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 |
| Henry J. Nix | Engineer |
| Adrienne D. Miles | Management Development Instructor - HRD |
| Barbara LoMenzo | Wife of Retiree Roger LoMenzo |
| Patrick J. Falvey | General Counsel |
| Melba T. Boyles | Police Officer |
| Thomas E. Coughlin Sr. | Police Detective |
| Dolores Egizi | Senior Timekeeper - GWB |
| Alfred Kozdeba | Police Sergeant |
| Ludwig Wurzelmann | Engineering |
| Joseph D. Reuter | Engineering |
| Alfred Ceaser Jr. | Maintenance Unit Supervisor - SIB |
| Andre LaRoche | MEDD |
| Varoujan A. Dovletian | Supervising Structural Engineer - Engineering |
| John A. Caggiano | Manager Passenger Services - JFK |
| Alfred Lucien Riva | Principal Administrative Assistant - Port Department |
| Jean H. Meyer | Secretary - Engineering |
| Appolonia (Lona) Mayer | Manager - Bistate Transportation Planning, Regional Development Dept. |
| Benjamin J. Lenihan | Police Officer |
| Richard A. Mast | Real Estate Engineer - Law |
| Clarence Tanksley | Toll Collector - TB&T |
| Iris Flores | Associate Financial Analyst - Engineering |
| William DeCota | Director - Aviation |
| Joseph L. Sterbenz | Manager - SIB |
| Vincent Albert Jodice | Utility Systems Maintainer - GWB |
| David J. Broderick | Police Officer - JFK |
| Richard Francis Thornton | Manager - HR |
| George Dramko | Staff Services Architect - Aviation |
| Brian Fitzsimmons | Assistant Trainmaster - PATH |
| George R. Gaulrapp | Police Captain - SIB |
| Louis M. Iorio | Police Lieutenant |
| Ralph Amato | Police officer - JFK |
| John S. Wilson | Structural Designer |
| George N. McGuire | Manager - EWR |
| James C. Carmelitano | Manager - Truck Terminal |
| Richard F. Lohn | Police Sergeant - SIB |
| Frank Joseph Borbotti | Bridge Painter - SEMAC |
| Edmund Hughes Sr. | Police Officer - EWR |
| Robert Beckhard | Pat Beckhard's Husband |
| Charles Teator | Mechanic - PATH |
| Salvatore Argila | General Maintenance Supervisor - JFK |
| John Dragonette | WTC Project Administrator - WTD |
| Dennis J. Carroll | General Operations Supervisor - EWR |
| Paul George Chernesky | Police Officer |
| Robert Spiak | Electrician - GWB |
| Dan Hahn | Assistant Chief Engineer for Design - Engineering |
| Michael Lydon | Police Officer |
| Robert J. (Bunky) Johnson | Operations Supervisor - JFK |
| Moira O'Reilly | John O'Reilly's Wife |
| George Ernest Currlin | Assistant Data Processing Supervisor - MIS |
| John Cortazzo | Police Officer |
| John "Jack" Feeley | Sr. Automotive Mechanic - GSD |
| Kathleen M. Grogan | Supervisor Ground Transportation - EWR |
| Alan Skoglind | Staff Services Engineer - Engineering |
| Philip C. Cheney | Assistant Comptroller - Aviation |
| Michael Donald | TBA - HT |
| Francis J. "Frank" McGrath | Electrician - LT |
| Robert Jacaruso, Sr. | Senior Architect - Aviation |
| Vincent J. Archibald | Data Processing Supervisor - MISD |
| Aldur T. Johnson | Financial Analyst - Rail Transportation Department |
| Kelsey A. Moffett | Manager, Business Administration - JFK |
| Ronald B. Morgan | Senior Airport Operations Agent - JFK |
| Frederick Buzzard Sr. | Signal Supervisor - PATH |
| Robert B. Conneely | Police Officer |
| Pete Ciano | Capital Programs Manager - Interstate Transportation Department |