Obituary Fire News Contributor John ‘Jack’Healy

John ‘Jack’Healy passed away suddenly after an accident occurred in his home on January 17, 2023. He was rushed to Nassau University Medical Center by a Wantagh Fire Department ambulance, but succumbed to his injuries about a day later.

Born in Brooklyn in 1937, Jack and his parents moved to the West Hempstead area where he attended local schools. In 1955 he joined the US Navy serving aboard the USS Ticonderoga CVS 14, (an aircraft carrier) where he attained the rating of

Radarman 1st Class.

In 1960 while attending Adelphi College he met his wife of 59-years, Audrey. They married in 1963 and moved to Forest Hills and in 1967 bought a home in Seaford where they raised a family, sons John Jr., and Patrick ,and a daughter Lorraine. Jack was employed by Chase Manhattan Bank and rose through the company as a Vice President of Domestic Private Banking. He retired in 1998 after some 36-years.

He was active in his community serving on the Seaford Library Board, the Boy Scouts of America, the Knights of Columbus-Memorare Council and St. William the Abbot RC Church.

An avid photographer, Jack also found time to serve the Wantagh and Seaford fire departments documenting their emergency activities. He has been published numerous times in Newsday, The New York Times, the New York Post and Fire News, the latter which he has served for some 50-plus years.

Jack is survived by his wife Audrey, his sons John Jr. and Patrick (Clarice), his daughter Lorraine Joyce (Andrew) and eight grandchildren, a sister Alice Benson (Howard) and a brother Joseph.

AMass of Christian Burial was held at St. William the Abbot RC Church on January 21, 2023.

- Fire News photos by Harry Loud