Richard Calderon, age 40, of Elizabeth, NJ, passed away peacefully on Sunday April 17, 2016. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at Blessed Sacrament Church 747 Madison Avenue Elizabeth, NJ, on Tuesday April 19, 2016 at 10:30 AM. Interment will follow at Rosedale Cemetery Linden, NJ. The family will receive their friends at McCracken Funeral Home 1500 Morris Avenue Union, NJ, on Tuesday morning prior to the Mass from 8:30 to 10 AM. Richard was predeceased by his mother Rosario (Torres) Calderon (2005). He is survived by his fiancé Lauren Tarazona, his son Matthew Ricardo Calderon, his father Ricardo and his wife Eulalia Calderon, his sister Adriana Calderon and her husband Steven O'Donnell, his step-brother Marcel Avaravantinos and many loving aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.
