Obituary of William McCarthy

William J. McCarthy of Wyckoff died on Tuesday, August 26, 2014. He was 49. Born and raised in Brooklyn Heights, he moved to Wyckoff in 2005. Bill was a salesman at Tethys Technology in New York City and a parishioner at St. Elizabeth's, Wyckoff. He loved fishing, especially surf casting, and fencing. Bill is predeceased by his parents Thomas F. and M. Edna McCarthy, Brooklyn Heights, NY. He is survived by his loving wife of 19 years Kathleen Hayes McCarthy, children Grace Elizabeth and Thomas Francis, sister Ellen McCarthy Coyne, father and mother-in-law Robert H. and Doris J. Hayes, sister-in-law Mary Ann Hayes, brother-in-law Dennis A. Hayes, many loved cousins, nieces and nephews. Visitation will be held on Friday, August 29, 2014 from 2-4 &7-9 PM at Vander Plaat Funeral Home, (vpfh.com), 257 Godwin Ave., Wyckoff. The funeral mass will be celebrated on Saturday at 10:00 AM in St. Elizabeth's Church, 700 Wyckoff Ave., Wyckoff. The interment will be private. At the request of the McCarthy family, please omit flowers and kindly make a contribution in Bill's memory to: "Thomas and Grace McCarthy Beneficiaries, Donation Acct by Kathleen McCarthy Cust" - Chase Bank, 525 Cedar Hill Avenue, Wyckoff, NJ 07481.