95, died May 8, 2015 born in Canada, he immigrated with his American parents and joined the U.S. Navy in a career that lasted 30 years. He was at Pearl Harbor on D-Day with his late wife Francesca E. Massano who also served as a member of the WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service). He was predeceased by his brother Jeri Murfitt. He was the father of Robert J. Eakin and his wife Kay, Phyllis D. Eakin and Peggy Cestaro; grandfather to Christine Tallone and her husband Joseph; Damian J. Cestaro; Nicholas A. Eakin;Jesse J. Cestaro and his wife Denise; great-grandfather of Francesca and Lucas Tallone; and many nieces and nephews. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the Wounded Warrior Project or the Joyce-Herbert V.F.W. Post 226 in Bayonne, NJ. Funeral arrangements by G. KEENEN O’BRIEN Funeral Home, 984 Avenue C.