John I. Tinney

John I. Tinney died Thursday, March 31, 2011 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, N.J. He was 69. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, April 6, 2011 at 8 p.m. in the Rezem Funeral Home, 457 Cranbury Road, East Brunswick. Cremation will be private. Relatives and friends may call at the funeral home on Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Born in Newark, N.J., Mr. Tinney resided in East Brunswick, N.J., since 1968. Prior to his retirement in 2001, he was a maintenance worker at Liberty State Park in Jersey City, N.J., for 15 years. He was an Army veteran of the Vietnam War and a member of the East Brunswick VFW Post 133. He was also a member of the Old Bridge Volunteer Fire Department and a former member of the East Brunswick Rescue Squad and the Mountainside Elks. He had been an adult leader for Boy Scout Troop 84 and was also a member of the Jaegermaesters paint ball team. Mr. Tinney was predeceased by three sisters, Eleanor Pfaff, Joan Tinney and Margaret Tinney. Surviving are his wife, Florence Naab Tinney; a son, John of Reading, Pa.; a daughter, Christina of East Brunswick, and many nieces and nephews. Memorial contributions may be made to the Wounded Warrior Program, 200 Stovall St., Suite 6N07, Alexandria, Va. 22332-0400. For information, directions or to send condolences to family, visit www.rezemfh.com.