Obituary of John Paul Mudry, MD

MUDRY, John P. MD, 83 of Franklin Lakes, died peacefully on Friday, December 4, 2015 surrounded by his family. John was born and raised in Cliffside Park and had been a resident of Franklin Lakes for the past 46 years. Dr. Mudry was a 1954 graduate of Rutgers University at New Brunswick where he was the first Henry Rutgers Scholar. He graduated from the University of Chicago Medical School in 1958, then serving his internship at the University of Illinois Research and Education Hospital in Chicago. Dr. Mudry then served his country proudly in the United States Navy as a physician before starting his residency at George Washington University for 2 years in Internal Medicine and 1 year in Pulmonary Medicine on the Columbia University Service at Bellvue Hospital in New York. He was an active member of the Valley Hospital staff for 45 years where he served on the Medical Board and was Chairman of the Department of Medicine. He was the editor of the Medical Staff Bulletin with editorials titled The Dissector. He was president of the Bergen County Medical Society and Treasurer of the New Jersey State Medical Society. Dr. Mudry was a member of the American Medical Association and the American College of Physicians. He retired from his medical practice in 2007 and remained on the Emeritus Staff of The Valley Hospital. He was a member of the Grace United Methodist Church in Wyckoff. Surviving are his loving wife of 56 years, Jeanne (nee Forney), his devoted children, Carolyn Mudry, DO, Patricia and her husband Eric Hiltke, Kathryn and her husband Christopher Watson and John R. Mudry. He also leaves his 3 grandchildren, Kristine, Paul and Nickolaus Hiltke and many extended family members. The Mudry family will receive friends Friday, December 11, 2015 at the Vander Plaat Funeral Home (www.vpfh.com), 257 Godwin Avenue, Wyckoff, NJ, 2:00 until 4:00 and 7:00 until 9:00 PM. Funeral services will be held Saturday, December 12 at the Grace United Methodist Church, 555 Russell Avenue, Wyckoff at 11:00 AM. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made in Dr. Mudry’s name to The Valley Hospital Foundation, 223 North Van Dien Ave., Ridgewood, NJ 07450.