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March 19, 2017
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Thursday March 23, 2017 from 6-8 PM. A memorial service will be held at the Cedar Crest Chapel, at 1 PM on Friday, March 24, 2017, followed by a brief reception.
Reverend Robert “Bob” Wayne Barrowclough, 77, died peacefully on Sunday afternoon surrounded by his wife and two children.
Born in Paterson, NJ on December 29, 1939 to George W. Barrowclough and Roberta Verduin and raised in Hawthorne, NJ, Bob graduated from Hawthorne High School, and received his B.A. in Religion from Princeton University in 1961. He earned his Master of Divinity from the New Brunswick Theological Seminary in 1965.
Bob then completed a mission with the Jicarilla Apache tribe in New Mexico before commencing forty years of service at North Reformed Church in downtown Newark, NJ, where he served as Associate Pastor from 1965-1972 and Senior Pastor 1973 to 2005. After a brief retirement, Bob became Pastor at Cedar Crest Chapel in Pompton Plains in 2007 retiring in 2016.
At North Reformed Church, Bob delivered strength and guidance to those in need and ran Bessie Green Community, Inc. which provided food, shelter, and clothing to the poor. Throughout his ministry, he regularly visited the sick and shut-in and was a mentor and friend to people of all faiths. Bob’s joy in life was helping and comforting others. He was humble, sincere, and dedicated to God’s work.
Bob is survived by Priscilla, his wife of 34 years; daughter, Naomi; son, Peter; two sisters, Brenda Brodie and Karen Hancock; cousins, Marsha Shotmeyer, Keith Vandervelt, and Donna Anson; and mother-in-law, Evelyn De Leeuw.
Donations in Bob’s memory can be made to the New Brunswick Theological Seminary (a place Bob held near and dear to his heart), 35 Seminary Place, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, http://www.nbts.edu/, or the Green Pond Volunteer First Aid Squad, PO Box 251, Newfoundland, NJ 07435.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Thursday March 23, 2017 from 6-8 PM. A memorial service will be held at the Cedar Crest Chapel, at 1 PM on Friday, March 24, 2017, followed by a brief reception.
March 19, 2017
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Thursday March 23, 2017 from 6-8 PM. A memorial service will be held at the Cedar Crest Chapel, at 1 PM on Friday, March 24, 2017, followed by a brief reception.
Reverend Robert “Bob” Wayne Barrowclough, 77, died peacefully on Sunday afternoon surrounded by his wife and two children.
Born in Paterson, NJ on December 29, 1939 to George W. Barrowclough and Roberta Verduin and raised in Hawthorne, NJ, Bob graduated from Hawthorne High School, and received his B.A. in Religion from Princeton University in 1961. He earned his Master of Divinity from the New Brunswick Theological Seminary in 1965.
Bob then completed a mission with the Jicarilla Apache tribe in New Mexico before commencing forty years of service at North Reformed Church in downtown Newark, NJ, where he served as Associate Pastor from 1965-1972 and Senior Pastor 1973 to 2005. After a brief retirement, Bob became Pastor at Cedar Crest Chapel in Pompton Plains in 2007 retiring in 2016.
At North Reformed Church, Bob delivered strength and guidance to those in need and ran Bessie Green Community, Inc. which provided food, shelter, and clothing to the poor. Throughout his ministry, he regularly visited the sick and shut-in and was a mentor and friend to people of all faiths. Bob’s joy in life was helping and comforting others. He was humble, sincere, and dedicated to God’s work.
Bob is survived by Priscilla, his wife of 34 years; daughter, Naomi; son, Peter; two sisters, Brenda Brodie and Karen Hancock; cousins, Marsha Shotmeyer, Keith Vandervelt, and Donna Anson; and mother-in-law, Evelyn De Leeuw.
Donations in Bob’s memory can be made to the New Brunswick Theological Seminary (a place Bob held near and dear to his heart), 35 Seminary Place, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, http://www.nbts.edu/, or the Green Pond Volunteer First Aid Squad, PO Box 251, Newfoundland, NJ 07435.
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