Henry E. de Jongh

Henry (Hank) de Jongh, Bradenton, died December 29, 2015. He was born February 28, 1921 in the Netherlands and came to Bradenton from Miami Dade County, FL. He spent summers in Dennis, MA. A member of Trinity United Methodist Church in Bradenton, Mr. de Jongh lost his wife of 73 years, Betty, on April 15, 2015. They are survived by two daughters, Carol Appleton (William) of Brewster, MA and Patricia Gomolski (Jerry) of The Villages, FL, as well as five grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Hank attended Kingsley School in New Jersey and graduated from Lehigh University. He was widely traveled, fluent in five languages and spent his business career --some abroad-- in the international pharmaceutical industry: 23 years with Smith Kline and French Laboratories and 19 years with Sterling Drug, Inc., from which he retired as Vice-President of Sterling Latina. He was active in community affairs, having been a founding member and president of the Wyndmoor (PA) Lions Club, director of the Anne Arundel County (MD) Lions Club and later a member of the Rotary Club of Coral Gables, FL, and a board member of the Anna Maria Rotary Club; he was a Paul Harris Fellow. Since his retirement, his volunteer activities included board memberships in the South Florida Center for Theological Studies and the Florida Unit of Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic. He was a counselor with the Ser-vice Corps of Retired Executives in Miami, a reader for the Radio Reading Service in Miami and for the Audible Local Ledger in Falmouth, MA. He also tutored English at Manatee Technical College in Bradenton and the Cape Cod Community College. He was an active member of the Play Readers Troupe at Free-dom Village and played bridge and spent time on his computer. Donations may be made to the Freedom Village Employee Scholarship Fund, 6501 17th Avenue West, Bradenton, FL 34209. Arrangements were handled by Toale Brothers Funeral Home, West Bradenton.