Obituary: John “Jack” Hegarty Sr.
FORT MCCOY, Fla. - John Michael Hegarty Sr, 81, peacefully passed away June 11, 2021, at his residence in Fort McCoy, .
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John “Jack” Hegarty Sr.
FORT MCCOY, Fla. – John Michael Hegarty Sr, 81, peacefully passed away June 11, 2021, at his residence in Fort McCoy, Fla. “Jack” was a retired, registered Maine guide, U.S. Navy veteran, outdoorsman and professional photographer who lived life to its fullest.
He was born June 3, 1940, in Cambridge, Mass.; raised in Nashua, N.H., a once rural, agricultural community where ‘everyone lived on a farm’. He attended St. Christopher’s Catholic School and graduated from Nashua High in 1958. As a youth, he served as an altar boy with hopes of becoming a priest. However, after school one day, he dared to ask his future wife, Katherine (LaPorte-Murray) and her friend if they’d like a ride home. It was love at first sight.