JOHN E. (JACK) CASEY, FORMER NEW JERSEY STATE SENATOR, OF NORTH FORT MYERS, FL AND FORMERLY OF PALMYRA, NJ

JACK PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY ON FEBRUARY 24TH, 2019 AT HEALTH PARK HOSPITAL, FORT MYERS, FL AT THE AGE OF 83.

JACK HAS JOINED HIS PARENTS, PETER AND GERTRUDE CASEY, HIS BROTHERS, NEIL, DANIEL, JAMES, AND ALSO HIS GRANDDAUGHTER, KIERSTEN P. OTT AND GREATGRANDSON, LUCA ALAIMO IN HEAVEN.

JACK IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE OF 62 YEARS, PATRICIA CASEY (NÉE SALZMANN) AND CHILDREN, JOHN P. CASEY, MICHAEL J. (ELENA) CASEY, PATRICIA (PATTI) CASEY (WALT) OTT, DAVID B. (BARBARA) CASEY; HIS GRANDCHILDREN, WALTER, JR. (ERIN) OTT, CASEY (SAMMY) JONES, COLLEEN (BRIAN) ATKINSON, ERIN CASEY (ANGELO), MALLORY CASEY (NICK), ADRIAN AND MACKENZIE CASEY AND 10 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN. JACK IS ALSO SURVIVED BY HIS TWIN SISTER, RITA BARBALACE AND MANY LOVING NEICES/NEPHEWS.

JACK ATTENDED FLORENCE NJ, SCHOOLS AND ALSO GRADUATED FROM RIDER UNIVERSITY, NJ WITH HIS BUSINESS DEGREE. JACK ALSO WORKED FOR THE PHILADELPHIA NATIONAL BANK FOR 30 YEARS AS AN ANALYST.

JACK LOVED POLITICS AND STARTED HIS POLITICAL CAREER IN PALMYRA, NJ. FIRST AS A COUNCILMAN, THEN WORKING HIS WAY UP TO HOLD THE POSITION OF MAYOR, A JOB HE LOVED. HE CONTINUED HIS POLITICAL INVOLVEMENT IN BURLINGTON COUNTY, BECOMING COUNTY TREASURER AND DEMOCRATIC COUNTY CHAIRMAN. EVENTUALLY HIS POLITICAL INTEREST GREW TO THE STATE LEVEL AND HE SUBSEQUENTLY WON A SEAT IN THE NEW JERSEY STATE ASSEMBLY AND THEN WENT ON TO WIN A SEAT IN THE NEW JERSEY STATE SENATE REPRESENTING THE 7TH LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT. HE ALSO SERVED ON SEVERAL DIFFERENT COMMITTEES, WHILE CONTINUING IN POLITICS FOR 27 YEARS. JACK'S PROUDEST MOMENTS IN THE POLITICAL ARENA, CAME WHEN HE COULD USE HIS OFFICE TO HELP CONSISTUENTS AND VETERANS WORK THROUGH DIFFERENT PROBLEMS.

DURING THE 1960'S, INTO THE 1970'S, JACK AND PAT WERE FOSTER PARENTS TO SEVERAL CHILDREN OF ALL AGES BEFORE THEY WERE ADOPTED. JACK SO ENJOYED AND PERFECTED HIS LASSIE STORY TELLING THROUGH THE YEARS WITH EACH NEW CHILD, GRANDCHILD, GREATGRANDCHILD, WHICH LEFT LASTING LOVING MEMORIES FOR ALL OF US.

DURING THE CHILDREN'S YOUNGER YEARS, JACK ENJOYED THE CUB SCOUTS WITH SON MIKE AND ENJOYED COACHING DAVID'S BASEBALL TEAMS. JACK ALSO ENJOYED MANY YEARS OF HUNTING WITH THE OTT BROTHERS AND FRIENDS OF HIS CHILDREN AND SHARING A BOAT AND FISHING WITH HIS SON, JOHN. JACK LOVED THE NOTRE DAME FIGHTING IRISH AND THE BOSTON RED SOX AND SHARED THIS PASSION WITH HIS DAUGHTER, PATTI.

JACK WILL BE FOREVER MISSED AND LOVED BY HIS FAMILY/FRIENDS AND ALL THAT KNEW HIM.

THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE GUESTS ON SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 2019 AT ST. CHARLES BORROMEO CHURCH, BRANCH PIKE & POMONA RD. CINNAMINSON, NJ FROM 8:00 AM TO 10:45 AM WITH A CELEBRATION CHRISTIAN MASS AT 11:00 AM.

IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, THE FAMILY IS ASKING FOR DONATIONS IN JACK'S MEMORY TO THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION @http://www2.heart.org/goto/JackCasey