A funeral mass was offered Sept. 22 at St. Andrew’s Church, Bayonne, for Brian F. Ellerson, 57. He died Sept. 16. He was a Jersey City firefighter for the last 25 years. He served in the U.S. Army during Peacetime. He was a Pilgrim with the Loyal Order of the Moose Lodge 266, the AMVETS & the Emerald Society, all of Jersey City, and the Laborers Local 472, Newark. He was the husband of Gail Paterson Ellerson; the father of Brian and wife Chrissy and Shawn and Katie Raccioppi; the grandfather of Brian Patrick and Mara Rae; the brother of Glenn (FDJC) and wife Maureen, Mark (Retired FDJC) and wife Lorraine; and the son of the late Anna “Pat” (Choka) and Robert Ellerson. Services arranged by Greenville Memorial Home of Jersey City.