A funeral service was held July 8 at the Mount Olive Baptist Church, Jersey City, for retired Jersey City police officer Jerome Kenneth Atwater. He passed away June 28. He was the husband of Pastor Donna Marie Atwater; father of Carmesha Atwater-Swan, and Kenita Atwater; grandfather of Chaniyah and Tamar Swan; son of Lector Marie Atwater and the late Paul J. Atwater; brother of Joseph S. and Stephen P. Atwater, and the late Darnell C. Atwater; brother-in-law of Kim Ali, Janice and Derek Wright Sr.; and several of nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives, Jersey City Police Department family, and friends. Services arranged by The Family Funeral Home, Newark.