Of Southbury (formerly of Bayonne); on Thursday, December 15, 2011; husband of the late Sarah (Farrell) Lynch; son of the late Patrick and Margaret (O’Leary) Lynch; father of Joseph M. Lynch Jr. of Bayonne, Jacqueline Halpern of Harwinton, Patricia Conheeney of Cranford, N.J., and Jennifer Adkins of Lanexa, Va.; brother of Brendan Lynch of Staten Island, N.Y., John Lynch of Monroe, N.Y., and the late Patricia Lynch; also survived by four grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. Funeral arrangements were by the SOUTHBURY FUNERAL HOME OF MUNSON-LOVETERE. Interment, Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Watertown.