Obituary of Frederick Dau

DAU, Frederick, W. age 84 of Wyckoff, died Monday, January 9, 2012. Born in Chicago, IL, Fred grew up on Long Island and moved to Wyckoff in 1962. He was a 1950 graduate of Ursinus College in Collegeville, PA. Fred spent his entire career with Cyanamid in Wayne retiring in 1992 as Corporate Director, Compensation & Benefits. He was a member of The Wyckoff Reformed Church where he served as a Deacon, Elder and a member of the Cemetery Board. He was a member of the Board of Directors of the Wyckoff Family YMCA and the Warwick Conference Center. Fred had a lifelong love of the Adirondack Mountains in New York State and his dogs. Surviving is his wife of 55 years, Ann (nee Harvey); his children, Bill Dau of Oakland, Peggy Dau of Fairfield, CT and Nancy and her husband Cameron McNall of South Hamilton, MA. Fred also leaves his three grandchildren, Ryan, Eric and Skylar. Funeral services will be held Friday, 11:00 AM at The Wyckoff Reformed Church, 580 Wyckoff Avenue, Wyckoff, NJ. Interment will follow in The Wyckoff Reformed Church Cemetery. Visiting is Thursday 2:00 to 4:00 and 7:00 to 9:00 PM at the Vander Plaat Funeral Home (www.vpfh.com), 257 Godwin Avenue, Wyckoff, NJ. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Wyckoff Family YMCA, 691 Wyckoff Avenue, Wyckoff, NJ 07481.