Avis de décès de John-Edward Tierney

TIERNEY John Edward Tierney (Jack), age 80, of Beaver Dam Road, Stratford, died peacefully in his sleep on Thursday, June 21, 2007. He was the devoted husband of the late Natalie Ann Tierney for 53 years. The son of Laura and Peter Tierney, he grew up in Holyoke, Mass. and graduated from Holyoke High School in 1944. He served his country during World War II in the Navy Fire brigade. In 1949, he married Natalie and shortly afterwards started a 41 year career with Pepperidge Farm Bakeries which took him from driving a bread delivery route to upper management. In 1965, he graduated from the Harvard Business School for Advanced Management Training. He retired from the Norwalk corporate office of Pepperidge in 1992 as Vice-President of Corporate Relations. Jack was a past president of the Norwalk Chamber of Commerce and served on many boards of directors where he was highly successful in directing capital campaigns. He served on the Bridgeport Hospital Rehabilitation Board of Directors and the Bridgeport Hospital Contributors. He served on the Board of the Friends of Norwalk Community College, the Lockwood Mathews Mansion Board and assisted with the development of Elder House. He was a past president of the Norwalk United Way and directed capital campaigns for Junior Achievement, the YMCA, and the Girl Scouts. Jack was a professional, national award winning bird and decorative duck decoy carver who showed his carvings competitively throughout the east coast. His interest in hunting and water fowl preservation led him to philanthropic work with Ducks Unlimited, Connecticut Water Fowlers and the Connecticut Audubon Society. He was the statewide Chairman of the Audubon Society's bird carving shows and he chaired the Connecticut Audubon Society's Milford Point Capital Fund Drive. An avid fisherman and nature lover, he served as the President of the Beaver Dam Lake Association and worked tirelessly to preserve the natural balance of the lake habitat. In retirement, Jack enjoyed regular golf games at the Brownson Country Club, poker games and cookouts with dear friends and family, and his daily workouts at the Stratford Athletic Club. Jack is survived by his four beloved children: Carol Tierney Jones and her husband, William of Campobello, SC, John (Jay) Edward Tierney and his wife, Kate of Greenville, SC, Dr. Michael Alan Tierney and his wife, Donna of Fairfield, and Elizabeth Ann Gomulski and her husband, Bob of Bridgeport. He leaves eight grandchildren: Sean and Lauren of Fairfield, Allyson and Kelly of Campobello, and William, Mimi, Elle and Rhett of Greenville. He is also survived by his sister, Ethel Pero, of Huntington, MA. He was predeceased by his brother, Peter Russell Tierney and his sister, Dorothy Bemke, both of Florida and his sister, Honey Lambert of Massachusetts and a grandson, Michael Lewis Tierney of South Carolina. Friends and family are invited to attend a Memorial Service at Trinity Episcopal Church in Southport on Thursday, June 28th at 10 AM. Internment is private. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made in his memory to the Connecticut Audubon Society Coastal Center at Milford Point, 1 Milford Point Road, Milford, CT 06460. Shaughnessey-Banks Funeral Home, 50 Reef Road, Fairfield is in charge of the arrangements. To send an online condolence, please visit www.shaughnesseyfuneralhome.com.