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 | |
| Charles George McDevitt | 1974 | 12/18/2018 | Police Sergeant |
| Thomas C. Hendrickson | 12/31/1996 | 12/15/2018 | |
| Armand G. Depanicis | 8/1/1971 | 12/14/2018 | Police Officer |
| Darrell Alston | 5/31/1988 (date of hire) |
12/13/2018 | Maintenance Unit Supervisor - JFK |
| Corrine Caggiano | 11/172018 | wife of retiree, Frank Caggiano | |
| James E. Brady | 10/27/1990 | 11/14/2018 | Airport Duty Manager, JFK |
| Donald L. Mancinelli | 12/31/2002 | 11/14/2018 | Credit Manager |
| Robert W. Meyer | 3/24/1984 | 11/4/2018 | Senior Engineer |
| William Prentice | 11/3/2018 | Police Detective - PATC | |
| Ana L. Brogan | 6/30/2007 | 10/22/2018 | Police Officer - EWR |
| Elizabeth Ann Scuderi | 1/1/2008 | 10/22/2018 | EWR |
| Andrew Tessitore | 10/26/2013 | 10/21/2018 | Architect |
| George M. Sepsie | 9/1/2005 | 10/18/2018 | Risk Management |
| Carolee Parisi | 10/14/2018 | Wife of retiree Bob Parisi | |
| Glenn Wagner | 12/2/1991 (date of hire) |
10/13/2018 | Stock keeper III - PATH |
| Kenneth D. Ross | 5/28/1983 | 10/10/2018 | |
| Frank James Smyth | 3/26/1988 | 9/24/2018 | Manager - HT |
| Myron K. Woller | 5/26/1984 | 9/8/2018 | Manager - EWR |
| Frank J. Dowd Jr. | 5/12/2012 | 8/30/2018 | Police Officer |
| Vincent Dennis O'Brien | 1/5/1980 | 8/28/2018 | Police Officer |
| William C. Schmitt | 1/23/2007 | 8/25/2018 | Manager |
| Vincent “Vinnie” Joseph Borst | 1/4/1995 | 8/20/2018 | Maintenance Unit Supervisor |
| Louis J. Gambaccini | 2/27/1988 | 8/19/2018 | Director |
| Andre L. Gough, Sr. | 6/17/1991 (date of hire) |
8/14/2018 | Bus Terminal Agent |
| Peter T. (Pete) Caram | 2/21/1998 | 8/13/2018 | Detective Sergeant |
| Salvatore (Sal) V. Ardizzone | 12/31/1997 | 8/10/2018 | Electrical Forman |
| Scott Kevin Hieber | 1/5/2016 | 7/26/2018 | Senior Property Manager |
| Peter C. Tomolonis Jr. | 12/31/2002 | 7/21/2018 | |
| John J. Brant | 1/31/2014 | 7/19/2018 | Lieutenant |
| Jay Stecker Hance | 5/20/1973 | 7/16/2018 | Police Officer |
| Michele B. Hillian | 4/23/1990 (date of hire) |
7/14/2018 | Toll Collector |
| Donna E. Toomey | 6/24/2018 | Wife of retiree Lieutenant Michael Toomey (NLIA) | |
| Ray Finnegan | 5/10/2003 | 6/19/2018 | Civil Engineer |
| Doris Ballard Jeffries | 1/30/1993 | 6/16/2018 | WTC |
| Charles R. Quigley | 1/7/1989 | 6/16/2018 | Police Officer |
| William H. Toth, (Bill) | 6/29/1985 | 6/15/2018 | Planning Architect - WTC |
| Francis (Frank) Xavier Kraft | 1/16/1993 | 6/8/2018 | Police Lieutenant |
| Terence M. Dowd | 2/13/1994 | 6/8/2018 | Police Officer |
| Yvonne Johnson | 4/11/2015 | 6/7/2018 | Supervising Office Assistant - SEMAC |
| Theresa F. Callaghan | 6/6/2018 | Wife of retiree John Callaghan | |
| Nicolina "Lee" Capezzuto | 5/31/2002 | 5/29/2018 | Senior Administrator |
| John Schimmenti | 12/31/1997 | 5/28/2018 | Sign Mechanic |
| Pedro Alej (Al) Ancheta | 7/13/1998 (date of hire) |
5/13/2018 | Accounting Supervisor - Comptroller |
| Lawrence F. Sposi | 12/30/1998 | 5/6/2018 | Project Manager - Port |
| Joeann Dickerson | 9/8/2003 (date of hire) |
4/12/2018 | Paralegal Specialist - Law |
| Joseph A. Scarano Sr. | 7/18/1981 | 3/30/2018 | Police Officer |
| John Edward Skarzenski | 4/13/1991 | 3/24/2018 | Operations Group Supervisor |
| Robert A. Fischer | 7/19/2001 | 3/23/2018 | Police Officer |
| Barbara Coppolecchia | 3/20/18 | Wife of Retiree, Anthony Coppolecchia | |
| Daniel Dzamba | 7/28/1984 | 3/13/2018 | Police Sergeant |
| Joanne M. Casey | 4/12/1997 | 3/11/2018 | Departmental Secretary |
| Milton H. Pachter | 1/13/2012 | 3/11/2018 | Law |
| Henry "Hank" Fairfax Henderson Jr. | 3/8/18 | PA Commissioner 1983 | |
| Fred Horowitz | 1/30/1993 | 3/?/2018 | Principal Engineer - Engineering |
| John Gregson, Jr. | 2/23/1993 | 3/1/2018 | General Maintenance Supervisor |
| Richard Hall | 1/28/2008 | 2/11/2018 | Supervisor - LGA |
| Albert Rubbert | 3/3/1990 | 2/9/2018 | General Manager |
| Matthew G. Smith | 2/4/2018 | NJMT | |
| Charles George Mitchell Jr. | 3/3/1990 | 2/3/2018 | Lieutenant |
| Alice Trautmann | 3/26/1994 | 2/2/2018 | Administrative Assistant - Comptrollers |
| Richard C. Sullivan | 11/1/1983 | 2/1/2018 | Director - WTC |
| Irwin Kolk | 8/31/1983 | 1/26/2018 | Engineer |
| William Johnson | 3/24/1999 | 1/16/2018 | Police Officer |
| Robert G. Butkiewicz | 1/25/1997 | 1/14/2018 | Police Lieutenant - HT |
| Vincent J. Luongo Jr. | 8/9/2013 | 1/11/2018 | EWR |
| Thomas Leighton Curr | 2/13/1982 | 1/9/2018 | Police Officer |
| Donald W. Considine | 4/12/1973 | 1/7/2018 | Police Officer |
| Alan Sagner | 1/3/2018 | Chairman PANYNJ - 1977 to 1985 | |
| Peter Scala | 10/13/1989 | 1/3/2018 | Police Officer |
| Augustine Calvacca | 6/30/1973 | 1/2/2018 | Police Officer |