Obituary of Dorothea DePuyt

DEPUYT, Dorothea M. (nee Schweitzer) age 98 of Midland Park died peacefully on Tuesday, June 25, 2013. Born in Paterson, NJ, Dorothea lived in Hawthorne before moving to Midland Park in 1950. She was a 5th grade teacher at the Lincoln and Sicomac schools in Wyckoff from 1964 retiring in 1977. Dorothea was a member of the Midland Park United Methodist Church and Midland Park Seniors. Surviving are her devoted children, Nancy and her husband Eric Fricke, Robert DePuyt and his wife Donna and Marilyn and her husband John Casson. Dorothea also leaves her adoring grandchildren, Russell, Erica, Kristen, Matthew, Jeffrey and Christopher and 6 great grandchildren. Dorothea was pre-deceased by her husband Raymond C. DePuyt in 1987 her brother Theodore Schweitzer in 1974 and her sister Beatrice Smith Murray in 2010. A memorial service will be held at the Midland Park United Methodist Church, 269 Godwin Avenue, Midland Park, NJ at a date to be announced. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the Midland Park United Methodist Church or CUMAC/ECHO, P.O. Box 2721, Paterson, NJ 07509, (www.cumacecho.org). Arrangements by the Vander Plaat Funeral Home of Wyckoff (www.vpfh.com).