John A Angermeyer

John Adam Angermeyer of Union City, North Bergen and finally Hillsdale passed away on Sunday, July 3, 2022. His mental and physical toughness served him well these past few years while he battled a combination of health problems until peacefully finding eternal rest at the age of 77. John Angermeyer was born in Jersey City in 1945 to father, John, and mother, Margaret, nee Kieran, who raised him—the eldest of three sons—alongside brothers Donald and Fred in Union City, New Jersey. Donald predeceased John in 2006. John was the beloved husband to his first wife Susan, nee Doughty, of Guttenberg, who passed away from Cancer in 1990; and his second-wife of 30 years, Allison, nee Gardner, of Union City, who was a career educator teaching first in Union City and then Prospect Park, New Jersey where she retired as the Superintendent of Schools. Beloved brother to Fred, a retired Union City Police Sergeant, and his wife Adola; dearest brother-in-law to Carol Bernasconi and her husband Gerald; and to John M. Gardner, Jr., who was predeceased in 2019, and his wife Judy. Devoted and proud father to his only son, Jeffrey, a Police Captain with the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office, and his wife Ivania to whom John was not merely a father-in-law but a father. Doting grandfather to fraternal triplet grandsons Gerard, Liam, and Matthew. After graduation from Saint Michael’s Monastery & High School in Union City in 1963, John Angermeyer entered the United States Army and served during the Viet Nam conflict as a Military Policeman. Upon returning to the United States in 1967, John worked several jobs before being appointed to the Union City Police Department in 1969. For 26 years, John served in almost every squad and division of the police department, most notably the Motorcycle Squad and the Detective Bureau. During his years of service, he earned numerous commendations while working as a detective on some of the day’s most publicized crimes. John Angermeyer was a member of the New Jersey Police Honor Legion, a Past-President of PBA Local #8, a member of Local #600, and an usher at Saint John the Baptist Church in Hillsdale, New Jersey the town and parish to which he retired in 1999. Family and friends are invited to visit on Wednesday, July 6, 2022 from 3-8PM at Volk Leber Funeral Home, 268 Kinderkamack Road, Oradell, NJ. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Thursday, July 7, 2022 at St. John the Baptist Church, Hillsdale. Interment to follow at Arlington Cemetery, Kearny, NJ. For all service details and times and to visit John’s tribute page, please visit www.volkleber.com

John A Angermeyer

March 16, 1945 - July 3, 2022