Of Lebanon Township (formerly of Bayonne); on February 28, 2012; husband of Susan Axamethy; father of James Christopher and his wife Nikki of San Diego, Calif.; son of Stella Eagen of Bayonne; brother of Deborah Eagen Griffin and her husband John of Wanaque, and Louise Eagen McKeown and her husband Kevin of East Brunswick; uncle of Matthew Griffin and his wife Mary, Nicole Griffin, and Victoria Breen. Funeral arrangements were by the G. KEENEN O’BRIEN Funeral Home.