CAURSO, JOHN

CAURSO, JOHN. Mass for John Caruso, 88, of Toms River, formerly of Secaucus and Jersey City, was held Sept. 10 at St. Vincent de Paul Church, Bayonne. He died Sept. 7 at Community Hospital, Toms River. Born in Jersey City, he lived in Secaucus for 25 years before moving to Toms River 15 years ago. Caruso was a bus driver for Red and Tan Lines for 30 years, retiring in 1985. He was also a boxer who fought professional and amateur bouts in New York and New Jersey. Known as the “Greenville Welterweight,” he won the Golden Gloves in 1939. He was a Navy veteran of World War II.
Survivors include three sons, Richard, and his wife Eve, and John and Michael; two daughters, Deborah Flood, and her husband Stephen, and Lisa Agnes, and her husband Larry; nine grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.

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