James Kearney
March 4, 1923 — March 8, 2011
James Kearney
Jim Kearney. 88, of Summit, died on Tuesday, March 8, 2011.
Mr. Kearney was born March 4, 1923 in Scranton, PA. He was the son of James and Amelia (Dambacher) Kearney.
He graduated from Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, NJ. He received his Masters of Business Administration from Adelphi University, Garden City, NY.
Much of Jim's career was classified having worked on radar systems for Sperry Rand (Unisys) and the Apollo moon landing project for Grumman Aerospace (Northrup/Grumman).
He was a WWII Army veteran of the South Pacific campaigns serving with the 989th Signal Corps in New Guinea, Luzon, and Leyte. Jim also served as a Commander of the American Legion Post 349 and was a member of VFW Post 1305.
He was a member of the Nassau County (NY) Auxiliary Police, retiring after 20 years. He also enjoyed astronomy and his amateur radio activities. (WB2QDT is QRT). Living the last few years in Summit and the sense of community it gave him, he said was like returning to his childhood hometown. He never wanted to leave it.
Besides his parents, he was predeceased by his wife, Phyllis (Williamson) in April, 1993. Jim is survived by his sister, Betty Kearney of Leonia, New Jersey; his daughter, Kerry Kearney of Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, his son Glenn (Toni) Kearney of Massapequa, New York, his son David Kearney of Summit, New York; his grandchildren Christopher and Antoinette Kearney of Massapequa, New York.
A private memorial will be held at a later date.
In lieu of flowers, memorials in Jim's name can be made to Summit Vol. Fire Dept. and Rescue Squad, or Mineola Vol. Ambulance Corps, or American Cancer Society.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Mereness-Putnam Funeral Home, 171 Elm St., Cobleskill and Palmer & Shaylor Funeral Home of Middleburgh.
Mr. Kearney was born March 4, 1923 in Scranton, PA. He was the son of James and Amelia (Dambacher) Kearney.
He graduated from Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, NJ. He received his Masters of Business Administration from Adelphi University, Garden City, NY.
Much of Jim's career was classified having worked on radar systems for Sperry Rand (Unisys) and the Apollo moon landing project for Grumman Aerospace (Northrup/Grumman).
He was a WWII Army veteran of the South Pacific campaigns serving with the 989th Signal Corps in New Guinea, Luzon, and Leyte. Jim also served as a Commander of the American Legion Post 349 and was a member of VFW Post 1305.
He was a member of the Nassau County (NY) Auxiliary Police, retiring after 20 years. He also enjoyed astronomy and his amateur radio activities. (WB2QDT is QRT). Living the last few years in Summit and the sense of community it gave him, he said was like returning to his childhood hometown. He never wanted to leave it.
Besides his parents, he was predeceased by his wife, Phyllis (Williamson) in April, 1993. Jim is survived by his sister, Betty Kearney of Leonia, New Jersey; his daughter, Kerry Kearney of Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, his son Glenn (Toni) Kearney of Massapequa, New York, his son David Kearney of Summit, New York; his grandchildren Christopher and Antoinette Kearney of Massapequa, New York.
A private memorial will be held at a later date.
In lieu of flowers, memorials in Jim's name can be made to Summit Vol. Fire Dept. and Rescue Squad, or Mineola Vol. Ambulance Corps, or American Cancer Society.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Mereness-Putnam Funeral Home, 171 Elm St., Cobleskill and Palmer & Shaylor Funeral Home of Middleburgh.
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