By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Saturday, May 25, 1991
The Record (New Jersey) | All Editions | NEWS (OBIT) | Page A08
If you cut John J. Agar, township police chief for the past four years, he would bleed blue, a friend said Friday.
That’s how much of a policeman he was, said the friend, Little Ferry Police Chief Donald Fleming. Mr. Agar died about noon Thursday at Englewood Hospital. He was 60.
Diagnosed eight years ago with leukemia, Mr. Agar’s condition worsened in the past year. He died three hours before he was to receive a career achievement award from the Bergen County Police Chiefs Association.
“We worked over the course of the years on many, many cases together,” Fleming said. “Even as police chief he was very active, going on drug raids. He made sure his community was safe. He was there when you needed him. He’s going to be missed. An asset to every community around.”
Mr. Agar lived on Agar Place, where his grandfather, John, set down roots at the turn of the century. Mr. Agar was a lifelong resident of the township and served 34 years in the Police Department.
He served with the Marines during the Korean War.
Mr. Agar joined the police force in 1957 after working several years with the Bergen County Sheriff’s Department.
Mr. Agar is survived by his wife, Eileen; two sons, David and Eugene; two daughters, Sharon Agar and Gail Reich; a brother, Charles, and five grandchildren.
Visiting will be Sunday and Monday from 3 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. at the Trinka-Faustini Funeral Home in Little Ferry. A service by the Police Chiefs Association will begin at about 8:30 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home, followed by a Mass at 9:30 a.m. at Immaculate Conception Church in Hackensack. Burial will be at George Washington Memorial Park in Paramus. Donations to the Leukemia Society of America, Maplewood, would be appreciated.
Keywords: SOUTH HACKENSACK; POLICE; JOHN AGAR
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