James-Marketti-Obituary

James P. Marketti

Ewing, New Jersey

Age 80

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DIED
January 2, 2022
AGE
80
LOCATION
Ewing, New Jersey
CHARITY
Salvation Army - National Headquarters

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James P. Marketti, 80, of Ewing, passed away on Sunday, January 2nd, 2022 after a brief illness. Jim is survived by his wife, Maureen Baughman; his children, James H. (Jennifer), Justine (Robert Wood), and Daniel Marketti; stepchildren, Dana (Steve) Benner and Wendy (Tim) McGuire; grandchildren...

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Jim was a profound influence on me and I admired him greatly! Also a very dear, longtime friend. I will miss him greatly.

Brother Jim Marketti was a colorful and inspiring figure to all who worked with him during his many decades in the labor movement. I just saw an amazing documentary film on the University of Wisconsin teaching assistant strike fifty years ago and there was Jim, among the leaders of a winning contract fight, before he went to work for the Teamsters in Madison. I first met him a few years later when we were both on the payroll of the United Mine Workers and he was leading a very tough (and less...