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 |
| Esther Blum | 1/28/1984 | 12/18/2016 | |
| Kenneth Warren Snapp | 1/31/2005 (date of hire) |
12/30/2016 | Asst. Director, Develop. - Real Estate |
| Richard A. Dolan | 2/1/1992 | 12/29/2016 | Senior Engineer - Engineering |
| Salvatore C. Caporaso | 1/8/1977 | 12/11/2016 | Police Officer |
| Trudy Kelly | 12/10/2016 | Wife of Employee John Kelly - Aviation | |
| Robin Lampariello | 5/16/1983 (date of hire) |
12/9/2016 | Office Assistant - JFK |
| Terry A. Benczik | 1/2/1990 (date of hire) |
12/9/2016 | Customer Services Manager - TB&T |
| George C. Aaman Jr. | 4/4/1984 | 12/3/2016 | LT |
| Dolores Macon-Linden | 12/23/2000 | 12/3/2016 | EWR |
| Alecia A. Brown | 11/29/2008 | 12/1/2016 | Police Officer |
| Eileen Domalewski | 11/18/2010 | 11/29/2016 | Senior Administrative Secretary - ENG |
| Albert S. Hollingsworth | 7/13/2007 | 11/27/2016 | Police Officer |
| Charles J. Millner | 4/30/1983 | 11/26/2016 | Operations Supervisor - LGA |
| John H. Wittek | 12/19/1998 | 11/26/2016 | Electrician - EWR |
| Harold A. (Hal) Milley | 10/13/1979 | 11/24/2016 | Manager, TB&T Facilities |
| John S. Kwityn | 7/26/2005 (date of hire) |
11/14/2016 | Train Dispatcher - JSTC |
| George M. Arnone | 1/28/2005 | 11/22/2016 | Police Officer |
| Curtis James King | 4/22/2015 | 11/21/2016 | Police Detective |
| Louis C. Berrios | 2/11/1995 | 11/11/2016 | Police Captain |
| Joseph R. Sutherland | 3/11/1972 | 11/10/2016 | Police Officer |
| Michael D. Scalera | 1/24/2011 (date of hire) |
11/6/2016 | Utility Systems Maintainer - EWR |
| Stephen J. Lowe | 11/13/2010 | 11/6/2016 | Tunnel & Bridge Agent - SIB |
| Philip A. Maurer | 2/24/1996 | 10/31/2016 | Chief, Employment & Labor Law - LAW |
| Gertrude Gilligan | 6/13/2007 | 10/29/2016 | WTD |
| Peter Leroy O’Brien | 1/22/1993 | 10/29/2016 | Operations Group Supervisor - WTD |
| Cletus Francis Bamber | 12/30/1978 | 10/23/2016 | Automotive Technician IV - GSD |
| James E. McConnell | 10/22/2016 | Tunnel & Bridge Agent - TB&T | |
| Walter L. Giordano | 1/30/1988 | 10/20/2016 | Manager, Project & Planning - TB&T |
| Frank X. Landrigan | 3/25/1989 | 10/13/2016 | Senior MP&B Analyst - M&B |
| Rudolf H. (Rudy) Hohenfeld | 12/28/1996 | 10/13/2016 | Chief Maint. Supervisor - JFK |
| William (Billy) Morrison | 3/2/1991 | 9/15/2016 | Police Detective - PAPD |
| Anthony J. 'Red' Galioto | 7/29/1983 | 9/12/2016 | Supervisor Traffic Engr. Services |
| George (Angel) M. Figueredo | 10/18/1995 | 9/8/2016 | Senior Engineer - PATH |
| Martin A. Cohen | 4/29/1972 | 9/6/2016 | Police Officer - LGA |
| Adolph (“Al”) S. Czebieniak | 8/15/1987 | 9/4/2016 | Staff Accountant - Finance |
| Marvin Kirshner | 4/1/2005 | 9/1/2016 | Chief Environmental Engineer |
| Joseph A. Villano | 12/8/2002 | 9/1/2016 | Assistant Chief Operations Supervisor - LGA |
| Wesley Edward Lent, Jr. | 8/1/1992 | 8/14/2016 | Civil Engineer |
| Melvyn Klawsky | 3/20/1976 | 8/13/2016 | Police Detective - PAPD - Obituary NA |
| Anthony R. Tewes | 1/4/1995 | 8/12/2016 | Police Sergeant - PAPD |
| Susan M. Baer | 7/11/2013 | 8/9/2016 | Director - Aviation Department |
| Georges Destin | 11/17/2010 | 8/9/2016 | GM - EWR |
| Christopher A. Stefano | 1/19/1994 | 8/8/2016 | Airport Manager - LGA |
| Gunter J. Kodila | 12/30/2000 | 7/26/2016 | IT Manager, Customer Services - TSD |
| William P. Bonny | 12/31/1996 | 7/22/2016 | Assistant Airport Duty Supervisor - EWR |
| Fred T. McEvoy | 7/26/1986 | 7/21/2016 | Principal Property Rep. - JFK |
| Charles Barzydlo | 12/16/2006 | 7/17/2016 | Police Officer |
| Thomas J. Coyle | 3/15/1980 | 7/15/2016 | PAPD Detective - CIB |
| Frederick A. Stinner | 1/11/1997 | 7/7/2016 | Police Captain |
| Gilbert E. Keough | 7/1/2016 | Senior Technical Assistant - Teleport | |
| Joseph A. (Mac) McNamara | 2/11/1996 | 7/1/2016 | Project Director - OBO |
| Ronald J. “ Spike” Spehalski, Sr. | 3/31/1990 | 6/30/2016 | GM Supervisor - SEMAC |
| Frederick K. Bialas | 12/3/1996 | 6/28/2016 | Buyer - Purchasing |
| Charles P. Belmonte | 2/25/1984 | 6/27/2016 | EWR |
| James (Jimbo) O’Neill Jr. | 10/21/1994 | 6/27/2016 | Inspector |
| Paul P. Bella | 4/4/1987 | 6/20/2016 | General Maintainer - GWB |
| Victor T. Strom | June 17, 2016 (memorial service) |
Westside Presbyterian Church | |
| John R. Moran | 8/1/1995 | 6/15/2016 | Assistant Director - Audit |
| Eugene Joseph Kelly | 10/24/1971 | 6/6/2016 | Police Officer - PAPD |
| Patricia Ellen Browne | 5/29/2016 | Wife of Retiree Jim Browne | |
| Robert E. Sturdy | 12/1/1997 | 5/23/2016 | Maintenance Unit Supervisor - Engineering |
| John C. Edwards | 6/9/1979 | 5/23/2016 | Senior Engineer - TB&T |
| Anthony W. Gagliano | 12/31/1996 | 5/23/2016 | Designer (Arch) - WTC |
| Joseph (Joe) Navas | 4/20/1985 | 5/19/2016 | General Maintenance Supervisor - HT |
| Frank W. Billman | 9/30/2009 | 5/18/2016 | Service at Stella Maris Chapel, June 24, 2016 |
| August (Gus) J. Colendenski | 2/2/1980 | 5/12/2016 | Police Detective |
| Leola Wilkins | 5/4/2016 | T B & T Tolls | |
| Michael George Leonard | 12/2/2000 | 4/29/2016 | Supervisor - GWB |
| John Trygve Andresen Jr. | 4/16/1983 | 4/24/2016 | Maintenance Supervisor |
| Martin Glenn Price | 1/21/1978 | 4/23/2016 | Police Officer |
| Victor T. Strom | 3/31/1988 | 4/19/2016 | Director - Public Safety |
| George D. Nuttycombe | 8/1/1998 | 4/15/2016 | |
| Patrick J. Cadden | 11/16/1987 (date of hire) |
4/14/2016 | Office Assistant - JSTC |
| John J. (Jack) Kennedy | 1/19/1991 | 4/13/2016 | Assist. Chief Oper. Supr. - LGA |
| Elizabeth Rodriguez Reyes | 3/8/1982 (date of hire) |
4/11/2016 | IT Systems Specialist |
| Raymond McCabe | 10/1975 | 4/8/2016 | Police Lieutenant - Public Safety |
| Henry Emil (Hank) Spermon | 12/21/2002 | 3/30/2016 | steam and sprinkler fitter - EWR |
| Derwood ‘Rud’ Hall | 4/30/1988 | 3/29/2016 | General Manager Facilities - Port |
| Joseph B. Gormley | 4/28/1990 | 3/26/2016 | Sr. Airport Engineer - Aviation |
| Theodor F. Ziegler Jr. | 9/1/2000 | 3/20/2016 | Jr. Operations Supervisor - WTC |
| Alexander Motichka | 2/27/1993 | 3/16/2016 | |
| John G. McKeon | 8/26/1995 | 3/13/2016 | Engineer of Construction |
| Russell Bible | 5/11/1991 | 3/9/2016 | Police Officer - Obituary NA |
| John J. Dickerson, Jr. | 6/29/1985 | 2/27/2016 | Assistant Director of Aviation |
| Mark Michael Driscoll | 10/17/2008 (date of hire) |
2/23/2016 | Police Officer - EWR |
| Dora N. Morozov (Nikolov) | 8/31/1995 | 2/15/2016 | Senior Aviation Planner - LGA |
| Michael M. Burns | 12/28/2002 | 2/15/2016 | |
| Moses Ukejianya | 5/15/1955 (date of hire) |
2/14/2016 | Project Manager - EWR |
| Leroy G. Smith | 4/10/1987 | 2/12/2016 | Police Officer - GWB |
| Elise Catherine Bastardo | 3/7/2014 (date of hire) |
2/12/2016 | Police Officer - EWR |
| Leo E. Tolstyk | 6/29/1991 | 2/10/2016 | Design Engineer (Electrical) - TB&T |
| Cheralynn Thiel Gilligan | 2/8/2016 | General Patron Services Supervisor - SIB | |
| Roger John Prior | 7/13/1986 | 2/1/2016 | Lieutenant - PAPD |
| Peter Herrera |
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1/24/2016 | Project Manager - LGA |
| Jerzy “George” Janicki | 1/15/2016 | Husband of Ora Schiff - Central Automotive Division | |
| Richard S. Schulman | 2/7/1987 | 1/15/2016 | Supervising Engineer - Rail |
| Hendryk "Hank" S. Weeks | 9/27/1980 | 1/12/2016 | |
| John L. Escobar | 9/30/2000 | 1/12/2016 | Police Sergeant - PAPD |
| Thomas J. Hickey | 1/20/1993 | 1/9/2016 | Police Sergeant - PAPD |
| Scott R. Mac Connell | 7/1/1997 | 1/9/2016 | Auto Mechanic |
| Nicholas J. Manicone | 3/2/1992 | 1/4/2016 | Engineer - Port Planning |
| Roseanne Murphy | Wife of LT Mike Murphy, JFK Airport (Retired) |