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 | Date of Retirement | Date of Death | Position |
| Maria T. Harrison | Wife of Edmond Harrison, Manager, Stewart Airport | ||
| Louis V. Rohr | 8/1/1979 | 12/31/2015 | Staff Accountant - Comptroller |
| Eamonn M. Mautone | 12/29/15 | Police Officer | |
| Scott Smith | 12/29/15 | Maintenance Group Supervisor - Lincoln Tunnel | |
| Steven Legerlotz | Son of Retired Police Officer Karl Legerlotz | ||
| Harold R. Williams | 1/10/1994 | 12/12/2015 | Welder/Fitter - ITD |
| Thomas D. Geness | 11/7/2013 | 12/10/2015 | Electrician - LGA |
| Eileen V. SanSevero | 12/1/2015 | Wife of Retiree Joe SanSevero | |
| George J. Majorossy | 3/17/1993 | 11/29/2015 | Construction Inspector - Engineering |
| Charlotte S. Frank | 3/30/2002 | 11/27/2015 | Director - Procurement |
| William G. Cronin | 5/1/2012 | 11/19/2015 | Manager, Eastern Port Sales - Port Commerce |
| Carol Ann McGuire | 11/6/2015 | Spouse of Tom McGuire who was an auto mechanic for the PA | |
| Gilbert C. Breden | 7/28/1973 | 11/12/2015 | Police Officer |
| Ralph E. Melendez | 8/31/1995 | 11/10/2015 | Staff Services Engineer - Engineering |
| Glenn R. Butler | 4/10/2005 | 11/6/2015 | Police Officer - JFK |
| John Tulko | 10/24/2015 | Construction Inspector - Engineering Department | |
| Michael Joseph McGovern | 1/25/1989 | 10/21/2015 | Chief Maintenance Supervisor |
| Edith E. Bishop | 3/17/1990 | 10/21/2015 | Staff Member - CFO |
| Frances Thomas | Mother of Ret. PO Diane Williams - EWR | ||
| Sharon A. Cook | Wife of Retiree George Cook | ||
| Robert R. Wagner, Sr. | 1/8/1995 | 10/1/2015 | Police Officer |
| Kevin Arthur Schafer (Arty) | Memorial Mass - Saturday, September 26th at 11:00am | ||
| William A. (Bill) Connors | 2/19/2004 | 9/18/2015 | Police Officer - PAPD PATH |
| Marcus J. Wiesner | 5/13/1989 | 9/13/2015 | Supervisor Aviation community Affairs |
| Patricia A. Davi | 8/31/1995 | 9/11/2015 | Engineering |
| Edward F. Mandart | 5/14/1988 | 9/11/2015 | Electrician - JFK |
| Morris M. Faitelewicz | 3/14/2012 | 9/7/2015 | Senior Management Information Specialist |
| Harold J. Mclaughlin | 8/27/1984 | 9/5/2015 | |
| Donald L. York | 3/19/1994 | 9/2015 | |
| Lawrence (Larry) Sesso | 8/22/2015 | JFK Police Command | |
| Vasilios K. Kapsis | 8/21/2015 | Machine equipment repairman - PATH | |
| Charles J. Podesta Jr. | 1/6/1990 | 8/19/2015 | General Operations Supervisor - EWR |
| John A. Previti | 6/6/1971 | 8/3/2015 | Police Officer |
| Rachel Smith-Arrington | Secretary - JFK Police Command | ||
| Justin Pasquariello | 7/27/2015 | Son of Retired detective Bob Pasquariello | |
| MaryAnn Sarah Cicolella | 7/26/2015 | Staff Business Manager - Inspector General's Office | |
| Richard C. Leone | 7/16/2015 | Former Chairman; Served on Board 1990 - 1994 | |
| Aaron Z. Greenstein | 02/01/2015 | 7/16/2015 | Police Sergeant ARFF |
| Irving L. Soffer | 9/6/1978 | 7/5/2015 | Structural Engineer - WTC |
| James H. Prince | 10/17/1997 | 6/15/2015 | Police Sergeant |
| Frances Robinson Cole | 1/5/1991 | 6/11/2015 | Principal Records Management Clerk - Law |
| Patrick J. Wiley | 5/5/1980 | 6/10/2015 | General Maintainer - EWR |
| John E. Redmond | 6/8/2015 | Engineer - PATH | |
| Vincent M. D’Antonio | 12/28/1996 | 5/31/2015 | General Maintainer - HT |
| Henry R. Fricke | 3/31/1984 | 5/25/2015 | Chief Maintenance Supervisor - JFK |
| Paul S. Plesnarski | 1/18/1978 | 5/??/2015 | Police Detective |
| Robert (Bob) H. Muller Jr. | 1/24/2009 | 5/23/2015 | Paving Mechanic - SEMAC |
| August (Gus) M. Godine Sr. | 1/16/1984 | 5/22/2015 | Accounting Supervisor - Comptroller |
| Gerald (Jerry) P. Fitzgerald | 8/3/1996 | 5/18/2015 | Director - Aviation |
| Gerald "Gerry" Rogers | 4/6/1979 | 5/15/2015 | Assistant Construction Inspector |
| Gerard Simms | 5/14/2015 | Operations Group Supervisor - Real Estate | |
| Dominick Montalbano | 12/31/1996 | 5/16/2015 | Engineering |
| Raymond Walter Koss | 6/20/1987 | 5/4/2015 | Fire Protection Engineer - WTD |
| Francis T. Brennan | 7/16/1994 | 5/2/2015 | Deputy Inspector - PAPD |
| George Daddi | 3/31/1989 | 5/2/2015 | WTC Planning Architect - WTD |
| John S. Jacoby | Celebration of the life of John Jacoby - May 2, 2015 | ||
| James P. Comer | 7/20/2013 | 4/26/2015 | Electrician - LGA |
| Marcella E. Fortune | 2/1/2000 | 4/22/2015 | Personnel |
| Richard I. (Dick) Strickland | Celebration of the life of Dick Strickland - April 19, 2015 | ||
| Saverio (Reno) Cappello | Celebration of the life of Reno Cappello - April 16, 2015 | ||
| Alice Dickerson | 6/29/1985 | Wife of Retiree John J. Dickerson | |
| Katharine B. (Katy) MacKay | Celebrate the extraordinary life of KT - April 13, 2015 | ||
| John S. Jacoby | 10/29/2011 | 4/8/2015 | |
| Thomas P. Kelly | 10/1/1994 | 4/6/2015 | WTD |
| Dennis G. Logue | 4/10/1982 | 3/30/2015 | Police Sergeant |
| Jasper R. Watson | 3/2015 | Finance | |
| Josephine V. Brune | 9/1/1994 | 3/27/2015 | Special Services |
| Joyce Ann Schmitt | Wife of PA Employee Kasey Schmitt at PABT | ||
| James Patrick McCrohan | 1/30/1993 | 3/22/2015 | Police Captain |
| Richard I. (Dick) Strickland | 5/21/1988 | 3/22/2015 | Chief Traffic Engineer - Engineering |
| Philip J. Devlin | 2/27/1993 | 3/16/2015 | Plumber - SEMAC |
| Salvatore Gatto | 2/10/2015 | 3/11/2015 | |
| Huston, John A Jr. | 3/2/1983 | 3/8/2015 | Accountant |
| Carolyne A. Bowers | 6/28/2007 | 2/21/2015 | Director, OEC - Obituary NA |
| Virginia Rice | 8/26/1995 | Wife of Retiree Edward J. Rice | |
| Alfred (Al) Gray | 12/20/1998 | 2/23/15 | General Patron Supervisor - TB&T |
| Dorothy E. Mullings | 8/21/1971 | 2/10/2015 | |
| Neil H. Reid | 12/31/2009 | 2/9/15 | Attorney - Law Department |
| Daniel M. Kirschner | 3/27/1982 | 2/8/15 | Airport Economist |
| Saverio (Reno) Cappello | 7/1/1995 | 2/8/15 | |
| Patrick (Pat) DiBenedetto | 12/7/1991 | 2/7/15 | Police Sergeant |
| Leo King Boisvert | 8/31/1995 | 2/6/15 | Engineering |
| John (Jack) Fox | 1/29/1994 | 2/6/15 | Manager - Program Management |
| Dimitrios C. Rallis | 9/30/2009 | 2/4/15 | Principal Marketing Analyst - Port |
| Kevin Arthur Schafer (Arty) | 10/22/2010 | 1/29/15 | Police Officer - EWR |
| Michael A. Radman | 6/24/1989 | 1/28/15 | Manager, Properties Division - TB&T |
| Alexander J. Castino | 12/30/2000 | 1/24/15 | Maintenance Unit Supervisor - TB&T |
| Ronald W. Gustafson, Sr. | 1/8/1977 | 1/22/2014 | Police Sergeant - WTC |
| Theodore John Higgins Jr. | 1/11/1986 | 1/13/15 | Senior Engineer - Engineering |
| Charles W. Lanzafane | 7/1/1989 | 1/9/2015 | Staff Services Engineer - Engineering |
| Charles C. Scott (Scotty) | 7/8/1989 | Senior Executive Assistant - Port | |
| A.T. (Ann Thomas) Langford | 12/18/1999 | 1/5/2015 | Sr. Information Officer - Public Affairs |
| Angelo M. Iorio | 2/14/1981 | 1/3/2015 | Police Officer |