Hennecke was graduated from Fair Lawn High School and Bergen County Tech, where he studied carpentry, his obituary says. He went on to work as an irrigation technician for Garden State Irrigation and Lighting.
In his free time, he enjoyed fishing in local lakes and rivers and riding dirt bikes with family and friends.
Hennecke, who died in a tragic Thanksgiving Day accident, is survived by his parents Hans and Eileen.
He also leaves his sisters, Maureen Flax and her husband Andrew and Kasey Miletti-Moore and her husband Matthew, as well as his niece, Aubrey, nephews Brayden and Zachary and many aunts, uncles, and cousins.
Visiting hours are scheduled from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. this Tuesday, Nov. 28, at the Vander Plaat Colonial Home at 13-31 Saddle River Road in Fair Lawn.
A funeral service is scheduled for 10 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home, followed by interment in George Washington Memorial Park, 234 Paramus Road in Paramus.
In lieu of flowers, donations in Hennecke's memory can be made to the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital at: Donate to St. Jude.
William Hennecke's complete obituary can be found here.
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