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Jakob FRANKE Obituary
Jakob, of Northvale NJ, born in Friesland, the Netherlands on May 25, 1941, passed unexpectedly November 10, 2016. He is survived by his loving wife, Gely Franke, and two daughters, Ettaly Franke Jobes (m. Robert) and Arva Franke Rogers (m. David, son Conner), and his extensive family in the Netherlands. After retiring from his long career in Cell Biology at Columbia University, he remained active with his travels, building hiking trails with the NYNJ Trail Conference, his canal societies and rewriting his Field Guide to the Morris Canal of NJ. A memorial service will be held May 2017 in Mahwah, NJ. Instead of flowers, donations may go to nynjtc.org or canalsocietynj.org.
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Memories and Condolences
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Harmien Torenbeek
January 1, 2017
Dear Gely,
my heart is breaking for you. So so sad for all of your family.
Be strong, I will call after the holidays.
love,
Harmien
Christine Hageman
November 30, 2016
So sorry for your loss. Jakob marked the trails in Norwood and helped maintain them, even though he was not a resident. He was one of the kindest and most interesting people I ever met and obviously loved his family. He will be missed.
Dennis Hickey
November 22, 2016
Franke Family,
I'm so sorry for your loss. In the short time I knew Jacob thru the NYNJ Trail conference he was a fount of knowledge and experience which he readily shared with me.
I will miss walking, working and laughing with him on the trail.
RIP; Jakob.
Dennis J. Hickey
Manhattan, NY
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