Connor and her husband Tim, Susan Smith and her husband Steve, Michael Sikkema and his wife Kelly, Jimmy Hartley and his wife Stacey, Jill Spence and her husband Matt, Lance Van Der Ploeg and his wife Alicia, Debra Herbst and her husband Mike and Courtney Van Der Ploeg; fourteen great grandchildren including Kyle and Cory Smith, Sean Connor, Ryan and Kate Sikkema, Jessica and Danielle Hartley, Gabrielle Spence, Morgan and Ava Van Der Ploeg, Emily and Audrey Human, Samuel Conroy and Brooke Herbst.
Beloved sister of the late Clara Stols, Margaret Tanis, Carrie DePow, Mae Andre and William Casteline. Mother in law to the late James Hartley.
Those planning an expression of sympathy in Matilda’s memory are asked to consider New Jersey Hospice, 400 Broad Acres Drive, 4th Floor, Bloomfield, NJ 07003 or The Preakness Valley United Reformed Church. Your thoughtfulness would be appreciated.
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Funeral services will be held Friday, June 12, 2009 at 10 AM at the Preakness Valley United Reformed Church, 480 Valley Rd., Wayne.
Friends may visit with the family on Thursday from 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Interment will be in Laurel Grove Memorial Park, Totowa.
June 8, 2009
Services
Funeral services will be held Friday, June 12, 2009 at 10 AM at the Preakness Valley United Reformed Church, 480 Valley Rd., Wayne.
Friends may visit with the family on Thursday from 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Interment will be in Laurel Grove Memorial Park, Totowa.
This is a brief life story of a special mother and grandmother who fought the good fight and finished the race in the presence of her Savior. If she could talk to you today she would say it is well with my soul.
Matilda Cornelia Sikkema (nee Casteline) age 90 of Wayne died Monday, June 8, 2009 at the New Jersey Hospice at the Saint Joseph’s Wayne Hospital. Her passing took place one day before her 91st birthday. She died with tranquility and peacefulness while receiving the loving care of her family.
She was born and raised in Paterson having moved to Wayne when she married in 1942. She lived in Vermont, and Richfield Springs, NY before returning to Wayne fifteen years ago.
Matilda was a member of the Preakness Valley United Reformed Church, Wayne formerly named Preakness Christian Reformed Church.
She met her husband, Frederick Sikkema, at church in Paterson. They married in the Pastors’ study, the day after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, as he was in the US Army. They married on that day knowing that Fred would have to go off to War. They had forty-eight years of marriage together. Frederick “cherished and adored” Matilda and she returned that love to him.
Matilda is best described as a relatively quiet person who enjoyed watching the world go by. She especially loved family parties, sweets, and being the center of attention. She was gifted with a regal air and in loving jest was called the queen of all she surveyed. She especially enjoyed dressing nicely and having her hair and lipstick just so.
She leaves her family with many fond memories of a very special wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. Mom was truly devoted to her family always concerned and looking out for their best interests. The arrival of grandchildren and then great grandchildren lit up her life in so many ways.
In the autumn of her life for the past six years she received very special care from her aide Manju. Because of her dedication and care giving, Mom lived especially well, long and comfortably. Manju took wonderful care of Matilda and would take her from her residence at Sienna Village traveling the side walk on Valley Road in her wheel chair to church, the A&P shopping center and to Drug Fair.
She was predeceased by her husband of forty-eight years Frederick Sikkema in 1990; she was the devoted mother of Frederick Sikkema and his wife Janice of Point Pleasant; Judith Hartley of Wayne, and Carol Van Der Ploeg and her husband Jack of Pewaukee, WI; cherished grandmother of Brenda Connor and her husband Tim, Susan Smith and her husband Steve, Michael Sikkema and his wife Kelly, Jimmy Hartley and his wife Stacey, Jill Spence and her husband Matt, Lance Van Der Ploeg and his wife Alicia, Debra Herbst and her husband Mike and Courtney Van Der Ploeg; fourteen great grandchildren including Kyle and Cory Smith, Sean Connor, Ryan and Kate Sikkema, Jessica and Danielle Hartley, Gabrielle Spence, Morgan and Ava Van Der Ploeg, Emily and Audrey Human, Samuel Conroy and Brooke Herbst.
Beloved sister of the late Clara Stols, Margaret Tanis, Carrie DePow, Mae Andre and William Casteline. Mother in law to the late James Hartley.
Those planning an expression of sympathy in Matilda’s memory are asked to consider New Jersey Hospice, 400 Broad Acres Drive, 4th Floor, Bloomfield, NJ 07003 or The Preakness Valley United Reformed Church. Your thoughtfulness would be appreciated.
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