John Radford passed away on December 6, 2019. He was 96. Born in Glasgow, Scotland he lived in Kearny before moving to Belvidere in 1996. Visiting will be on Tuesday December 10 from 4 until 8 p.m. at the Armitage Wiggins Funeral Home 596 Belgrove Drive, Kearny. Service Wednesday at 11:00 a.m. in the funeral home and burial will follow at Holy Cross Cemetery.
John proudly served in The U.S. Navy during WWII. He served as First Class Petty Officer from 1942-1945 on the USS Carroll d
Destroyer in both Atlantic and Pacific Operations. He finished his service after participating in “the unconditional surrender of the Japanese held Islands under the command of the senior Japanese Forces based on Sonsorol, Fana, Merir and Tobi Islands on October 6, 1045” He was a wire technician specialist for RCA.
Husband of the late June (Harrington), he was the devoted father of Joan Sarratt (Gene), Cathy Boswell Gordon, Laura Boswell, John Radford (Marcy) and the late Diane Boswell Brennan (and her late husband Michael). Brother of Nancy Pollock he was also the grandfather of Jennifer, Susan, Christine, Kelly, Shaun, Matthew, Bill, Danny, Johnny, Tom and the late Gene. He is also survived by his great grandchildren; Jay, Emma, Abigail, Michael, Anna and "one on the way". In lieu of flowers please consider a donation to St. Jude Children's Hospital.