Viewing will be held on Thursday, Dec. 23, 2010, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the Higgins and Bonner Echo Lake Funeral Home, 582 Springfield Ave., Westfield. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at St. Genevieve's R.C. Church in Elizabeth on Friday, Dec. 24, 2010, at 10 a.m. Interment will follow at Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Newark.
Mr. Byrne was a lifelong resident of Elizabeth.
He was a captain with the Elizabeth Fire Department. He became a firefighter in 1982 and was promoted to captain in 1996.
Mr. Byrne was the state representative and past president of Elizabeth Firefighters Local 777 and current president, since 2005, of Elizabeth Fire Officers Local 2040.
He was an Army veteran of the Vietnam War.
Mr. Byrne is survived by his daughter, Amberly Kelly; his three sons, Damien Vincent Byrne, John Vincent Byrne and Thomas Vincent Byrne; his granddaughter, Lia Riotte; his brother, John Byrne, and his sisters, Mary Griffith and Frances Byrne .
Star-Ledger, The (Newark, NJ) - Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Viewing will be held on Thursday, Dec. 23, 2010, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the Higgins and Bonner Echo Lake Funeral Home, 582 Springfield Ave., Westfield. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at St. Genevieve's R.C. Church in Elizabeth on Friday, Dec. 24, 2010, at 10 a.m. Interment will follow at Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Newark.
Mr. Byrne was a lifelong resident of Elizabeth.
He was a captain with the Elizabeth Fire Department. He became a firefighter in 1982 and was promoted to captain in 1996.
Mr. Byrne was the state representative and past president of Elizabeth Firefighters Local 777 and current president, since 2005, of Elizabeth Fire Officers Local 2040.
He was an Army veteran of the Vietnam War.
Mr. Byrne is survived by his daughter, Amberly Kelly; his three sons, Damien Vincent Byrne, John Vincent Byrne and Thomas Vincent Byrne; his granddaughter, Lia Riotte; his brother, John Byrne, and his sisters, Mary Griffith and Frances Byrne .
Star-Ledger, The (Newark, NJ) - Wednesday, December 22, 2010
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