Obituary of John Edward McCormack

John Edward McCormack A Good and Faithful Man On Sunday August 3, 2014 John "Jack" McCormack, of West Caldwell, NJ, died at the age of 84. Relatives and friends are invited to visit with the family at the Codey & Jones Funeral Home, 54 Roseland Ave., Caldwell, NJ 07006 on Wednesday, August 6, 2014 from 2-4 & 7-9 pm. A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered at Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament R.C. Church, 28 Livingston Ave., Roseland, NJ 07068 on Thursday, August 7, 2014 at 10:00 am. The interment will follow at Prospect Hill Cemetery, Caldwell, NJ. Jack was the son of Edward McCormack and Margaret Brown McCormack. He was born in New York City, NY in 1930. The family moved to the Caldwells in 1932 where he lived the rest of his life. Jack attended St. Benedict's Prep and received a Bachelors of Science in Chemical Engineering from Newark College of Engineering. After graduating from college he served in the army as an engineer during the Korean War before joining the Enright Refining Company/Heraeus where he worked for 41 years from 1953-1994. A man of deep faith, Jack devoted much of his life to serving the church at St. Aloysius parish, Blessed Sacrament, and Notre Dame. He sang in the choir, served as a Eucharistic Minister and lector. He was past Grand Knight of the Knights of Columbus, President of the Columbian Club, a member of the St. Vincent DePaul Society, and Scout Master for the Caldwell Boy Scout Troop 6 from 1955-1960 and served for years at the West Caldwell Care Center. Jack loved his life. He loved his wife Ann of 55 years, his four children and nine grandchildren. He loved working outdoors, tending his garden growing great Jersey tomatoes, and he loved he people of Caldwell. In retirement Jack walked two miles every morning to buy the paper, saying hello to all he met, and always stopping by Franco's barbershop and Rockin Joe's Coffee Shop. A man of unsurpassed kindness, generosity, commitment and joy- he will be missed by his family and all of Caldwell. In addition to his parents Jack was predeceased by his sister, Patricia McCormack Keene. Surviving are his beloved wife, Ann C McCormack; devoted children, Edward McCormack, wife Marianela, John McCormack, Margaret Duca, and Maura Dolan, husband Thomas; loving grandchildren, Jack, Katie and Michael Duca, Mary and Robbie McCormack, Nina and Julia McCormack, Kevin and Grace Dolan; dear niece and nephew, Ann Keene Foster, John foster and family. In lieu of flowers, donations to either St. Benedict's Prep or Seton Hall Prep, would be appreciated. To extend condolences or share a memory, please visit www.codeyjonesfh.com.