Sadly , John Peter Langeveld , of Seabrook Village , Tinton Falls pass away early on the break of the day of Friday , October 30 , at the age of 96 , an incredibly interesting , full , long life came to an end . His six daughter and their late brother were truly blessed to have John Langeveld for their forefather . John was conduct in Haarlemmermeer in the Netherlands ( Holland ) on April 13 , 1924 , the firstborn of eight children .
During WWII , at the age of 17 , Dad was taken prisoner by the Nazis to work at an East Berlin labor camp . soon after the warfare , after spending four tough old age as a captive , John was shipped off to America by his sire to judge his luck at start out a business marketing prime bulbs . Like many immigrants , John Langeveld came to America through Ellis Island . All he carried with him to our shores were a bicycle , a small amount of money of money , and a dreaming . He talk no English , at the time .
After many years of ritual killing and concentrated oeuvre , toiling untold 60 minutes alongside his four brothers , Langeveld Bulb Company became one of the expectant jobber of Dutch heyday Bulbs in the U.S. by the recent 1990 ’s . Though John Langeveld had finally " made it , " he never forgot his origins .
In his late years , John relish expend leisure time with his late married woman of almost 60 years , Eleanor Van
Bourgondien Langeveld , rooting for his dear Boston Red Sox and , most of all , basking in the idolization of family , especially his seven children , twelve grandchild , and five great grandchildren .
John was a fantastic , loving serviceman , a subsister of the revulsion of WWII who persevered against all odds to become an brainchild and a role model to everyone lucky enough to know him . A proud U.S. citizen , John Langeveld was the epitome of The Self - Made Man and the prosopopoeia of The American Dream .
John was predecease by his devoted married woman , Eleanor van Bourgondien Langeveld , his dear boy , John Theodore Langeveld , his parents , Theodorus and Quirine Rotteveel Langeveld and a baby , Margaret Langeveld .
Surviving are his daughters Jeanette Adams and husband Dan of Manchester , Yvonne Prandato and husband Mike of Barnegat , Patricia Langeveld of Eatontown , Eleanor Langeveld of Belvidere , Cynthia Langeveld of Belmar , Shirley Karwowski and husband Todd of Toms River , daughter in law Kathy Langeveld of Brielle , his 12 grandchildren Nicole McDorman , Lauren Adams , Michael , John , Jim and Joe Prandato , Joe Vesey , Johnny Langeveld , Nick Gallucci , Danielle , Jessica and Chris Karwowski , and 5 great grandchildren Danny and Alex McDorman , and Luca , Violet and Maya Prandato and his 6 siblings Peter , Theo , Henk , Corrie , Ria and Nick ,
Due to limitations imposed by Covid-19 , Visitation and Mass were invitation only . trial was on Friday from 4:00pm to 7:00pm at the O’Brien Funeral Home , 2028 Hwy 35 at New Bedford Rd . , Wall follow by a Mass of Christian Burial on Saturday , November 7 , 2020 at 9:30am at St. Mark ’s Church , 215 Crescent Parkway , Sea Girt . Burial was in the Langveld game in St. Anne ’s Cemetery , Wall .
peak accepted or donations may be made to the Monmouth County Association for the Blind and Visual Impaired , 3401 Belmar Blvd . , Wall , NJ 07719 .
To offer online commiseration to the family please visitwww.obrienfuneralhome.com
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