Ronald James Von Urff

February 26, 2021

Ronald James Von Urff, 84 years old, of Oradell, NJ and Breezy Point, NY, died on February 26, 2021. He was born on December 17,1936 to Charles and Lillian Von Urff at the Von Urff Sanitarium in Brooklyn, NY. He grew up in Brooklyn, NY and was in the Army Reserve until 1965. He had a long career in the advertising industry where he was a media broker until he retired in 2003. After retirement, he became a crossing guard in Oradell and was loved by so many school children. He was a warm and caring person that touched so many lives over the years and always had the most positive attitude. He loved his family, reading and summers at Breezy Point. He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Marie Catherine, of Oradell and their four daughters: Jackie Houck, her husband Tom and their children Kyle and Dana, of Princeton Junction, NJ; Patricia Lennox, her husband Jim and their children Christopher, Danny and Sean, of Oradell, NJ; Christine Maron, her husband Gerard and their children Micaela, Erin and Brian of Oradell, NJ; and Carol Kelley her husband Ed and their children Maggie and Jack, of Falls Church, VA. He was predeceased by his brothers, Charles and Roger. Services will be at the Volk Leber Funeral Home, 268 Kinderkamack Rd., Oradell, NJ on Tuesday March 2nd from 2-4 PM and from 6-8 PM. Funeral service from the funeral home at 9AM Wednesday, then to St. Joseph Parish, Oradell, for a 10 AM Mass of Christian Burial. Interment to follow, Christ the King, Franklin Lakes. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the Holy Name Medical Center Foundation 718 Teaneck Road Teaneck, New Jersey 07666.