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Beloved Hawthorne Teacher Lynne Vander Veer Dies, 65

HAWTHORNE, N.J. — Lynne (nee Cerra) Vander Veer of Hawthorne died Friday, May 19. She was 65 years old.

Lynne Vander Veer of Hawthorne.

Lynne Vander Veer of Hawthorne.

Photo Credit: Browning Forshay Funeral Home

She taught at St. Anthony's School for 25 years, and also worked at the Washington School.

Vander Veer was most recently a para-professional at the Jefferson School.

She was an active parishioner of St. Anthony's R.C. Church in Hawthorne, and was a CCD teacher, Youth Group Councilor, and Pre-Cana group leader with her husband.

Vander Veer was a commissioner on the Hawthorne Board of Health.

She was the beloved wife of Gary Vander Veer of Hawthorne; mother of Todd Vander Veer of Wayne, and the late Gary Vander Veer (1998); sister of Janice Tordini and her husband Lou of Jackson; and sister-in-law of Henry Vander Veer and his wife Barbara of Saddle Brook; and Donna Heere and her late husband Ed of West Redding, CT. 

Funeral will be departing at 9:00am on Wednesday, May 24, 2017 from the Browning-Forshay Funeral Home, 557 Lafayette Ave., Hawthorne for a 9:30 a.m. funeral mass at St. Anthony's R.C. Church. 

Interment will follow at the Christ the King Cemetery in Franklin Lakes. 

Visitation will be at the funeral home on Tuesday from 2 to 4 p.m., and 7 to 9 p.m.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to the Jefferson School PTO or to The Valley Hospice.

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