Retired New Jersey Fire Chief Passes Away

    April 18, 2004
    John R. Gerity, a former Summit Fire Department Chief, died yesterday in Overlook Hospital.
    John R. Gerity of Grand Lake Stream, Maine, a former Summit resident, died yesterday in Overlook Hospital, Summit.

    A Mass will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in St. Teresa of Avila Church, Summit. Arrangements are Wm. R. Dangler Funeral Home, Summit.

    Mr. Gerity joined the Summit Fire Department in 1969 and retired in 1994 as the fire chief.

    He served in the Coast Guard during the Vietnam War.

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