John Thomas McNABOE

McNABOE John Thomas. Hear, my child, your father's instruction, and reject not your mother's teaching. Proverbs 1:8John Thomas McNaboe, a forty-year resident of Orangeburg, died Saturday, January 30, 2010 in Rochelle Park, New Jersey, after a short illness, surrounded by his family.John was born in 1925 in Brooklyn to Edward and Mary (neé Murphy) McNaboe. He attended and was graduated from St. Matthew's Elementary School (1940), and then St. Francis Prep School (1944) in Brooklyn.He enlisted and proudly served in the United States Navy, principally in the Pacific theatre, from 1944-1946, receiving an honorable discharge. He then attended St. John's University, and was graduated in 1950 with a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration. At his brother's wedding in 1952, he met Eugenia "Jean" Ostrander; they were later married in St. Matthew's Church, their home Parish, in 1954. Their joyful 52-year marriage ended upon the death of Jean in 2006. John was employed for more than thirty years by the United States Treasury Department as a Special Agent, Intelligence Division, in New York City,. He also later worked as such in the New York State Attorney General's Office. For the past twenty years and more he has worked as a Public Accountant in Orangeburg, NY.John was active for several decades in the Blauvelt Lions Club, and, for many years, was an active member of VFW Post 7642, Piermont, New York. He is survived by his six children: Francis W. McNaboe, and Edward J. McNaboe, both of Orangeburg, NY; Maureen J. McNaboe, of Congers, NY; Kevin J. McNaboe, of Louisville, Kentucky; Thomas J. McNaboe, of Ramsey, NJ, and Kathryn J. Kelly, of New City, NY, and by six grandchildren: John, Brittany, Kyle, Brendan, Taylor, and Ashleigh, and by his brother, Edwin McNaboe, of Setauket, NY. A sister, Katherine, predeceased him in 1982. A Mass of Christian Burial will be 11 AM, Thursday, February 4, 2010 at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Church, Tappan, NY. Burial will follow at F. W. Loescher Veteran's Memorial Cemetery, Brick Church Road, New Hempstead, New York. Visiting will be Tuesday and Wednesday 2-4 and 7-9 PM at Moritz Funeral Home, 98 Route 303 South, Tappan, NY (845-359-0890). In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to VFW Post 7642, P. O. Box 375, Piermont, New York 10968.They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters; These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep. Psalm 107:23.