Obituary of Ruth O'Hara

Ruth E. O'Hara died on Saturday, November 16, 2013 after a long, courageous battle with cancer. She was 81. Born in Green Island, NY she was a long time resident of Midland Park. She was a Graphic Arts Technical Assistant at The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood for many years. She had been a Girl Scout Leader in Midland Park, a volunteer at Valley Hospital and a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Ramsey. Devoted mother of Margaret P. Hockenberry and her husband David, Jean A. Masdonati and her husband Dorian, and Ruth J. O'Hara and her husband Daniel Van Kampen; and beloved grandmother of Margaret Santina Masdonati and Danielle O'Hara Van Kampen. Ruth's husband Robert J. O'Hara died in 2005. She is also survived by a brother, William Lewis and a sister, Shirley Stout. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, November 19, 2013 at Vander Plaat Funeral Home, 257 Godwin Ave., Wyckoff (www.vpfh.com) from 2:00 - 4:00 PM and 7:00 until service time at 8:30PM. Interment will be private. In lieu of flowers contributions in Ruth's memory may be made to the Relay for Life of Ramsey, NJ care of the American Cancer Society, 20 Mercer St., Hackensack, NJ 07601.