Obituary of John Tirpak

John Tirpak, 89 of Freehold, passed away on Wednesday, January 3, 2018 at Robert Wood Johnson University Medical Center, New Brunswick. He was born in Coxeville, Pennsylvania. Mr. Tirpak was an accountant in Freehold. Mr. Tirpak was a communicant of St. Rose of Lima R.C. Church, Freehold. He was a U.S. Army Veteran of World War II, and a U.S. Navy veteran of the Korean War. His wife, Catherine Rosemarie Tirpak, died in 2009. Surviving are two sons, Gary Michael Tirpak and Joseph Bernard Tirpak; two daughters, Deborah Ann Kellar and her husband Daniel Marshall, and Donna Jean Heslin and her husband Frank Heslin; eight grandchildren; and thirteen and a half great grandchildren. Visiting hours will be held at the Higgins Memorial Home, 20 Center Street, Freehold, on Sunday, January 7, 2018 from 2:00 to 6:00 P.M. The Funeral Liturgy will be held at St. Rose of Lima R.C. Church, Freehold on Monday at 8:30 A.M. followed by interment at St. Peter and Paul’s Byzantine Catholic Church Cemetery, Coxeville, Pennsylvania. In lieu of flowers memorial donations to St Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105 would be appreciated.