in memoriam

In Memoriam - 2020

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