John Carbone

John Carbone, 85, of Boynton Beach, Fla., died on March 20, 2005. Born in Bentlyville, Pa., he lived in North Haledon, N.J. and Chester, N.Y. before moving to Boynton Beach, Fla. in 1990.

He graduated from Mohegan Lake Military Academy, Peekskill, N.Y. in 1939. He received a Congressional appointment to the United States Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, N.Y. During his cadet cruise in 1943, he served as a midshipman on the "Liberty Ship SS JAMES BARBER." His ship sailed on the "Murmansk Run," the North Atlantic Convoy Supply cruises to Murmansk, Russia. He graduated from Kings Point as a marine engineer. He was commissioned an ensign in the United States Navy in 1943, serving as officer on board the USS OBERON (AKA-14). He was released from active duty in 1945 and was commissioned as an officer in the Army Coast Artillery Corps.

He was employed by the United States Post Office in Paterson until leaving in 1956 to become a homebuilder. His company Jay-Cee Home Builders built and developed homes throughout Northern New Jersey for 32 years. He was a licensed real estate broker and a real estate appraiser. John was a member of the Board of Directors of Prospect Park Savings and Loan Association in Haledon.

He was a special police officer in North Haledon from 1949 to 1955 and was the founding member of the North Haledon American Legion Post and the Bernard Armitage Post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.

He was a lifelong Republican and member of the North Haledon Republican Club; member of the North Haledon Board of Education from 1956 to 1962; member of the Manchester Regional High School Board of Adjustment. In 1978, he was elected as Mayor of North Haledon.

Beloved husband of Marie Carbone (nee Masker). Devoted father of John M. Carbone and his wife Susan of North Haledon, David B. Carbone and his wife Michelle also of North Haledon and Judith Polli and her husband Daniel of Chester, N.Y. Loving grandfather of Christopher and Eric Carbone of North Haledon, Dayna and Ashley Carbone of North Haledon and Daniel and Diana Polli of Chester, N.Y. Dear brother of Michael Carbone of Pompton Plains and the late Louis Carbone.

Funeral services will be held Friday at 10 a.m. at Vander Plaat-Vermeulen Memorial Home, 530 High Mountain Road, Franklin Lakes.

Interment will be in George Washington Memorial Park, Paramus.

The family will receive friends Thursday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.

For further information, www.vanderplaat.com