Obituary of Stephen A. Kulpa

Kulpa, Stephen A., age 71, of Wyckoff, died on Friday, December 25th, 2015. Stephen was born in Holyoke, MA, and lived in Puerto Rico and Oakland, NJ, before moving to Wyckoff 45 years ago. Stephen was an Optician for 47 years and owned Franklin Lakes Opticians for 20 years before his retirement in 2006. He was a Fellow of the National Academy of Opticianry. He loved fishing, boating, hunting, cooking and his John Deere. He is survived by his loving wife of 48 years, Kathy, his children, Stephen Kulpa Jr. and his wife, Tracy, Susan Kanning and her husband, Kevin, and the loves of his life, his grandchildren, Sienna and Mason Kulpa and Kevin and Kylie Kanning. Also surviving are his sister, Linda Kwiatkowski and brother, Arthur Kulpa and his wife, Marcia. He was predeceased by his parents, Stefan and Ernestine Kulpa and his brother-in-law, Stanley Kwiatkowski. The family will receive friends on Monday, December 28th from 4-8pm at the Vander Plaat Funeral Home, www.vpfh.com, 257 Godwin Ave. Wyckoff, NJ. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Tuesday, December 29th at 10am at St. Elizabeth’s R.C. Church, 700 Wyckoff Avenue, Wyckoff, NJ, 07481. Interment will follow at Christ the King Cemetery, 980 Huron Road, Franklin Lakes, NJ, 07417. In lieu of flowers, donations in Stephen’s name may be made to the Wyckoff Volunteer Ambulance Corps., P.O. Box 214, Wyckoff, NJ 07481.