Michael Charles Detlefs

Michael Detlefs Obituary

Michael Charles Detlefs

AGE: 48 • Lopatcong Twp.

Michael Charles Detlefs, 48, of Lopatcong Township passed away Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011 at home. Born October 23, 1963 in Plainfield, NJ he was the son of Leslie Detlefs of Port Charlotte, FL and Phyliss Detlefs of Mystic, CT. He was the owner of Detlefs Tree Service, Inc. He and his wife, Beverly (Sibiga) Detlefs were married December 6, 1998. He was a 1981 graduate of Westfield High School and was a graduate of Delaware Valley College where he received a Bachelors Degree in Biology with an Environmental Option. Michael was a Green Bay Packers fan. He was an outdoor sports fan and participated in ultimate frisbee. He loved fishing and was a top notch tree expert. He attended First Baptist Church in Lopatcong Township. He enjoyed the Adirondack Mountains, especially Saranac Lake. He became a real estate agent working for ERA in Scotch Plains, NJ and was also a State Certified Home Inspector.

In addition to his beloved wife, Beverly, he is survived by a brother, David and his wife, Ann, of Issaquah, WA; many loving nieces and nephews; loving aunts, uncles and cousins; and brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law and mother-in-law; as well as many close friends, including beloved Dick Monroe and Dot Sobin.

Funeral services will be held at 10am on Tuesday, December 27, 2011 in First Baptist Church, 810 Red School Lane, Lopatcong Township, NJ. Visitation will be held Monday from 4 to 8 p.m. in the Doyle-Devlin Funeral Home, Inc., 695 Corliss Avenue, Phillipsburg, NJ. Interment will be in Franklin Memorial Park, Route 27, North Brunswick, NJ. For more information or to send online condolences please visit www.devlinfh.com. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials in Mike's name to National Wildlife Federation by visiting www.nwf.org.

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Published by Courier News on Dec. 23, 2011.

Memories and Condolences
for Michael Detlefs

9 Entries

Erik Nisler

March 1, 2012

Mike was a wonderful, independent thinker with all the passion of a man half his age. He will be greatly missed and often thought about. He would visit us at Norwood Auto Parts in Garwood for a laugh or two and gracefully go on his way. Our thoughts and prayers are with you.

Mike Seiler

January 2, 2012

Sorry to hear this. My dad and Mike's grandfather were neighbors and friends on Grove St in Westfield

Millie Serrano

December 27, 2011

Dear Bev,
I am so grateful to have crossed paths with Mike. He was larger than life and always such fun. He was a true friend and I loved him dearly. I remember your beautiful wedding fondly. You had a great love and understanding for each other that many do not get to share. That love and Mike's spirit and the impact he made on this earth will endure.
I hope you know that I am but a phone call away.
Much love,
Millie

December 26, 2011

Beverly and family - So sorry for your loss. Mike will be missed. The first time I met him I know he was a kind and caring person.
My thoughts and prayers are with you at this time.
Bernadette Scrape

December 25, 2011

Dearest Beverly,
Our hearts go out to you for your loss. Mike was a great guy...we're going to miss him. We know he's busy fishing with Dad..they can keep each other busy! All our love, The Parliman's
George, Colleen & Tyler

Dan Gallic

December 24, 2011

Mike was a good good man. A hard worker and a great husband.

My prayers and thoughts go out to Bev and his extended family.

Mike will be fondly remembered.

Terry Ferguson

December 24, 2011

If Mike could talk to us now....I am sure this is what he would say:

I'm in my eternal home now! It's all true! This place is absolutely magnificent. Human words cannot explain it, and I'm so alive, so free, so happy, so perfectly content.
I'm home now! My mind is clear. All pain is gone. My hopes and dreams have all been satisfied the minute I left earth's shores and landed here in heaven.
Thank God I'm home now! There are no misunderstandings in this place. No anger. No harsh words. No hurt feelings. No selfish acts. No problems on my part or that of others. I see plainly here and although God's will was sometimes hard for me to see on earth, here it is beautifully perceived.
Praise the Lord, I'm home now! Sorrow is foreign to this place and I have yet to see anyone weeping. And the friend that I have met, you wouldn't believe, and they see so different and so gracious. I'll probably spend half of eternity talking to them.
I'm home now! The greatest thrill was to see my Savior face to face. If I could cry, I would. But I'm just consumed with such joy and love that is defies comprehension. Mortals on earth cannot know it. It is just unexplainable.
I;m home now! I'm filled with God's glory and with His radiance. I've found that talking to people on earth about Jesus has made the inhabitants of this place extremely delighted. They said that I would meet some of those I brought to the Savior later on. That gave me rapture because I now know what this abode is like.
I'm home now! If I could speak from this side to your side I would say that the old adage is never out of date. It goes "only one life, it will soon be past, only what's done for Christ will last." And in parting let me say, don't ever pity me, or shed bitter tears. I'm better off now than in all my earthly years. I've started my new life and it's been worth it all. I trust I'll meet you again here. MARANATHA! I'm home now.
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Jim and I will miss you! We are here for you, Bev, for anything you need. Love you!

Don Boland

December 24, 2011

My thoughts and prayers are with you all and wish that God gives you comfort at this difficult time.

December 23, 2011

Dear Detlefs family,

Although I did not know Michael personally I have followed the course of his illness through his auntie Edna. I can only say peace is at last his, he did his suffering here on this earthly plan.

Deepest regards and prayers to Beverly, Les and Edna........

Karen Field

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