A Mass of Christian burial was offered July 6 at St. Aloysius R.C. Church, Jersey City, for Eric Joseph Alley Lazaro, M.D. He passed away July 1 in Bedford, N.Y., at the age of 87. Eric was born in Muttra, India, coming to the United States in 1950 to study at Georgetown University and later to Jersey City in 1962. Dr. Lazaro was a Professor of Surgery at UMDNJ in Newark since the early 1960s. He grew up in Chennai, India, where he attended St Bede’s High School, Presidency College and Madras Medical College. He was an active parishioner and member of the choir at St. Aloysius RC Church. Eric is survived by his wife, Josephine “Babs” (nee Gillard) Lazaro; three children, Erica Lazaro, L.A., Peter Joseph Lazaro, his wife, Marie and Thomas Martin Lazaro and his wife, Alida; a step-brother, David Lazaro; and five grandchildren, Elvy, Nicholas, Andrew, Victoria and Eric, Jr. Services arranged by the Evergreen Funeral Home, Jersey City.