On Friday, October 31, 2008; beloved husband of the late Jane (nee: Heath) Desmond; son of the late Mary (nee: O’Connor) and James Desmond; dear father of Mary Jane, Gerri Murillo, James, Timothy, Joseph, Kathleen, Patrick, Francis (Oaky), Meg Sarria, and husband Harry, Jennifer, and Judith and fiancé Brendan Burke; brother of Marie (Mary) Oszmanski, Thomas Desmond and wife Elizabeth, Sr. Rosalie Desmond, O.S.B., Timothy Desmond and wife Dorothea, Margaret Critchley; brother-in-law of Margaret (nee: Heath) Atkinson, Thomas Atkinson, Mary Alice, Roberta and Noreen Heath and the late Leo, Jimmy and David Heath; grandfather of Tracie and David Miller, Jorge, Kyle, Michelle, Sgt. Daniel Murillo, Meghan, Kristen and Jessica Luzzi, Tad and Damira Desmond, Amanda and Kayla Sarria; great-grandfather of Tyler, Reilly, Jordan and Ciera Miller, Gabriel Luzzi, Kylie Jane Hall; dear friend of Cotter and Kuhl Families. Funeral services were held from the SWEENEY Funeral Home. Interment, Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington.