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 |
| Bob Jones | Husband of Rae Ann Hoffmann |
| Robert N. Dubovich (Dubie) | Tunnel Systems Controller - LT |
| Michael J. DiSalvo (Big Mike) | Police Officer |
| Dr. Paul McGovern | Engineer |
| Charles E. Eckhoff | Police Officer - Public Safety |
| Martin I. Grossman | Resident Engineer - Engineering |
| Artie Vignapiano | Associate Designer (Electrical) - Engineering |
| Joseph P. Jackson | MEDD |
| Anthony V. Massimo | Police Officer - Public Safety |
| Rubens Rossi | Assistant Chief Operations Supervisor - Aviation |
| Anthony (Tony) De Biase | Supervisor, Intelligence & Liaison - Port Commerce |
| Ruth Ann Wodenshek | wife of Raymond Wodenshek, retiree, PATH Capital Projects Division |
| Harold F. Shea | T&B Agent - LT |
| Frank McCoo | Police Officer |
| Kenneth Anthony "Ken" Sass | General Manager - Holland Tunnel |
| Joseph J. Kresse | Police Officer - ESU |
| Philip Dato | Automotive Supervisor |
| James G. Carlock | World Trade Department |
| Dominick Evangelista | Police Sergeant - Newark |
| Richard Lloyd (Dick) Rowe | General Manager - JFK |
| Nicholas C. Spicciati | Staff Engineer - TB&T |
| Leo John Ruffini | Manager, System Proc Division - General Services Dept |
| Frederick A. Almerino | Manager, Business & Economic - World Trade Department |
| Irene Azrak | Wife of Retiree George Azrak - CMED |
| Joseph A. Varriano | Auto Mechanic - SIB |
| Gasper (Gus) Danese | President - PAPBA |
| Michael Palermo | Detective Sergeant - JFK |
| Eugene Patrick Rogers | Law |
| James Joseph Murtha | Administrator |
| Anneliese Kristin McCain | Daughter of Everett McCain Sgt. ESU (Active) |
| Joseph Lesser | Deputy General Counsel - Law |
| Douglas J. Wilson | Supervising Economic Analyst - Aviation |
| Paul F. Hertgen | Senior Architect, RDD & Program Management |
| William Buroughs | PATH Motorman |
| Thomas “Dan” Powers | Maintenance Forman II - PATH |
| Joseph D. Decker | Police Officer - Public Safety |
| Vivian L. Rutledge | Administrator - Aviation |
| Richard (Dick) Helman | Law |
| Rudolph L. Marini | Assistant Chief Operations Supervisor - Aviation |
| Bartholomew J. "Bart" Carroll | Police Officer - Public Safety |
| Michael Killeen | Police Officer - GWB |
| David Joseph Hennessy | Aviation |
| Richard "Richie" Dunn Jr. | Police |
| Robert E. Scarrone | Police Officer |
| Gil Saddler | Lieutenant - GWB |
| Joseph 'Giuseppe' Bellia | PATH |
| Ted Olcott | Director - P & D |
| Bernard J. Duffy | Operations Supervisor - PABT |
| Philip Landi | PA Helicopter Operations |
| Wesley C. Kibler | Lieutenant - PAPD |
| Thomas I. Pittarese | Police Officer - PAPD |
| Jac H. Karlan | |
| John W. Moore | HVAC - EWR |
| Marilyn Dempsey | Law Department |
| Owen Hyde | Police Officer - PAPD |
| Dominick A. “Dee” Interdonato | Supervisor - Radio Shop |
| Conrad W. Forys | Attorney - Law |
| Robert (Bob) Foote | Manager, TB&T Research Division |
| Ralph M. Gallo | Supervisor - PA Radio Shop |
| Walter A. Dittmar | Project Manager - Engineering |
| Henry J. Drew, Jr. | Police Sergeant - SIB |
| Lewis R. Hurst | Retired 7/6/1989 - Died 3/13/2012 |
| Joseph M. Costa | Supervisor Construction Standards & Inspection - PATC |
| Alexander DeMatteis | Pipe fitter - Port Newark |
| Sam Notkin | Manager, European TDO - Port Commerce |
| Michael Maschietto | Auto Mechanic - CAD |
| Henry A. Lesto | General Maintenance Supervisor - EWR |
| Raymond D. Scanlon | EDD |
| Joseph Yannacci | Senior Engineer - ITD |
| Linda O'Leary | Supervisor - Environmental Services |
| Philip R. Leary | Police Officer |
| Susan Weinberg | Administrative Secretary - TB&T |
| Carmela Marinelli | Senior Administrative Secretary - Priority Capital Programs |
| William J. Purvin | Electrician |