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Wednesday, November 17, 2021
Obituaries
EVERETT J. ‘RED’ MCGARRY Phoenix and his son Michael
Everett J. “Red” McGarry, 76, of Redington Shores, Florida, died Nov. 5, 2021, at his home following a long illness. Red was predeceased by his parents, Everett and Beatrice McGarry. He is survived by his wife Judi, daughter Laurie McGarry of
McGarry and his wife Katie of Old Saybrook, Connecticut. He is also survived by his brother Bill McGarry and his wife Mary of Pennington and several nieces and nephews. Red was born March 4, 1945, in Newark and was raised in North Arlington, where he attended both Queen of Peace Elementary School and High School. He went on to college at Fairleigh Dickinson University and graduated in 1967 with a degree in business
management. During college, he was a member of the Epsilon Nu Delta (Poor Fellows) fraternity. While attending FDU, Red met the love of his life, Judi, and married her in November 1967 and just celebrated their 54th wedding anniversary. Red was recognized often with awards for his athletic and business talents. He cherished his election to the Queen of Peace Athletic Hall of Fame and he was thrilled when he was named to the Fairleigh Dickinson University All Decade Baseball Team.
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In his youth, while growing up in North Arlington, Red was learning baseball and playing catch with his dad and later playing stickball with the neighborhood boys. This began his passion for baseball and his love of the New York Yankees and his idol Mickey Mantle. He was a star baseball player in Little League, Babe Ruth League, Queen of Peace HS, American Legion and finally Fairleigh Dickinson University. His baseball prowess led to his being invited to a tryout with the then Milwaukee Braves.
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Years later, he would locate the scouting report that summed up his tryout with the final sentence stating that he was a great hitter but not much of a runner with the comment that he “runs like he has a refrigerator on his back.” While that comment stung, it never slowed him down. Outside of baseball and family, his other passion was tennis, where he met many friends and frustrated many opponents with his trick shots modeled after his favorite player, Bobby Riggs. Red also had a rather extraordinary business career. Upon graduation from FDU, he began his career with the Goodyear Tire Company. He became a legend when he went to work at 3M when he and his family moved to Brussels and Red worked to launch, internationally, the marketing of Post-It Notes. Later, he went to work for Polaroid before chasing once again his love of baseball when he founded his own highly successful global business Worldwide Marketing Partners and “Umps Eye View,” which brought Major League umpires into the world of corporate entertainment. His baseball connections also led Red to host a trip which took baseball fanatics Continued on the next page
Sarah Osterkorn
September 11, 1990 - November 17, 2020
Though it’s been eleven years since God called you home, your joy, your voice, your generosity, your smile, your compassion still radiates in our everyday lives. We are ever grateful to God for sharing you with us for twenty years. We miss you, will never forget you, and will treasure our memories of you forever.
Love, Dad, Mom, Pop Pop, friends and relatives