Clifford F. Lindholm II ’53

Ools died July 20, 2024, in Savannah, Ga. Born in Passaic, N.J., he moved with his family to Montclair in 1943 and lived there for 62 years before moving with his wife, Karen, to Savannah, in 2005.

A graduate of Phillips Andover Academy, he joined Tiger Inn and earned a bachelor of science degree in engineering from Princeton, writing his thesis on “Development of Industrial Relations in a Steel Fabricating Concern.” He earned a master of science degree from Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken in 1957.

Cliff served his Princeton class at various times as reunion chairman, class agent, secretary, and president. He was chairman of Falstrom Co., a family business founded in 1870, and was employed by the firm for over 50 years. He was active in numerous business and community organizations and served as mayor of Montclair from 1988 to 1992. He was also president of Union Congregational Church, vice chairman of the General Hospital Center of Passaic, scoutmaster of Boy Scout Troop 13 of Upper Montclair, district chairman of the Boy Scouts’ Essex Council, president of the Montclair Society of Engineers, president of the Passaic Rotary Club, and president of the Passaic Historic Preservation Commission.

Cliff was predeceased by his wife, Karen, and is survived by a daughter, two sons, two stepdaughters, three stepsons, 21 grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren, and his brother.