Obituary of Alice Cole

Cole, Alice G. (nee Lawton) age 80 of Wyckoff, died peacefully surrounded by her family on Thursday, May 7, 2015. Born in Rutherford, Alice came to Wyckoff in 1940. Alice was a member of Protection Fire Company #1 Ladies Auxiliary, Wyckoff Garden Club, volunteered at the Wyckoff Public Library and the Lincoln School Library, a member of the Emmanuel Cancer Foundation and delivered for Wyckoff Meals on Wheels. She was especially proud of starting Wyckoff's first recycling efforts with Eric Johnson. Alice was an avid bird watcher and supported many environmental causes. Surviving are her children, Mark and his wife Denise, Kathleen and her husband Paul Burke, Robert and his wife Eileen and Matthew and his wife Jennifer. She also leaves 9 grandchildren, Kayla, Maura, Corie, Elizabeth, Zachary, Aidan, Garrett, Brady and Emily, her sister Ann and her husband Joe Hovan and her brother Robert Lawton and his wife Loretta. Alice was pre-deceased by her husband Charles and grandson Darrell in 2012 and her brother and sister-in-law Frank and Kathleen Lawton. The Cole family will receive friends on Monday 4:00 until 8:00 PM at the Vander Plaat Funeral Home (www.vpfh.com), 257 Godwin Avenue, Wyckoff. Interment will be private at the Tranquility Cemetery. Memorial contributions in Alice's name may be made to the Emmanuel Cancer Foundation, 174 Paterson Avenue, Midland Park, NJ 07432.