Stephen S. Regec

STEPHEN S. REGEC AGE: 69 BOONTON STEPHEN S. REGEC, 69, DIED PEACEFULLY AT ST. CLARE'S HOSPITAL, DENVILLE, ON WEDNESDAY MORNING JAN. 14, 2009, AFTER A BRIEF ILLNESS. BORN IN MORRISTOWN HE HAD BEEN A RESIDENT OF BOONTON FOR THE PAST 35 YEARS. HE RETIRED FROM THE BOONTON TWP. POLICE DEPT. ON DECEMBER 31, 1995 WITH THE RANK OF LIEUTENANT AFTER 27 YEARS OF SERVICE. SINCE THAT TIME STEVE WORKED WITH BOONTON TOWNSHIP,MAINTAINING THEIR PUBLIC RECREATIONAL PROPERTIES. HE WAS A VETERAN, HAVING SERVED IN THE U.S. NAVY DURING THE VIETNAM WAR. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE BOONTON-BOONTON TWP PBA LOCAL 212, THE LINCOLN PARK AMERICAN LEGION POST, THE NRA AND THE NATIONAL WILD TURKEY FERERATION. AN AVID NY GIANTS FAN, HE ALSO ENJOYED HUNTING FISHING AND SOFT BALL. HE WAS PREDECEASED BY HIS BROTHER GARY REGEC IN 2008. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS BELOVED WIFE OF 49 YEARS, NANCY E.(DORMAN) REGEC; HIS SON MICHAEL AND HIS WIFE LINDA OF POINT PLEASANT; HIS DAUGHTER BARBARA AND HER HUSBAND ARNIE PALMER OF TOMS RIVER; HIS SISTERS IN LAW, MARILYN AND HER HUSBAND JOE POMPEO, OF BASKING RIDGE AND JUNE AND HER HUSBAND JOSEPH MEOLA OF MADISON; TWO GRANDSONS, MICHAEL JR., AND NICHOLAS, AND HIS PRECIOUS GRANDDAUGHTER LAURA. RELATIVES AND FRIENDS ARE INVITED TO GATHER AT THE ZERIS INN, HIGHWAY # 46 EAST BOUND, MT. LAKES, N.J. ON FRIDAY MORNING JAN. 30, 2009. WHERE A MEMORIAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD AT 11:00 AM, PASTOR DIANE DeLINE OFFICIATING. FOR THOSE WHO WISH, CONTRIBUTIONS IN HIS MEMORY TO: THE FOUNDATION FIGHTING BLINDNESS, N.J. AFFILIATE, PO BOX 449, PRINCETON, N. J. 08542-0449, THE LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY,DONOR SERVICES, PO BOX 4072, PITTSFILED, MA. 01202, OR TO THE CHARITY OF YOUR CHOICE WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.