Obituary of Ethel Tietjen

Tietjen, Ethel, age 85, of Granite Quarry, NC, passed away on Friday, August 5th, 2016. Ethel was born in New York City and lived in Wyckoff before moving to NC one year ago. Ethel was a Secretary at Ramsey High School for over 20 years before her retirement. She is survived by her children, John Bell, Ernest Tietjen and his wife, Alice, Doreen Luhrs and her husband, Richard, and Karen O’Connor and her fiancé Michael DiLullo. Also surviving are her grandchildren, Kristen and Ernest Tietjen, Kelly, Casey and Erin O’Connor, and Allison and Jennifer Bell. She was predeceased by her husband, Ernest, in 1988. The family will receive friends on Thursday, August 11th from 2-4 and 7-9pm at the Vander Plaat Funeral Home, www.vpfh.com, 257 Godwin Ave. Wyckoff, NJ. A Funeral Service will be celebrated on Friday, August 12th at 10am at the funeral home. Interment to follow at Maryrest Cemetery, 25 Seminary Rd., Mahwah, NJ. In lieu of flowers, donations in Ethel’s memory can be made to the St. Jude Tribute Program, P.O. Box 1000, Dept. 42, Memphis, TN 38148-0142.