Obituary of John D. Gilmore

John D. Gilmore, of Hackensack, died on Wednesday, June 28, 2006, at Valley Hospital in Ridgewood at the age of 74 years. He was a native of Tuam, County Galway, Ireland and came to this country in 1948. Prior to retiring in 1980, he was a police lieutenant on the New York City Police Department where he worked for twenty years. Prior to that, he worked as a bank teller and helped develop a tax business. After retiring from the police department, John sought careers in real estate and in criminal justice in the Bergen County Criminal Justice System. John was an Army veteran of the Korean War. He was a charter member and past president of the Bergen Irish Association of Dumont, Past President of St. Joseph's Football League, a member of the Criminal Justice Bureau, the Lieutenant Benevolent Association of New York, a parishioner of Holy Trinity R. C. Church of Hackensack, where he was a charter member and treasurer of the St. Vincent de Paul Society, a member of the Usher's Society, and a member of the Holy Trinity Holy Name Society. He also was a member of the Knights of Columbus Trinity Council # 747 of Hackensack. He is survived by his wife Nora Farrell Gilmore, his children, John and Deirdre Gilmore, Noreen and Joe LaFergola, Eileen and John Lanza, Tom and Laura Gilmore, and Dan Gilmore, 12 grandchildren, four sisters, Bridie Gaughan, Peggy Gilligan, Julie Whalen, and Kathy Garrahy, and many nieces and nephews. The Mass of Christian Burial will be offered on Saturday, July 1, 2006 at 10:00 AM at Holy Trinity R. C. Church, 34 Maple Avenue, Hackensack. Burial will follow at George Washington Memorial Park in Paramus. Visiting will be on Friday from 2 - 4 and 7 - 9 PM. Memorial donations to either the American Cancer Society, 20 Mercer Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601 or the National Parkinson Foundation, Grand Central Station, PO Box 4777, New York, NY 10163 would be appreciated.