Obituary of Henrietta Schoofs

SCHOOFS, Henrietta A, "Penny", age 90, of Allendale, died Saturday, March 22nd, 2014. Henrietta was born in Amsterdam, The Netherlands in 1924. She came through Ellis Island in 1926 and lived in Fair Lawn for 45 years, then Glen Rock for 30 years, She moved to Brighton Gardens in Saddle River for 7 years before moving to Allendale Nursing Home 3 years ago. Henrietta was a supervisor in communications for the Bell Telephone Company for 44 years before retiring in 1989. She was a member of the Westminster Kennel Club and NJ Telephone Pioneers as well as the Rosary Society of St. Catharine's RC Church in Glen Rock. She is survived by her sister-in-law, Mary Mooy of Waldwick and nephews Hans and his wife Colleen and Greg Mooy; niece Rosemary Mooy; grandnephews: John and Michael, as well as several 1st and 2nd cousins in The Netherlands, British Isles and the US. She was predeceased by her husband Frank in 1992 and her brother John in 2002. Visiting hours Wednesday 2 to 4 pm at the Vander Plaat Funeral Home, www.vpfh.com, 257 Godwin Ave., Wyckoff, NJ. Funeral Service is Thursday, 10:30am at the Vander Plaat Funeral Home. Entombment following at Garden of Memories, 300 Soldier Hill Rd., Township of Washington, NJ 07676 In lieu of flowers, donation may be made to the ASPCA, PO Box 96929, Washington, DC, 20090-6929 or Glen Rock Ambulance Corp., 700 South Maple Ave., Glen Rock, NJ 07452.