Mr. John J. Verrier

John Joseph Verrier enjoyed every minute of his time on earth. Born to Frances Scanlon Verrier and Clifton Joseph Verrier in 1935, and raised in the Bronx, he was a lifelong Yankee and Giant fan. Jack met his beloved wife Jo-Ann Heilferty at Visitation parish, and they married in 1957. Jack graduated from Cardinal Hayes High School. He soaked up every experience that his beloved Iona College had to offer. He was on the Student Government and was awarded the Sullivan Award at graduation. Jack began his highly successful career in the food packaging industry with Solo Cup Company. He moved to Mobil Chemical where he became his division's top salesperson. During the oil crisis in the 1970s, Jack exercised his entrepreneurial spirit to start his own company. Even in his entrepreneurship, Jack was generous: if you asked him why he started the company, he would tell you that it was because he wanted to keep his customers supplied. Jack founded J.A. Heilferty Co./Primepak, growing it by leaps and bounds. Jack believed strongly in adding family members to strengthen and secure the company's future. He and Jo-Ann moved from the Bronx to Rockland County with four children, and then to Bergen County with the full complement of seven in 1979. Together, Jack and Jo-Ann hosted countless parties and family gatherings at home and in Seaside Park. Jack's generosity and social connectedness are legendary. He kept in touch with first grade classmates, second grade teachers, high school friends, college classmates, business associates. Indeed, he made friends - and kept them -everywhere he went. In retirement, he made a list each day of people to call. Lucky were they who were on Jack's lists! He also wrote music, including a fight song for Iona and several tunes from a musical work-in-progress, including "Every Night's A Good Night in Galway". He was active in his parish communities, St. Gregory Barbarigo in Garnerville, NY and St. Joseph's in Oradell, NJ. He enjoyed spending time at the Elks' Club and the Oak Ale House as much as he enjoyed an evening at the Pops, the ballet, or the Waldorf. And his commitment to Iona continued with his service as a Trustee and as honorary chair of the Class of 1957. Jack was predeceased by Jo-Ann and by his son in law Charlie and grandson Jeff, and is survived by his sister, Barbara Verrier Kemple, his in-laws Henry, Rosemary, and Lyn Heilferty and Julie and Michael Mullin, his children Jo-Ann and Mark, Jeanne and John, Judy and Krishna, Ellen and Tim, Michele and Tony, John and Sue, and Kristen and Leon, his grandchildren Danielle, Lauren and Michael, Jaclyn, Jillian and Dave, John, Mikayla, Samantha, Mick, John, Nicole, Daniel, Michael, Isaiah, Michelle, John, Cassidy, Elijah, Logan, Rhia, Grayson, Fallon, and Kai, and his seven great-grandchildren, Jaden, Angelina, Charles, Sydney, Stella, Jackson, and Jack, and dozens of nieces, nephews, and cousins. Donations in Jack's memory can be made to the Verrier Deserving Student Scholarship Fund at Iona College, 715 North Avenue, New Rochelle, NY, 10801. Family and friends are welcome to celebrate Jack's life between 2 and 8 on Tuesday, July 5, 2016 at Volk Leber Funeral Home, 268 Kinderkamack Road, Oradell, NJ. The Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 am on Wednesday, July 6, 2016 at St Joseph's Church in Oradell. All are welcome to gather at the church. Interment to follow at Ascension Cemetery Monsey, NY. Visit Jack’s memorial tribute page at www.volkleber.com

Mr. John J. Verrier

June 30, 2016