The Port Authority Retirees Association, Inc. (PARA) would like to recognize our former colleagues who have died, listed below, for their service and friendship over the years. We thank their families for allowing us a glimpse into their lives, and for the opportunity to honor them on these pages.
These obituaries are not comprehensive. They reflect notifications to PARA by the deceased’s family, friends and/or colleagues. If you have an obituary you would like to submit, please help us by including the deceased’s date of retirement, primary or last department/area where the deceased worked, length of service, any personal details typical of an obituary, and any direction for their remembrance. Submit this information by going to the Contact Us page and selecting "In Memoriam" in the Topics field.
| Name | Position |
| Charles Donald Desfosse | Police Sergeant |
| Anne Adele Gioia | Secretary - HT |
| John C. Vianna | Conductor - PATH |
| James D. English | Manager - Accounting |
| Mary Sumter | Toll Collector - HT |
| Edmund Keppel | Maintenance |
| Marvin Weiss | Director - Purchasing |
| David Joseph Morris | PA Chief Ops Supervisor - EWR |
| John J. Harrington | Design Engineer - Engineering |
| Donald C. Baeder | Finance |
| Andrew Litkey | Civil Designer - Engineering |
| Robert A. Olmsted | Engineering Consultant |
| Kenneth W. Tyburczy | Conductor - PATH |
| Robert Comprelli | Structural Maintenance Mechanic - SEMAC |
| Jack B. Abelman | |
| Michael M. Poliacof | Engineer |
| Bernadette M. Foti | Wife of Salvatore Foti |
| John G. Grosskopf | Police Officer |
| Edward C. Gallas | Personnel Director - HR |
| Anthony V. Amoruso | Accountant - Audit |
| Robert Snowden | Maintenance Supervisor - HT |
| James J. Tully | Police Officer - GWB |
| Lawrence Martin Lukash | |
| Daniel Mullen | Principal Systems designer - TSD |
| Harry Michael Yamka | Police Officer & Fire Marshall - EWR |
| Jeremiah Brendan Riordan | Accountant |
| Percival Lewis | |
| Arthur Daniel Pedersen Sr. | Police Officer |
| Michael B. Zapantis | Deputy Director - Procurement Department |
| Julia Sherry | Toll Collector - LT |
| Glenda Dietz | Senior Architect - Engineering |
| Yvonne S. Six | Tolls Supervisor - LT |
| James Joseph Ruby | Police Officer - PABT |
| Morris Sloane | Director of Aviation Operations |
| Yun Shang Hsieh | Civil Engineer - Engineering |
| Mario R. Solis | Structural Maintainer - PATH |
| Michael J. Lynch | Supervisor Absence Control - Office of Medical Services - HRD |
| Robert A. Hauslen | Assistant Manager - Research Division - TB&T |
| Anthony Romanchuk Jr. | Assistant Chief of Terminal Services - EWR |
| Joseph J. Windisch | Economist - Aviation |
| Dorothy Dublin | Administrative Secretary - Port Department |
| Dominick J. Capuano | Maintenance Supervisor - Sign Shop |
| John M. Sweeney | Train Conductor - PATH |
| Edmund Wallace | Engineering |
| Thomas W. Furlong | Supervisor Data Processing |
| Thomas M. Kennedy | Manager Financial Services - Interstate Transportation |