Obituary of Richard Rosendale, M.D.

Richard Rosendale, MD. Born August 27, 1926 to William and Jessie (Krotje) Rosendale in Fair Lawn, NJ; safe in the arms of Jesus December 21, 2015. Young Rich attended Eastern Academy and Calvin College before serving in the U.S. Army during World War II. After the war, he returned to Calvin, continued to Marquette University Medical School, and went into private practice before taking a position at the Christian Sanatorium (later the Christian Health Care Center) in Wyckoff. During his 26 years as clinical director at CHCC, Dr. R provided dedicated psychiatric and geriatric care for thousands of patients; later in his career he helped many more at Bergen Pines County Hospital and CarePlus in Paramus. Along the way he courted and married Nella Ruth Pulis, and together they had four children and 54 joyful years of loving marriage. Richard Rosendale was a wise, warm, and wonderful man whose life was an extended act of humble faith and love. He tirelessly served and blessed his family, his patients, and his church (Midland Park CRC), where he was for many years an elected elder. Devoted and beloved husband of Nella; father and father-in-law of David and Abigail Rosendale, Deborah and Michael Kerlen, Steven and Laura Rosendale, and Timothy and Lisa Rosendale; grandfather of seven; and child of God. A deeply kind, generous, and modest Christian man, he enjoyed good things of all sorts—food, music, books, travel, humor, woodworking—and will be profoundly missed and remembered always with gratitude and love. Visiting hours will be held at the Holland Christian Home Chapel, 151 Graham Ave., North Haledon 07508 on Sunday, December 27 from 4:30-8:30 p.m. Following a private graveside service, a memorial service will be held on Monday, December 28 at 2:30 p.m. in the Holland Christian Home chapel. In lieu of flowers, donations in Richard’s memory may be sent to Crossroad Bible Institute or Alzheimer’s New Jersey. Arrangements are by Vander Plaat Funeral Home in Wyckoff. (vpfh.com)