Obituary of John J. Queeney

Updated Arrangements-Visiting on Tuesday and Funeral Mass on Wednesday have been postponed due to weather conditions. Visiting will be held at the funeral home on Thursday from 2:00 to 4:00 and 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. The Funeral Liturgy will be celebrated at Rose of Lima Church on Friday at 10:00 a.m. John J. Queeney, 85, of Port St. Lucie, Florida died December 27, 2014. He was born in Freehold and had resided there before moving to Florida in 2010. He was a graduate of St. Rose of Lima School and Freehold High School. He attended Rider College. He was a produce broker for Holland and McChesney, Freehold from 1951 to 1987. In 1987 he established his business, Select Sales Brokerage which he operated until his retirement in 1999. Jack grew up in music in the era of Big Bands. He studied drumming with the legendary teacher, Charlie Perry, in New York. He also performed with Big Band leader Charlie Spivak. His drumming drew praise from such notable performers as Rosemary Clooney, Nat King Cole and Billy Williams. He was a well known local musician playing the drums from the time was 16 years old until his 81st birthday. He performed with local bands such as the KaiJays and played with the house band at the Essex and Sussex Hotel in Spring Lake. He was a communicant of St. Rose of Lima Church, Freehold where he served as an usher and a communicant of St. Lucie R.C. Church, Port St. Lucie. He was a 64 year member and served as Grand Knight in 1954-1955 of Freehold Council No. 1672, Knights of Columbus. He was a member of Msgr. Kivelitz General Assembly, Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus and served on the Assembly Color Corps. He served as a Freehold Borough Councilman from 1955 to 1958. He was predeceased by his wife of 54 years, Nancy Allen Queeney; his parents, John and Mary Catherine Queeney; two children, Jaclyn Jane Queeney and John Joseph Queeney, III; his sisters, Jane Queeney Hope and Marion Queeney Dolamore. Surviving are a daughter, Susan Queeney Driscoll and her husband John, Montgomery Village, Maryland; his grandchildren, Kaitlin Michelle Laws, Baltimore, Maryland and Michael James Laws, Montgomery Village, Maryland; nieces Donna J. Hope, Mary Jane Jamison, Lorraine Dolamore, Sue Hope, Bonnie Petrula, Debbie Bell, Cindy DiBenedetto, Betty Sullivan, Lori O’Neill, and nephews, John T. Allen Jr. and Jeffrey Allen. Visiting hours will be held at the Higgins Memorial Home, 20 Center Street, Freehold on Thursday, January 29 from 2:00 and 4:00 and 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Funeral services will beld on Friday at 10:00 a.m. at St. Rose of Lima Church, Freehold followed by interment at St. Rose of Lima Cemetery. Memorial donations to the Treasure Coast Hospice, 1201 SE Indian Street, Stuart, FL 34997 would be appreciated.