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 |
Rose Marie Smith | 12/30/2020 | Wife of Retiree Lt. Gene Smith | |
Rosario (Sal) Lauria | 1/13/1996 | 12/30/2020 | Police Officer |
Frank Guerra | 4/30/2016 | 12/27/2020 | Police Officer |
Schuyler Warmflash | 6/30/1984 | 12/17/2020 | Aviation |
Anthony Brooks | 3/31/2013 | 12/22/2020 | Police Officer |
Thomas R. Rush | 1/1/2008 | 12/19/2020 | |
Marcel G. Myers | 4/27/1991 | 12/18/2020 | Police Detective |
Dean F. Kowalski | 10/1/2009 | 12/15/2020 | Police Officer - EWR |
Donald J. Botbyl Jr. | 5/31/2012 | 12/15/2020 | |
Carmen (Rick) R. Sorvillo | 11/18/2010 | 12/11/2020 | PATH |
Terence J. Tomlinson | 12/28/1996 | 12/7/2020 | |
Amy Lipson | Wife of Retiree Enoch Lipson | ||
Luciano Sanchez | 10/15/1989 | 11/27/2020 | Planning Architect |
Scott A. Orgonas | 4/11/1994 (Date of Hire) |
11/26/2020 | Electrician - NJM |
William E. Doubraski | 1/19/2003 | 11/23/2020 | PAPD WTC Rescue/Recovery |
Edward K. McCabe | 4/20/1985 | 11/17/2020 | |
William "Bill" Czirjak | 12/21/2002 | 11/17/2020 | |
John F. Callaghan | 8/30/1995 | 11/14/2020 | Maintenance Supervisor |
Anthony M. Panariello | 2/26/2001 (Date of Hire) |
11/13/2020 | Engineer - PATH |
Winifred Elizabeth Kiernan | 9/16/1989 | 11/12/2020 | |
Robert M. Germeroth | 9/12/1987 | 11/10/2020 | eologist |
Eugene J. Fasullo | 8/31/1995 | 10/30/2020 | PA Chief Engineer |
Herbert Yuan Shing Chu | 2/17/1996 | 10/28/2020 | Assistant Chief Structural Engineer |
James J. Blair | 10/22/1994 | 10/28/2020 | Police Sergeant |
John Jacob Scheurer | 12/27/1997 | 10/26/2020 | Electrical Supervisor - SEMAC |
Patrick R. Farrell | 1/9/1999 | 10/23/2020 | Police Detective |
Walter A. Dziekan | 1/15/2000 | 10/22/2020 | Police Officer - EWR |
Robert John Stelzle | 2/3/2000 | 10/20/2020 | Police Officer - PATH |
Charles E. Newman | 7/1/1992 | 10/9/2020 | Assistant Director of Public Safety |
Daniel M. Caldarulo | 1/14/2002 (Date of Hire) |
10/11/2020 | General Maintainer |
Raymond E. Zimmerman | 1/21/2002 (Date of Hire) |
10/6/2020 | Structural Maintenance Mechanic |
Anthony Winston Griffith | 2019 | 10/5/2020 | Maintenance Supervisor - EWR |
Eduino L. Silva | 1/14/1995 | 10/4/2020 | Bridge Painter |
Diane M. Kowalski | 10/1/2009 | 9/29/2020 | Senior Business Administrator |
Kenichi Buma | 12/25/2007 | 9/23/2020 | Architect |
Thomas Birkner | 10/5/2010 | 9/24/2020 | |
Walter R. Kreiss | 1/15/1983 | 9/23/2020 | Police Sergeant |
Linda E. Hughes | 11/13/2010 | 9/17/2020 | |
Kenneth W. Campbell | 1/16/1994 | 9/13/2020 | Detective Sergeant |
Charles Brian Rouwendal | 5/20/2018 | 9/13/2020 | Electrician |
Robert R. Vazquez | 1/16/1994 | 9/24/2020 | Police Officer |
Daniel R. Leahy | 7/6/2012 | 8/24/2020 | |
Leonard Henry Kovall | 1/15/1972 | 8/22/2020 | Police officer |
Thomas S. Blondet | 8/31/1973 | 8/22/2020 | Police Detective |
David Pinard | 2/19/2000 | 8/14/2020 | Police Officer |
PAPD K-9 Cedo | 8/3/2020 | PAPD K-9 | |
Marjorie E. Lowe | 1/8/1999 | 8/2/2020 | Path Patron Services |
Kenneth Curtis Wulle | 4/30/2004 | 7/16/2020 | Police officer |
Billie Cape | 7/12/2020 | ||
Leslie John Eslinger | 3/24/2012 | 7/12/2020 | Manager - TB&T |
Henry A. Favorito | 6/22/1985 | 7/11/2020 | |
Margaret Chatterton | 7/10/2020 | Wife of Retiree William & Mother of Police Officer Michael | |
Dennis Flavin | 1/7/1996 | 7/10/2020 | Police Lieutenant |
Earle J. Walker | 12/31/1997 | 7/5/2020 | OBD |
Robert Thomas Kendall | 9/1/2005 | 6/30/2020 | Stock Keeper |
James J. Ludlow | 2/18/2011 | 6/26/2020 | Police Officer |
Peter M. Cavallo | 3/15/1980 | 6/19/2020 | Lieutenant |
Francis J. Rossano | 1/16/2010 | 6/19/2020 | Police Officer |
David Parry | 6/27/2015 | 6/17/2020 | |
Susana Ferrer | 12/29/2000 | 6/10/2020 | |
Raphael E. Delbango (Ray) | 10/17/1971 | 6/3/2020 | Police Officer |
Joseph DiPrisco | 12/31/1996 | 5/30/2020 | Electrical Supervisor - JFK |
Roy Griffin | 5/25/2020 | No Information | |
William J. Callahan | 7/8/1990 | 5/25/2020 | Police Officer |
James Ernest Miller | 8/31/1995 | 5/22/2020 | Manager, NLC |
Catherine (nee Relihan) DiMola | 5/20/2020 | Wife of retired PA Police Sergeant Frank DiMola | |
Dominic J. Tropea | 1/14/1995 | 5/17/2020 | |
Carol Ann Theresa Kraeuter | 12/30/2000 | 5/10/2020 | Operation Supervisor |
William (Bill) Benson | 5/7/2020 | Operations Group Supervisor - LGA | |
Henry “Hank” Esnes | 5/7/2020 | Chief Supervisor of Communications - PATH | |
Charles F. Brower | 2/8/1988 | 5/3/2020 | Maintenance - GWB |
Jerome Schneider | 4/22/1973 | 4/24/2020 | Police Officer |
Robert Elijah | 4/23/2020 | Power Rail Maintainer I - PATH | |
Gerald C. Capriotti | 10/24/1989 | 4/25/2020 | Airport Operations - JFK |
Thomas L. Wagner | 12/22/2012 | 4/24/2020 | Engineer - TB&T |
Josephine Shivers | 1/26/2015 (Date of Hire) |
4/23/2020 | Engineering Document Coordinator - PATC |
Richard B. Callori | 12/21/1996 | 4/20/2020 | Automotive Stock keeper |
John Francis Rooney | 8/31/1995 | 4/18/2020 | |
Dominic J. Tropea | 1/14/1995 | 4/17/2020 | |
John P. Careccia | 12/30/2000 | 4/17/2020 | Operations Supervisor |
Theodore David Kleiner | 1/31/2004 | 4/17/2020 | Architect - Aviation |
Ellen “Eileen” Spencer | 4/14/2020 | Wife of Retiree Jack Spencer | |
Thomas M. Inman | 2/15/2003 | 4/12/2020 | Police Detective - JFK |
Michael S. Hansen | 4/14/2020 | Maintenance - JFK | |
Daniel Tartamella | 4/11/2020 | General Maintainer - JFK | |
Thomas P. Hurley | 10/17/1992 | 4/10/2020 | Police Officer - JFK |
Michael Nestor | 1/2020 | 4/9/2020 | Inspector General - Port Authority NY & NJ |
Sharon A. James | 4/7/2020 | Administrative Secretary - PATC | |
Ronald Albert Durante | 12/31/1996 | 4/6/2020 | Engineer - JFK |
Faust J. Interdonati | 10/26/1996 | 4/5/2020 | Police Officer - JFK |
George R. Jaenicke | 12/31/1997 | 3/26/2020 | Maintenance Unit Supervisor - HT |
Charles (Jasper) Dutkevitch | 6/30/1973 | 3/20/2020 | Police Officer |
Marion Golemis | 3/20/2020 | Architectural Engineer – Aviation Department | |
Paul W. Magda | 1/4/1992 | 3/12/2020 | Police Sergeant |
George R. Smith "Smitty" | 8/31/1995 | 3/11/2020 | Electrician |
Arthur E. Goodmann | 2/10/1990 | 3/6/2020 | |
Isaiah Kinderel | 3/2/2020 | Son of Retired PAPD Det. India Pinckney-Gibson | |
Frederick E. Winter Jr. | 7/14/1984 | 2/25/2020 | |
Edward J. Wolf | 3/16/1985 | 2/26/2020 | Chief of Operations - Aviation |
Thomas J. Toscano | 1/1/1992 | 2/23/2020 | Engineering |
Ellen Nesheiwat | 9/30/2009 | 2/17/2020 | Port Commerce |
Thomas Robertson III | 5/23/1992 | 2/16/2020 | Police Officer |
Joseph Kelly | 9/1/2005 | 2/15/2020 | Structural Engineer |
Edward Lewis Anderson | 2/25/2017 | 2/6/2020 | General Services Department |
Abraham B. Pellegrini | 3/31/1989 | 2/3/2020 | Police Officer |
Barbara Smith-Brender | 5/28/2007 | 1/27/2020 | Engineering |
Michael B. Horton | 6/1/1996 | 1/27/2020 | Police Officer |
Joseph Byrt | 1/16/1993 | 1/22/2020 | |
Hiloreen Woods-Hyatt | 5/29/1985 (Date of Hire) |
1/22/2020 | Special Events Representative |
Gregory Reszka | 1/5/2016 | 1/1/2020 | Assistant Director PATH |
Joseph John Slovensky Jr. | 3/16/199 | 1/2/2020 | Police Detective |
Joseph Patrick Scarry | 8/12/1995 | 1/2/2020 | Purchasing Agent |
Genesio John Vicini | 2/28/1974 | 1/3/2020 | Police Officer |