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 |
| Carlo B. Bianchi | 12/28/2002 | 12/28/2018 | |
| Susan Marie Suros | 9/1/2007 | 12/31/2017 | |
| Efrain R. Gonzalez | 1/30/2010 | 12/15/2017 | JFK |
| Kenneth R. Vitty | 8/16/1991 | 12/15/2017 | Police Detective |
| Thomas M. Stallard | 3/7/1998 | 12/13/2017 | Police Detective |
| George P. Kriss | 10/23/2006 | 12/13/2017 | Mechanic - EWR |
| Howard J. Kurr "Howie" | 9/26/1992 | 12/7/2017 | Automotive Forman |
| Louis J. La Capra | 7/7/2012 | 11/29/2017 | Chief Administrative Officer |
| William C. Hamilton | 7/22/1978 | 11/27/2017 | Police Detective |
| Douglas Weir | 12/31/2002 | 11/23/2017 | Engineer |
| Walter H. Schneider, Sr. | 12/31/2002 | 11/22/2017 | Watch Engineer |
| Daniel John Bergin | 10/28/1998 | 11/19/2017 | Police Officer |
| Lucille (DeNicola) Landrigan | 1990 | 11/15/2017 | Legal Secretary |
| Joseph Louis Vanacore | 5/16/1992 | 11/6/2017 | Assist. Exec. Director Port Authority |
| Glenn George Whyte | 6/30/2004 | 11/6/2017 | Senior Engineering Survey Supervisor |
| Mauro Cimillo | 2007 | 11/4/2017 | Track Inspector - PATH |
| Matthew R. Kiernan | 11/2/2017 | Tower Operator PATH | |
| Michael McKee | 3/22/1986 | 10/19/2017 | Engineer |
| Warren E. Witham | 10/31/2014 | 10/19/2017 | Mechanic |
| Pasqualino 'Pat' Rizzo | 9/15/2010 | 10/13/2017 | Structural Mechanic - SEMAC |
| Louis Schuman Jr. | 1/9/1996 | 10/2/2017 | Police Detective CIB |
| Frank Schink | 3/4/1989 | 9/21/2017 | Senior Engineer |
| Fred P. Plate | 5/7/1972 | 9/7/2017 | Police Officer |
| Cosmo (Gus) R. DeMonico | 5/7/1994 | 8/31/2017 | Police Detective |
| James H. Irwin | 1/24/1987 | 8/29/2017 | Electrical Engineer |
| Louis Cerulli | 9/3/1987 (date of hire) |
8/25/2017 | Maintenance Group Supervisor - JFK |
| Jamie A. Ward-Guinee | 8/15/2017 | Daughter of Retired LT. Kevin Ward | |
| Anthony Layne | 6/1/1987 (date of hire) |
8/6/2017 | Assistant Chief Operations Supervisor - JFK |
| Keith Desmond | 6/9/2003 (date of hire) |
8/7/2017 | Auto Parts Technician - LGA |
| Walter Thomas Toews | 9/17/2010 | 8/7/2017 | |
| Thomas K. Lapinski | 1/9/1982 | 8/3/2017 | Police Detective |
| Robert F. Asplund | 11/1/1980 | 7/31/2017 | Police Officer |
| Mark J. Meier | 7/31/2003 | 7/31/2017 | Police Officer |
| Walter Robert (Bob) O'Connor | 5/13/1971 | 7/14/2017 | Police Captain - JFK |
| Francis (Frank) P. Burns | 3/19/1972 | 6/29/2017 | Police Officer |
| William (Peter) H.J. Yerkes | 12/1/2002 | 6/25/2017 | Assistant Director, Media Relations |
| Owen Michael Koehler | 6/22/2017 | Son of Police Officer Michael Koehler, EWR Airport Rescue | |
| James W. Kennelly | 6/17/2017 | Police Officer (9/11 hero) | |
| Stephen T. Ruppert | 6/27/2015 | 6/14/2017 | Auto Mechanic |
| Phillip Leonard | 6/20/1971 | 6/9/2017 | Police Officer - LGA |
| Iris Berman | 5/28/2017 | Project Manager | |
| Bertrand A Drakes | 4/12/2014 | 5/21/2017 | Talent Management Executive |
| James Joseph Browne | 2/17/1990 | 5/12/2017 | Maintenance Supervisor - HT |
| Jacob B. (Jack) Karbiner | 12/1/1999 | 5/11/2017 | Engineer (Mechanical) - Engineering |
| William T. Salvatori | 2/9/2010 | 5/1/2017 | Senior Tunnel & Bridge Agent |
| Francis X. Schmittler | 6/27/1987 | 4/30/2017 | General Maintenance Supervisor |
| Gregory Hegmann | 8/21/2009 | 4/20/2017 | Maintenance Group Supervisor - JFK |
| Richard P. "Ricky" Donovan | 4/18/2017 | Utility Systems Maintainer - EWR | |
| Patricia J. "Pat" Maynard | 12/31/1996 | 4/16/2017 | State Legislative Representative |
| Terence J. Dolan | 3/27/1993 | 4/16/2017 | Police Officer |
| Angelo J. Fiore | 1/16/1993 | 4/16/2017 | Police Captain |
| Paul E. Lier | 1/14/1984 | 4/8/2017 | Automotive Maintenance Specialist - GSD |
| Charles Salerno | 12/30/1996 | 4/6/2017 | Operations Supervisor - LGA |
| Lazaro P. Pino | 3/28/1992 | 4/2/2017 | |
| Jose Miguel Serrano | 5/25/1991 | 3/29/2017 | Police Officer |
| John J. Reinke, Sr. | 1/11/1997 | 3/26/2017 | Police Captain - Port Newark |
| Richard J. Javurek | 4/28/1990 | 3/26/2017 | Staff Services Architect - Engineering |
| Edwin J. McIntosh | 12/28/2002 | 3/16/2017 | General Maintainer - SIB |
| Harro Ehrenbeck | 3/2/2017 | Engineering | |
| Patrick Joseph Maglio | 12/30/1998 | 2/16/2017 | Construction Inspector - Engineering |
| William J. Cox | 1/2/1982 | 2/8/2017 | Deputy Inspector - PAPD |
| Gerard C. Harris | 7/18/2012 | 2/1/2017 | Police Officer - LGA |
| William R. Jones, Sr. | 3/5/1979 (date of hire) |
2/1/2017 | Supervisor, Mail & Delivery - GSD |
| Louis M. Norcia | 8/12/1995 | 1/31/2017 | WTD |
| Neal R. Montanus | 6/11/1983 | 1/26/2017 | Director - Aviation |
| Caren Sue Franzini | Worked in the CFO's Office before becoming the CEO of the NJEDA | ||
| Charles T. Ness | 12/21/2002 | 1/24/2017 | |
| Henry G. Howie | 8/31/1995 | 1/18/2017 | Engineer of Construction - Engineering |
| Peter A. Heller | 2/3/1993 | 1/11/2017 | Police Officer - GWB |
| Joseph Insalaco | 5/25/1974 | 1/4/2017 | Police Officer |
| Eva Rose Wojcik | 6/2/1990 | 1/1/2017 | Executive Secretary - WTC |