John Carter BEESE

BEESE John Carter, a retired Special Agent for The Federal Bureau of Investigation, formerly of River Edge died peacefully at home on September 10, 2010, and would have been 85 on September 13th. Born in Baltimore, MD, Mr. Beese was a 1944 graduate of McDonogh School. He joined the Navy a week before his actual graduation and his father accepted his diploma. He served as a radioman in Pearl Harbor and Korea during WWII. He graduated from Loyola University in 1951 and then began his career with the Dept. of Justice. Mr. Beese served as a Special Agent in Springfield Il., Detroit MI., Baltimore MD., and for 28 years in NY, NY. Mr. Beese was a devoted family man who along with his wife raised his family in River Edge. He was a coach for the River Edge Girls' Athletic League, and was one of the founders and Trustees for the River Edge Swim Club. In addition, he served on local Boards of Education and as an Eucharistic Minister throughout his life. He was a Knight in the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, an association that emphasizes personal involvement on the part of its members in the works of charity with a special commitment to serving the poor and the sick around the world. He is survived by his devoted wife of 59 years Elizabeth Fitzsimmons Beese; he was the father of five children, Mary Rogers Fischer of Waldwick NJ, Anne Carol Kypraios of Winter Park Fla., Mary Elizabeth Beese of Ft Lee NJ, Anne Marie Kelley of Ringwood NJ, and the late J. Carter Beese Jr (2007). He was the proud grandfather of 11 grandchildren. Family will receive friends at the Beaugard Funeral Home, 869 Kinderkamack Rd River Edge, NJ Monday 2-4, 7-9 PM. Funeral Mass will be Tuesday 1 PM at Cedar Crest Chapel in Pompton Plains. Cremation will be private