All Obituaries

Christian Carl Christiansen, Jr. (Chris) passed away on April 2, 2020 at Sunrise Assisted Living of Paramus, NJ. He was 86. Chris was an avid sailor, a family man, and a dynamic member and leader in the Ramsey community and in the New York City financial industry for more than fifty years. Chris was born in York, PA to Christian and Anna Christiansen. He was a graduate of Penn State University, BA in Business, Accounting, class of 1955. He married Nancy L. Christiansen, also from York, in...

Nora Madsen, age 81, of Ringwood, died peacefully surrounded by her loving family on Sunday, September 19, 2021. Born and raised in Waldwick, Nora was a Ringwood resident for 53 years. Before her retirement in 2014, Nora was the Senior Customer Service Manager at Bayer Healthcare in Wayne, where she worked for 36 years.   Nora was a dedicated volunteer for the Ringwood Manor Association of the Arts and a member of the Ringwood Seniors. Nora most loved spending time with her extended...

Leonard J. Provenzale age 96 of Oakland, formerly of Waldwick, died peacefully on Friday, September 17, 2021. Born in Paterson, Leonard was a resident of Waldwick for more than 55 years before moving to Oakland 2 years ago. He served his country proudly in the United States Army Air Corp. Leonard’s career with Singer Kearfott as a Technical Writer spanned many years before his retirement.   Leonard is survived by his devoted children, Leonard, Jr. and his wife Lorie, Debbie and...

Stanford Thompson (Tom) Pomeroy, 88, of Ridgewood, New Jersey, passed away at Karen Ann Quinlan Home for Hospice in Fredon, NJ, after his battle with cancer on September 19, 2021.  Tom was a graduate of Ridgewood High School and later went on to serve in the U.S. Army, earning the rank of Corporal with the 17th Signal Battalion in Germany during the Korean War from 1953 to 1955.  Tom returned to Ridgewood to open Chestnut Garage, an auto repair shop. Tom held positions of...

Nicola "Nick" F. Naumov, of Hawthorne, passed away on Saturday, September 18, 2021.  Born in Trieste, Italy, he lived in Paterson before moving to Hawthorne 55 years ago. Nick served in the US Marines 2nd Marine Division from 1965 to 1967.  He was past president of the 2nd Marine Division Association National Staff and president of the 1st Wave Chapter from Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.  Nick started his career as a Mechanical Engineer and became the...

Spiros Gikas age 96 of New Milford, NJ died peacefully at home surrounded by his family on Saturday, September 18, 2021. Born and raised in Glyna, Albania, Spiros relocated to Athens, Greece in his late teens and lived there until relocating to the United States in 1955. He settled with his family in New York City and married his wife of 56 years, Antonia. They moved to New Milford in 1974 to raise their family. In his early career, Spiros worked in the Banquet Department for the Biltmore...

Robert E. Van Gurp age 80 of Midland Park, died peacefully on Thursday, September 16, 2021. Born in Paterson, Bob was raised in East Paterson before moving to Midland Park 50 years ago. He served his country proudly for 6 years in the United States Army. Upon his discharge Bob started his career with IBM where he worked as a Computer Technician until his retirement in 1992. In his later career he enjoyed working at the Model Railroad Post Office in West Milford. He was an avid Train...

Geraldine A. Hooyman age 86 of Mahwah, died peacefully on Thursday, September 16, 2021. Born and raised in Rochelle Park, Gerry had been a resident of Mahwah for the past 45 years. Gerry was born in 1935 at her family home to Cornelia and Walter VanWyk.  She had four older siblings, Howard, Warren, Ed and Jean and they attended the First Reform Church in Saddle Brook. She was known for her love of the church community and active role in the choir.   It was while in the choir...

Diana M. Van Wyngaarden, of Hawthorne, died on Wednesday, September 15, 2021 surrounded by her loved ones.  Diana was a member of Cornerstone Christian Church and active with the Ramapo Mountain Doll Club.  Diana is survived by her son, John Van Wyngaarden and his wife, Renee, her sister-in-law, Brenda Mantone.  Also surviving are three grandsons and six great grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 1 to 2pm on Sunday, September 19, 2021 at the Vander Plaat Funeral...

Elaine Cunningham exuded energy, enthusiasm and charm giving light and pleasure to all who met and knew her.  She continually grew and maintained an extensive group of friends across multiple cities and states spanning all of her interests and activities.  She was an accomplished singer and organist, executive secretary to leaders of BAM and the NYPL, voracious reader, devout member of her church and despite her vast accomplishments, Elaine above all was a humble, deeply caring and...