A funeral service was held May 15 for John William Fair. He passed away May 9. The only child of the late Bertha Fair and the late John Solie Fair, he was born in Orangeburg, S.C. John was united in holy matrimony to the late Matilda Fair and they were blessed with six children. John, educated in Orangeburg, S.C., was a veteran of the U.S. Navy and went on to become an honorable member of the Jersey City Police Department and the Mounted Police South District for 33 years, retiring in 1984. John is survived by his children: one son and daughter-in-law, James Eli Small and Sharon Small; four daughters and two sons-in-law, Earline Fair and Dennis Edwards, Jo-Ann Fair, Susan Fair, Margaret Fair-Hand and Glenn Hand; two brothers-in-law; seven grandsons; five granddaughters; seven great-grandchildren; one great-great grandchild, and a host of other close friends, and relatives. Services arranged by the Watson Mortuary Service, Jersey City.