Thomas J. Briskey Jr., Of Point Pleasant Dies At 89

Thomas J. Briskey, Jr., 89, of Point Pleasant died on Saturday Dec. 19 2015 at Ocean Medical Center in Brick.

Tom was born in North Plainfield, lived many years in Westfield and Scotch Plains before moving to Point Pleasant 23 years ago. He was a marine electrical engineer who became president of Merrin Electric, N.Y. City and Jefferson Electric, Hoboken, N.J. for many years.

He was a retired Navy Commander and a member of Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church in Bay Head. Tom graduated from St. Benedict’s prep in 1943 then went onto the Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, N.Y. where he graduated in 1946. His wife Audrey Passed away in 2009 and he was also pre-deceased by his daughter: Audrey Claire Shive and two grandchildren.

Surviving are three children: Thomas J. and his wife Donna of Basking Ridge. Rose Marie and her husband Bob Munch of Mountainside and Eileen and her husband Bill Spack of Arlington, Va. Also surviving are four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Friends may visit from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Van Hise & Callagan Funeral Home at 812 Arnold Avenue in Point Pleasant Beach. A Funeral Mass will be offered at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 23 in Sacred Heart R.C. Church in Bay Head. Burial will follow at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Lakewood.