Anthony
Romanchuk Jr., a resident of Livingston, N.J.,
since 1981, died at age 79, on Sunday, March 28,
2010. A Funeral Mass is in St. Philomena's Church,
396 S. Livingston Ave., Livingston, N.J., on Monday,
April 5, 2010, at 10 a.m. Interment follows at Long
Island National Cemetery, Farmingdale, N.Y.
The family will receive their
friends at Quinn-Hopping Funeral Home, 145 E. Mount
Pleasant Ave., Livingston, N.J., on Friday, April 2,
from 7 to 9 p.m., and Saturday, April 3, from 3 to 7
p.m. There will be no visitation on Easter Sunday. A
veteran of the Korean War, Anthony served on the
Aircraft Carrier
USS Antietam, and
was awarded the Air Medal.
He was employed by the Port
Authority of New York and New Jersey for over 33
years. He first served as a police officer at the
Holland Tunnel and then went on to airport
operations at JFK. In 1987, Anthony retired as
assistant chief of terminal services at Newark
Airport. Locally, he was a member of the American
Legion Post 201 of Livingston.
Anthony is survived by his
daughter, Maryann and her husband, Carlos;
granddaughters, Rachel and Leanna; brothers, William
and Taras, and a sister, Sonia. In lieu of flowers,
donations in his memory may be made to the
Livingston First Aid Squad, 62 S. Livingston Ave.,
Livingston, N.J. 07039.