IN LOVING MEMORY OF
John J.
Mccormack
October 8, 1922 – August 27, 2018
Obituary
John J. McCormack, 95, passed away peacefully on the morning of August 27, 2018. Born in
Brooklyn, New York, on October 8, 1922, Mr. McCormack enlisted in the Army in 1943 and
became an Aviation Cadet. After completing pilot training in Texas, he was commissioned as an
officer and sent to England as a C-47 pilot where he participated in numerous air operations over
the Rhineland, Ardennes Forest and Central Europe and delivered much needed supplies to
American troops during the height of the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944. Following the
end of World War II, he returned to New York where he married his future wife, the former
Mary Moloney, and became a New York City fireman. During the 1960's, he was promoted to
the rank of Captain and was assigned to Engine 231 in one of the busiest fire houses in the city.
He eventually retired from the Fire Department in 1968 and later moved with his wife to
northwest Florida in 1975 where he spent the last 43 years of his life. Mr. McCormack was an
avid golfer and during his time in Florida also became a dedicated square dancer as well. As a
young man and father of three boys, he became instrumental in co-founding and developing a
parish Baseball League and personally coached several Brooklyn Diocesan Championship teams
during the late 1950's and early 1960's. Mr. McCormack's wife of 59 years passed away in
2004 after a several years struggle with Alzheimer's disease during which time Mr. McCormack
served lovingly as his wife's full time caregiver. Mr. McCormack is survived by his three sons:
John J. McCormack, a retired high school and college math teacher, and his wife Mary Anne of
Salisbury Mills, New York; Michael G. McCormack, a former Navy judge advocate and retired
Air Force colonel, and his wife Eleanor of Arlington, Virginia; and Timothy P. McCormack, a
former Air Force B-52 navigator and also a retired New York City fireman, and his wife
Margery of Hampstead, North Carolina. In addition, Mr. McCormack is also survived by 14
grandchildren and 29 great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at the Base Chapel on
the U.S. Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Florida, on Wednesday, September 5, 2018, followed by
burial with full military honors at Fort Barrancas National Cemetery, also on board the U.S.
Naval Air Station at Pensacola. As a final note, Mr. McCormack, or "Mr. John" as he was
known to the staff and other residents of the Skilled Nursing Facility at the Northwest Florida
Community Hospital in Chipley, Florida, spent his final fifteen months as a fulltime resident
there, and he and his family will be forever grateful for the kind, tender and loving care and
attention he received throughout his stay. The entire northwest Florida community is indeed
very blessed to have such a wonderful facility with such an excellent staff to service their needs.
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