Clifford F. Lindholm, II, 93,

Manufacturing Executive and Former Mayor of Montclair

Clifford F. Lindholm, II of Savannah, GA, passed away on July 20, 2024. A memorial service will be held in the fall at Union Congregational Church, 176 Cooper Avenue, Upper Montclair, New Jersey.

Born in Passaic, New Jersey, on December 8, 1930, Mr. Lindholm moved with his family to Montclair in 1943 and lived there for 62 years before moving with his wife, Karen, to Savannah, Georgia, in 2005.

Mr. Lindholm was Chairman of Falstrom Company, a family business founded in 1870, and had been employed by the firm for over 50 years. He was active in numerous business organizations, serving as a member of the Board of Directors of NJM Insurance Group, The Employers Association of New Jersey, New Jersey Business and Industry Association, and New Jersey Engineering and Supply Company. He had also been President of both The Albert Payson Terhune Foundation and The North Jersey Chamber of Commerce Foundation.

A graduate of Phillips Andover Academy, Andover, Massachusetts in 1949, he earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering from Princeton in 1953 and a Master of Science Degree from Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken in 1957. Following graduation, Mr. Lindholm served his Princeton class at various times as Reunion Chairman, Class Agent, Secretary, and President. He was also President of the Princeton Alumni Association of Montclair and Vicinity and a Board Member of the Princeton Engineering Association.

Mayor of Montclair from 1988 to 1992, Mr. Lindholm had previously served as President of the Montclair Board of Education from 1968 through 1972. During his term on the Board of Education, the Montclair Public Schools integrated its elementary and middle schools and initiated the beginnings of its current Magnet School curriculum. Mr. Lindholm was Montclair’s first directly elected Mayor, and during his term, the Township negotiated its first contract to supply Glen Ridge with Fire Suppression Services and began negotiations with New Jersey Transit regarding the Montclair Connection.

Mr. Lindholm assisted many community organizations and had been 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 Essex Council, Boy Scouts of America, President of The Montclair Society of Engineers, President of Passaic Rotary Club, and President of the Passaic Historic Restoration Committee. He had also served as a trustee of the Montclair YMCA, Passaic Valley Planning Association, Montclair Red Cross, The Montclair Counseling Center, Montclair Historical Society, Montclair State College Board of Corporate Advisors, and the Passaic YMCA.

Mr. Lindholm was a member of The Montclair Golf Club, Mantoloking NJ Yacht Club, The Nassau Club, and Tiger Inn of Princeton, NJ. He continued his active involvement in Rotary by joining The Rotary Club of Skidaway Island. He was recognized as Southeastern Rotarian of the Year in 2009. He was elected to The Board of Directors of The Landings Association in 2007 and served for three years. He also served as a Scouting Merit Badge Counselor from 2007 to 2015 for Troop 57, helping 12 scouts earn the rank of Eagle. Continuing his involvement with Princeton University, he was a member of the Board of the Princeton Alumni Association of Savannah and Co-Chaired his Class of 1953’s Mini Reunion in Savannah in 2011 and its 65th Reunion in Princeton in 2018. He and his wife, Karen, traveled widely throughout the world and visited all seven continents. They were members of The Landings Golf Club and Savannah’s Chatham Club.

He was predeceased by his wife, Karen. He is survived by a daughter, Elizabeth Robertson (James) of Westfield; two sons, Clifford III (Mary Ann), of Montclair, and John (Adrienne) of Eagle River, Alaska; two stepdaughters, Susan Cox (Jim) and Katherine White (Tom); three stepsons, Dr. William Baker, Robert Baker, and Michael Baker (Dawn); twenty-one grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren, and a brother, Albert.