in memoriam

In Memoriam - 2016

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  

 

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)