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March 14, 2017
Services
Friends may visit with the family from 2-6PM on Sunday March 19, 2017 at the VanderMay Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Rd, Wayne NJ 07470. A funeral service will be held on Monday March 20 at 10:30AM at the funeral home.
Interment will be in George Washington Memorial Park, Paramus.
Ralph Anson Clark, Jr age 87 of Pequannock passed away peacefully on Tuesday, March 14, 2017 while receiving the loving care of his family.
Ralph was born and raised in Galveston, TX. He graduated from Ball High School and attended college at Texas A&M and the University of Texas in Houston. Ralph’s higher education was cut a little short when he was called to serve his country in the United States Air Force from 1951 until 1954.
During his time in the Air Force he took leave in Miami and met a young lady by the name of Janet. They communicated through letter and after Ralph’s service ended they started dating. Janet and Ralph married in May of 1956. They first moved to Kearney, NJ for a very short time and then settled in Pequannock. Ralph would call Pequannock his home the rest of his life and raised his two daughter there. Ralph cherished twenty-four years of his marriage with Janet until her passing in 1980.
Although Ralph was heartbroken, he found and fell in love again with a woman named Doris Hart whom he had known and worked with for many years. After a wonderful and romantic courtship they were married in November of 1981 in Wyckoff at Grace United Methodist Church. Doris and Ralph stayed in Pequannock and cherished thirty-six years of loving and loyal marriage. They enjoyed traveling together and took a special and memorable trip to Europe recently.
Following Ralph’s discharge from the US Air Force, Ralph got a job as a cost Estimator for Singer Kearfott in West Paterson. He held this position for over thirty-five years until he was forced into an early retirement in 1988. Ralph was volunteer fireman for the Pequannock Township Fire Company #2. He enjoyed socializing with the guys there and the camaraderie that came with it. Ralph was a member of the Masonic Lodge in Pompton Lakes and the VFW in Pequannock. He was also a parishioner of St Timothy’s Church in Wayne many years ago.
Ralph enjoyed bowling and spending time with his friends and neighbors. He was a huge college football fan as well as a devoted fan of the Dallas Cowboys. Aside from all of his interests and talents, nothing was more precious to Ralph than his family. He was dedicated husband, a devoted father and a loving and cherished grandfather. Ralph touched the lives of many people and a will be sincerely missed by all who knew him.
Ralph is survived by his wife Doris (nee Hart), two daughters; Elaine Trama and her husband Joel of Clifton and Corrine Vara and her husband Anthony of New Hampton, NY, five grandchildren; Marc, Jocelyn, Julie, Jared, and Anthony Bryan, he was predeceased by his first wife Janet Clark in 1980.
Those wishing to make a donation in Ralph’s name may make it to the charity of their choice.
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Friends may visit with the family from 2-6PM on Sunday March 19, 2017 at the VanderMay Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Rd, Wayne NJ 07470. A funeral service will be held on Monday March 20 at 10:30AM at the funeral home.
Interment will be in George Washington Memorial Park, Paramus.
March 14, 2017
Services
Friends may visit with the family from 2-6PM on Sunday March 19, 2017 at the VanderMay Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Rd, Wayne NJ 07470. A funeral service will be held on Monday March 20 at 10:30AM at the funeral home.
Interment will be in George Washington Memorial Park, Paramus.
Ralph Anson Clark, Jr age 87 of Pequannock passed away peacefully on Tuesday, March 14, 2017 while receiving the loving care of his family.
Ralph was born and raised in Galveston, TX. He graduated from Ball High School and attended college at Texas A&M and the University of Texas in Houston. Ralph’s higher education was cut a little short when he was called to serve his country in the United States Air Force from 1951 until 1954.
During his time in the Air Force he took leave in Miami and met a young lady by the name of Janet. They communicated through letter and after Ralph’s service ended they started dating. Janet and Ralph married in May of 1956. They first moved to Kearney, NJ for a very short time and then settled in Pequannock. Ralph would call Pequannock his home the rest of his life and raised his two daughter there. Ralph cherished twenty-four years of his marriage with Janet until her passing in 1980.
Although Ralph was heartbroken, he found and fell in love again with a woman named Doris Hart whom he had known and worked with for many years. After a wonderful and romantic courtship they were married in November of 1981 in Wyckoff at Grace United Methodist Church. Doris and Ralph stayed in Pequannock and cherished thirty-six years of loving and loyal marriage. They enjoyed traveling together and took a special and memorable trip to Europe recently.
Following Ralph’s discharge from the US Air Force, Ralph got a job as a cost Estimator for Singer Kearfott in West Paterson. He held this position for over thirty-five years until he was forced into an early retirement in 1988. Ralph was volunteer fireman for the Pequannock Township Fire Company #2. He enjoyed socializing with the guys there and the camaraderie that came with it. Ralph was a member of the Masonic Lodge in Pompton Lakes and the VFW in Pequannock. He was also a parishioner of St Timothy’s Church in Wayne many years ago.
Ralph enjoyed bowling and spending time with his friends and neighbors. He was a huge college football fan as well as a devoted fan of the Dallas Cowboys. Aside from all of his interests and talents, nothing was more precious to Ralph than his family. He was dedicated husband, a devoted father and a loving and cherished grandfather. Ralph touched the lives of many people and a will be sincerely missed by all who knew him.
Ralph is survived by his wife Doris (nee Hart), two daughters; Elaine Trama and her husband Joel of Clifton and Corrine Vara and her husband Anthony of New Hampton, NY, five grandchildren; Marc, Jocelyn, Julie, Jared, and Anthony Bryan, he was predeceased by his first wife Janet Clark in 1980.
Those wishing to make a donation in Ralph’s name may make it to the charity of their choice.
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