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John Francis “Jack” Fitzpatrick
FITZPATRICK John Jack Francis Fitzpatrick Principal engineer, project leader, of Tinton Falls John Jack Francis Fitzpatrick, P.E., passed away on Sunday, July 20, 2008, at his home in Tinton Falls, surrounded by his wife and the family that loved him. A visitation will be held on Tuesday, July 22, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the John E. Day Funeral Home, 85 Riverside Ave., Red Bank. A Funeral Liturgy will take place on Wednesday, July 23, at 10 a.m. at St. James R.C. Church in Red Bank. Burial will follow at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Middletown. Letters of condolence may be e-mailed via the funeral homes website at sidun.com. Born in Newark, Jack moved to Tinton Falls in 1957. The son of the late Laura (nee Curry) and John Fitzpatrick, he was a quiet and modest man who was well-respected by all who knew him. He was a communicant of St. James R.C. Church in Red Bank, where he had been an Eucharistic minister for many years. Jack served on active duty in the U.S. Navy from 1942 to 1946 in both the Atlantic and Pacific theatres. He was a graduate of Manhattan College in the Bronx in 1951, and went on to earn his masters in civil engineering from NJIT in 1955. Jack was licensed as a P.E. in both New York and New Jersey and from 1953 to 1970 he worked as a division engineer for the M.W. Kellog Co. and had been the project leader for the Envirosphere Co. from 1975 to 1984. He retired as principal engineer in 1996 from the Board of Public Utilities. He was predeceased by his son, Peter Fitzpatrick. He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Antoinette Toni Goepfert Fitzpatrick of Tinton Falls, and his children, Mary and Melvin Ford of Tinton Falls, John and Bonnie Fitzpatrick of Virginia, Phyllis Fitzpatrick McKeever of Florida, Ellen Fitzpatrick of Tinton Falls, Emily Fitzpatrick of Red Bank, Joseph and Eimear Fitzpatrick of Tinton Falls, Joan and Michael Manigrasso of Atlantic Highlands, Kathryn and Eric McNerney of Shark River Hills and Elizabeth and Louis Pillari of Tonton Falls. He was also the cherished pop-pop of 10. In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to the CBA Development Fund for the Retired Brothers, 850 Newman Springs Rd., Lincroft, N.J. 07738.
Published in the Star-Ledger on 7/21/2008
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Fitzpatrick, John Francis “Jack” (MC1951)
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