Obituary of Mae L. Hendricks

Mae L. Hendricks (nee Lange) went home to be with her Lord on Thursday, November 26, 2015. Mae was born in Wallington, NJ on September 11, 1920. The oldest of four children born to Hilda and William Lange, she and her three brothers spent their childhood playing on the hills of Wallington and Carlstadt, NJ. When she was in her teens she moved with her family to Waldwick, NJ. There she was introduced to the love of her life, Russell Hendricks. They married in 1940 and she moved in to the Hendricks family home in Midland Park, NJ, where she lived until 2008 when she moved to Mahwah, NJ then in 2013 she moved to Saddle River, NJ. In the early years she was a stay at home mom. When her daughters were teenagers she went to work at the Garden State Credit Bureau in Clifton, NJ. That company was bought out by TRW Credit Bureau and moved to Parsippany from where she retired in 1980. Mae was known for her unlimited supply of Christmas cookies that she would stand for hours and make to share with one and all. She was a prolific oil painter and there is not a family member that does not have at least one of her paintings. She loved doing all sorts of needle work too. She was an active member and Communion Stewart at Paramus Community Church for many years. In 1999 she joined the Congregation of Grace Community Church in Franklin Lakes, NJ where she remained a member until God called her home. Mae was predeceased by her husband Russell in 1977 and her brother Bill. She is survived by her daughter Nancy Nielsen and her husband Warren of Mahwah, NJ, her daughter Judy Keryger of West Milford, NJ, her Granddaughter Diann Cook and her husband Charles and their sons Brandon and Cory of Green Pond, NJ; and her grandson, Richard Keryger of West Milford. She is also survived by her brother Harold Lange of Forked River, NJ, her brother Robert Lange of Worcester, NY, and several nieces and nephews. Mae’s family will receive friends and family on Sunday, 2-5 pm at the Vander Plaat Funeral Home, www.vpfh.com, 257 Godwin Avenue, Wyckoff, NJ. A Funeral Service will be held on Monday, 10:30 am at the Funeral Home followed by the Interment at Wyckoff Reformed Church Cemetery, Wyckoff, NJ. For those wishing, as an expression of sympathy in lieu of flowers in Mae’s memory donations may be made to Grace Community Church, 886 Franklin Avenue, Franklin Lakes, NJ 07417.