Obituary of Madeline E. Brougham

Madeline E. Brougham passed away peacefully on Wednesday, August 21, 2019 at the age of 96. Born in Orange, New Jersey she was a resident of Parsippany, Nutley and East Orange before moving to Wyckoff in 2011. Before retiring, Madeline was an Administrative Assistant at Chrysler Credit Corporation in Wayne, NJ. Madeline’s husband Robert C. Brougham predeceased her in 1957.  Madeline is survived by her two daughters: Kathleen B. Kranz and her husband James, Deborah R. Hendler and her husband Jeffrey; four grandchildren: Ashley Whitney, Lauren Kranz, Robert Hendler, Shaina Hendler; three great grandchildren: Grace Whitney, Emily Whitney and Joshua Whitney. Madeline is also survived by her sister Doris Walsh and her husband, Alfred and her sister-in-law Elizabeth Arena. Visitation will be held on Monday, August 26, 2019 from 4:30 – 7:30 p.m. at the Vander Plaat Funeral Home, (www.vpfh.com), 257 Godwin Ave., Wyckoff. The funeral service will be held on Tuesday, August 27, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. at the funeral home.  The interment will follow at Gate of Heaven Cemetery in East Hanover, NJ. Contributions in Madeline’s memory may be made to the Make-A-Wish Foundation New Jersey, 1384 Perrineville Rd., Monroe Township, NJ 08831 (nj.wish.org) or to the Wyckoff Ambulance Corp., P.O. Box 214, Wyckoff, NJ 07481.