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IN MEMORIAM - "Vita Mutatur Non Tollitur" |
RETURN TO MEMORIAL WALL |
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JACK SZEIGIS |
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07/27/2020 |
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403 Virginia Ave
Jersey City, N. J.
Basketball 1; Baseball 1,2,3,4; Religion Medal 2;
Honor Pin 1, 3; Intramurals 1, 2, 3, 4 |
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John “Jack” Szeigis, 79, of Spring Lake Heights, passed away
peacefully at Jersey Shore Medical Center, Neptune on
Monday, July 27, 2020. Jack was born on April 18, 1941 and raised in Jersey
City. He was a graduate of St. Peter’s Prep where he was
inducted into the hall of fame as a star pitcher for the
1957-1958 baseball team in 2008. He continued on to play
baseball at The College of the Holy Cross, and then as a
minor league baseball player with the Minnesota Twins. Jack
worked for the New Jersey Turnpike for 25 years before his
retirement.
He enjoyed sports, and had a unique talent of always
knowing every statistic and box score of any game. His
favorite spot was behind the left/centerfield fence at Wall
High School or Brookdale watching his daughter play
softball.
Jack was predeceased by his wife, Debbie, in 2018. He
is survived by his daughter, Kristy Sinkhorn and her husband
Luke, of Spring Lake Heights, and their four children:
Madison, Evan, Emerson and Grayson.
Services were private.
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From Kristy Szeigis
Thank you for all of your wonderful memories of my dad.
He had nothing but fond memories and more importantly, story upon
story of his time at Prep.
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From Mike Doherty
Sorry to hear of Jack’s passing. We were classmates at HC for two
plus years. During our sophomore season, we had several courses
together. Was he Ill for some time? Fond memories. Mike
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From Jack Gavin
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met Jack for the first time after I moved "up the hill" from St.
Michael's to our Lady of Victories (OLV). This was 4th grade and he
was Jackie and I was Jackie and neither one of us liked that. He was
a lefty and so was I and we both liked that. It didn't take long to
realize what an athlete he was. You wanted to be on his team. We
played together on several teams including Prep's. (He played - I
watched). He was just a great guy with a quiet, understated demeanor
and a fierce competitive desire. I'm sorry he has left us.
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From Mike Leding, Holy Cross '62
(I was a)
classmate
of Jack Szeigis' at Holy Cross and lived three doors away on the
same floor from him in our dorm during our sophomore year. He roomed
with Ray Horncastle and Butch Cosgrove. Poor Butch had to put with
Jack and Ray's craziness. Wow, could he throw the baseball and could
throw the football a long way in intramurals also. May he rest
in peace. |
From Richard Zulkey, Holy Cross '62
A good
man, a lot of fun... class mate at Holy Cross.
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From
Gerry Drummond
I only knew Jack Szeigis - the legend - years later after Prep '58's
Baseball's undefeated season. As a freshman I did try out for the
baseball team and even got a few hits at my try out, but it was
probably lucky for our baseball team, that Coach Cochrane didn't
pick me.
No matter. Jack's superb pitching would provide our class with
eternal bragging rights for the perfect '58 season.
I am a Yankee fan, and baseball's still in my blood. When we meet on
the other side, I dream of facing Prep's best lefty, Jack Szeigis,
in a Prep'58 Special Game with Jack Gavin captaining a
'failed-to-make-the-team' squad vs. the perfect undefeated '58
starters. (Jack is probably now angling to steal '58's Bill Kretzer
as our pitcher.)
Yes, there is baseball in heaven, and we '58ers will be there
playing with Jack Szeigis - Prep's undefeated starting pitcher.
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From Rich Cosgrove
Jack and I played on the 1954 Jersey City national Biddy
Basketball champions. Later we went to Prep and Holy Cross together.
He was a great pitcher and led the 22-0 Prep to the greater Newark
title.
He was funny and a good friend. I left NJ in 1962, so I did not
see him as often as I would have liked. He loved his family and may
he rest in peace. |
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