Obituary of Marilyn Van Hassel

VAN HASSEL, Marilyn A. (Stark) age 88 of Wyckoff died peacefully surrounded by her family on Thursday, April 9, 2015. Marilyn was born and raised in Clifton, she and her husband Harold came to Wyckoff in 1950. She was a Mathematics teacher in the Clifton Public School System for more than 20 years before her retirement. In her later career she also taught at Northern Highlands High School and worked at Wiechert Realtors in Wyckoff. Marilyn was a member of the Wyckoff Reformed Church, the Wyckoff Garden Club and the Wyckoff Historical Society. Surviving are her devoted sons, John and his wife Joyce and Doug and his wife Kim. Marilyn was pre-deceased by her beloved husband Harold E. Van Hassel in 2009. The Van Hassel family will receive family and friends on Monday 10:00 AM until 12 noon, followed by a funeral service at 12 noon at the Vander Plaat Funeral Home (www.vpfh.com), 257 Godwin Avenue, Wyckoff, NJ. Interment will be in the Cedar Lawn Cemetery in Paterson. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions in Marilyn's name may be made to the Wyckoff Reformed Church, 580 Wyckoff Avenue, Wyckoff, NJ 07481 or the Ramapo-Bergen Animal Refuge, 2 Shelter Lane, Oakland, NJ 07436.