ANOTHER WAR YEARS VET PASSES.

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3-28-13.....RET FDNY CPT Stanley Foner has Passed To a Higher Level...... his Funeral was today in NYC....Stan was a FF on Watkins St & RET as the CPT of LAD*157....he was presently a Member of the Broward County Retirees in Fla........... REST IN PEACE BROTHER....PRAYERS FOR THE COMFORT OF THE FAMILIES.

 
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A correction on the services as well as a further update on Stan's career......
From www.watkinsst.com

"We regret to inform you of the death of Captain Stanley Foner who was another War Years veteran who has passed to a higher level. Captain Foner was a FF at Watkins Street from 1959 -1970. He was assigned to E231 in 1959 and transferred to L120 in 1967. He was a Lt in L147 in 1973. He retired as Captain of L157 in 1991. He was part of a generation of Firefighters and Fire Officers who believed (and preached) "Maximum Effort" and these fine men are considered the FDNY's version of "The Greatest Generation". Captain Foner was the recipient of numerous Meritorious Acts: Class "A" - 1964 Class 3 - 1966 Class "A" - 1969 "Fireman of the Month - 1969 Funeral Arrangements: A Funeral Service will be held on March 29th (1pm) at Maimonides Cemetery located at 300 Elmont Road (Long Island) Please keep the Foner family in your thoughts and prayers"



 
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68jk09 said:
See reply # 39 above.....  Re: RET FF Charlie ORLANDO


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A Tribute to Charlie "O" from days gone by.... featuring some of the War Years BROTHERS including yourself who have Passed To A Higher Level ... FDNY CHARLIE ORLANDO LADDER 126 ENG 303 : QUEENS NEW YORK 1990

  Thanks Chief for that Tribute to Charlie "O". Even though I didn't know him, it tells the story of one of the GREATEST.
 
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FF Al Dugan E 216 RET passed away on March 10 while residing at the Maine Veteran's Home in Bangor Maine.

Al was a proud Veteran of the 507th Parachute Regiment serving in the European Theater of Operations during WWII.

He proudly served the FDNY for 23 years both on Scholes St as well as Union Ave.

He will always be remembered as a quiet gentleman.

An old school ECC & FF........REST IN PEACE BROTHER IT WAS A PLEASURE TO WORK W/YOU
 
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RET FDNY LT Charlie Noran....FF in ENG* 227 and ENG* 44 ....promoted in'90 & assigned to ENG*7...... He Passed To A Higher Level on Monday April 1,2013. Viewing Sunday 4-7-13.... 2-5 and 7-9..... Service Monday 4-8-13 @ 9 AM Romanelli Funeral Home 89 01 Rockaway Blvd, Ozone Park. Followed by Internment @ Calverton National Cemetery.

....................................REST IN PEACE BROTHER ...THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE BOTH MILITARY & FDNY.....ANOTHER WAR YEARS "KING OF THE HILL" MEMBER.
 
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RET FDNY FF Robert Scally of Boynton Beach Fla. ...Funeral Mass at St Catherine Of Sienna on Hempstead Tpke Franklin Square LI on 4-13-13...There may be a Memorial Service in FLA in the near future...if so details will follow. ....Rest In Peace Brother ...Prayers For The Comfort Of The Families.

 
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RET FDNY LT. Bob Busch, E-222  passed away from Leukemia on 4/11/13. He was living in Virginia at the time of his death but he will be waked and buried in Long Island. Details below

WAKE:
Tuesday evening, April 16 from 7 PM-10 PM at the Jacobsen Funeral Home, 1380 New York Ave. Huntington Station NY. Phone number for the funeral home is 631 423 2185.

FUNERAL:
Funeral mass on Wednesday, April 17, 9:30 AM at Saint Elizabeth Church at 175 Wolf Hill Rd in Melville NY.

For his Obituary & additional info and directions the funeral home website is:

http://jacobsenfuneral.com/

REST IN PEACE BROTHER...PRAYERS FOR THE COMFORT OF THE FAMILIES.
 
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Ret FDNY  BC Rick Arazosa Passed To A Higher Level this morning 4-13-13...FF LAD*56...LT LAD*27...CPT LAD*27...BC BN*19......REST IN PEACE BROTHER....PRAYERS FOR THE COMFORT OF THE FAMILIES......Sad news ...a real gentlemen & a strong UFOA supporter.
 
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Ret FDNY LT John  (Jack)  Robert Mc Allister Sr. of Wantagh LI on April 26 2013 in his 77th year...US Army Vet.....War Years FF...Lad*103...R*1...LT ENG*332....LT R *1...Total time in R*1 as both FF & LT = 25 years.....Wake Thurs 5-2-13.... 2-5 & 7-9 at the Charles J. O'Shea Funeral Home 603 Wantagh Ave (exit 28 N SS Pkwy) Wantagh NY ...Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Fri. 10 AM at St Frances De Chantal RC Church , Wantagh ...Interment to follow at Calverton National Cemeterey . www.osheafuneral.com

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REST IN PEACE BROTHER...THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE BOTH MILITARY & FDNY....PRAYERS FOR THE COMFORT OF THE FAMILIES

 
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RET FDNY LT JOHN "JACK "DUGGAN ........Jack was a FF in LAD*120 & R*3.....A LT in LAD*136 & R*4 a hard working enthusuastic War Years Member.....REST IN PEACE BROTHER...PRAYERS FOR THE COMFORT OF THE FAMILIES

Arrangements 

Sunday, May 5
Higgins Funeral Home
321 South Main Street
New City, NY
2-4 and 7-9 PM

Funeral:
Monday, May 6 10:00 AM
St. Augustine's Church
140 Maple Avenue
New City, NY 10956
 
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RET CPT JIM ELLSON SR......This afternoon (Sun 5-12-13) at Flushing Hospital's Hospice one of the FDNY greats Passed To A Higher Level after a courageous battle w/cancer....Jim was appt to LAD*102 (in the old qtrs) in 1960...he was a LT in LAD*124 (The Tonka Truck) as Bushwick burned ...then a LT in R*1....then the CPT of SQ*1...then a member of OEM before RET in 2000.....after 9-11 Jim spent much time at the site....he had a tremendous interest in the fire service......always a gentleman....i had the pleasure of knowing & working w/Jim not only OTJ but also when our sons played baseball together in Grammar School at St Kevins (where Jim's Funeral Mass will take place) ..his Son Jim is the current CPT of R*3 .....Goodbye to "Lord Jim" as well as Ranter "60JPE00" http://fdnyrant.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=userrecentposts&user=jimellson ........ REST IN PEACE BROTHER...PRAYERS FOR THE COMFORT OF THE FAMILIES.......Further info on the arrangements will follow however tentatively the wake will be Tues & Wed ...Funeral Mass Thurs.

 
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Some further history on Jim....QUOTE.....Sunday, May 12, 2013
It is with deep regrets to inform you that this afternoon, we lost a ?Man for the Ages? with the passing of Jim ?Lord Jim? Ellson, Sr. He lost his battle to cancer. He gave more to his family, his fellow firefighters and to the many friends he made along the way than to his own personal self. Chief Jack Murphy provides us with just a brief histroy of Jim:

Jim?s stellar fire service career began in 1960, where as a Probie he responded to his first of many numerous major incidents, when two planes collided over the city (12/16/60) with one plane crashing in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn and the other coming down in Staten Island. Within 3 days after this mid-air collision, he was battling the famous major fire on the USS Constellation aircraft carrier that killed 50 workers. The ship was under construction in the Brooklyn Naval Yard.

Some Fire & OEM Career Highlights of Captain Ellson:
FDNY: Firefighter/E65 & L102
Lieut./L124. It was here at L124 that he got the nickname, ?Lord Jim?,while serving as a fellow officer along with Peter Ganci. Pete later became the Chief of Department.
Lieut./R-1
Captain/Squad-1
SOC Executive Officer to Deputy Chief Ray Downey
USAR/Task Force-1 Team Leader
Deputy Commissioner in the Mayor?s Office of Emergency Management
Instructor: FDNY fire academy
John Jay College fire science and emergency management programs
Guest lecturer at many state and national forums
Fire Safety Directors Association (NYC)/Board Member
FDIC Education Team (1997-2005)
NYS/DHS, his last gig working logistics for Superstorm Sandy

Throughout his career, the vast response experiences from 1960 to September 11th and beyond has served as a broad knowledge base that he would share in a more perfect union of fire and emergency management expertise.

Despite being cited for many Department Service Rating Medals and Unit Citations for bravery, his humbling demeanor spoke volumes as to his character, never seeking any accolades, but always applauding firefighters who were acting as one.

Here is an example of his character, last year he received an EZ Pass late notice bill for passing through a toll booth on the New Jersey Turnpike, the vehicle license plate read, ?Tonka Truck?. While Jim sold his car more than 25 years ago with this plate, he passed the old plate along to his former company, L124. Rather than contest the EZPass as to the type of vehicle photographed on camera, Jim paid the fine of $50.00 over a challenge to pay a 90 cents toll fee.

His is the best friend that one could ever have in his/her life. In one of the many conversations we have had over the years, he once told me a quote from Fr. Mychal Judge ?That no matter how hard it gets, God has a plan for you?

When Jim arrived at the Gates of Heaven today, St. Peter needed to put crowd control management plan in place. He will remain a ?Beacon of Light? in our hearts with all he has shared with us. God Speed, Brother Jim.

FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS

Viewing:

Tuesday and Wednesday at
Fredericks Funeral Home, Flushing N.Y.    2-5 & 7-9                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
192-15 Northern Blvd at 182nd Street.
The phone number is 718-357-6100.

Mass of the Resurrection:
Thursday, St. Kevins' R.C. Church
45-21 194th St ? Flushing
(718) 357-8888 ? 1015 hrs...Cremation to follow.

Read more: http://fdnyrant.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=5555&action=display&thread=14609&page=1#ixzz2TCSinRsP    UNQUOTE.
 
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RE JIM ELLSON'S FUNERAL........A fitting ceremony w/several moving eulogy's ....Nice job by the FDNY Ceremonial Unit as well as the NYPD & US Navy....One less friend walking this earth.

 
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Ret BX Boro
Commander AC Edmund Meyer.

Arrangements are as follows:

O'Reilly Funeral Home
137-40 Brookville Blvd.
Rosedale, NY
718-528-6969

Viewing: Tuesday May 21st

3-5 and 7-9 PM

Mass: Wednesday May 22nd

9:45 AM
Our Lady of Lourdes RC Church
65 Wright Ave
Malverne, NY ................................................................... REST IN PEACE BROTHER ....PRAYERS FOR THE COMFORT OF THE FAMILIES

 
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Ret FDNY  Chief Vito Puzzifieri has Passed To A Higher Level....Wake Tues 5-28 & Funeral Mass Wed 5-29...both in Pearl River NY.....Father of Mike BN*27.....REST IN PEACE BROTHER...PRAYERS FOR THE COMFORT OF THE FAMILIES.

 
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These are the Greatest Generation of Firefighters. No other group of firefighters had to face the dangers of fighting fires so often. They overcame extermely difficult conditions. There probably will never group like them.

For those that have passed on, May they Rest in Peace.
 
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