John W Heegan

John was born in Brooklyn NY to William and Mary Heegan on June 16th 1961. John was the loving husband of Denise and a devoted father of Christopher, Evan, Alayna, and Thomas. He was the cherished brother of Kathy McGuire (Mike),and Donna Quinlivan (John). He will be remembered dearly by mother-in-law, Lillian and his brothers-in-law, Tony Kellar (Carol), and John and sister-in-law Diane Pulizzi (Vinny). John will be fondly remembered by his nieces and nephews, Denise, Meg, Jessie, Anthony, Sabrina, Lexie, Kaila, Abigail and Johnny, and great nieces Ally, Natalia, Autumn, Molly, and Ryann, extended family and his friends who felt like family.

Anyone who knew him could also attest to the fact that he was an incredible friend.

He was an active member of the community, leading and volunteering in several initiatives, coaching several sports teams throughout his kids’ lacrosse tenures, and a very exuberant fan on the sidelines. He was a proud member of the FDNY. John was an Ex-Chief and proud member of North Babylon Fire Company for over 43 years. He served as a Babylon Village Bay Constable and was a member of the North Babylon Lions Club. His craftsmanship was impeccable, his designs and work can be seen throughout Long Island and the 5 boroughs. His selfless nature and larger than life personality made all who had the pleasure to be in his company, a better person. His presence will be forever missed, but his family takes comfort in the knowledge that he will be eternally with us.

John is preceded in death by his mother, Mary, his father, William, his father-in-law, Constantine Dappio, and his nephew Joey.

Family and friends may visit at Claude R. Boyd–Spencer Funeral Home, 448 West Main St, Babylon, NY on Wednesday August 2 from 1-5pm and 6-10pm. Funeral Mass will be celebrated 10:30 am on Thursday August 3rd at St Joseph’s RC Church, 39 North Carll Ave., Babylon, NY. John will be laid to rest at Resurrection Cemetery at St. Charles Cemetery.

John’s family would like to extend their sincere gratitude to the incredible members of the North Babylon Fire Department, the wonderful staff and providers at Good Samaritan University Hospital, and the extensive family and friends who have loved and supported them throughout this time.

In lieu of flowers, contributions to Tunnels to Towers Foundation-Heegan Strong, would be appreciated by his family.

In lieu of flowers, contributions in John's memory may be made to Tunnels 2 Towers, nycrun.t2t.org/heeganstrong.

Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.Boyd-Spencer.com for the Heegan family.