Obituary of Leonard Herrick

Herrick, Leonard W., age 87, of Ramsey, NJ, died, September 7, 2014 at the Heritage Manor Nursing Home, Wyckoff, NJ. Born in Mayfield, NY, the only son of Guy and Mildred (Warner) Herrick, Leonard resided in upstate, NY, Allendale, NJ and Hoboken, NJ before settling in Ramsey in 1997. Leonard was a Senior Management Executive at the NY Telephone Company as well as an executive at AT & T, a career that spanned more than forty years, and during which he helped pioneer the development of the NY Yellow Pages. He had a wonderful tenor voice and sang in the Mendelssohn Club of Albany, NY and later The Orpheus Club Men's Chorus of Ridgewood, NJ. He was an active member of Church of the Guardian Angel in Allendale. Leonard was a loving husband, father and grandfather, and he enjoyed spending the summer months in Speculator, NY with his wife Dolores and their family. He is survived by his daughter, Beth Gribbon of Singapore, his son, David Herrick of Montclair, NJ and his six grandchildren, Courtney, Kerry, Stephanie, Kyle, Rachel and Brian. Funeral Mass, 11AM, Tuesday, September 16, 2014 at Church of the Guardian Angel, 320 Franklin Tpk. Allendale, NJ. Interment Christ the King Cemetery, Franklin Lakes, NJ. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to The Christian Health Care Center, Development Office, 301 Sicomac Ave. Wyckoff, NJ 07481 - See more at: http://www.christianhealthcare.org/foundation/donate/ or call Mellanie Chen at 201-848-4312. Arrangements by the Vander Plaat Funeral Home, www.vpfh.com, 257 Godwin Ave. Wyckoff, NJ 07481.