Terrance John McAvoy

Brooklyn police sergeant, born and raised on Staten Island

Terrance J. McAvoy, 30, of Staten Island, passed away July 27, 2019.

Born on March 2, 1989, in Staten Island, Terrance was raised in Westerleigh prior to moving to Lacey Township, N.J.

He graduated from Monsignor Donovan High School in 2007. He was an accomplished athlete in football, wresting and power lifting. Terrance graduated in 2011 from St. John's University, with a bachelor's degree in criminal justice. He entered the police force in 2011 and was promoted to sergeant in June of 2018, working in Brooklyn. He was an avid sports fan who loved the Oakland Raiders.

Terrance was well-loved by everyone he met. He is survived by his mother and father, Marialice and Keith McAvoy; his brother, Ryan McAvoy; sister, Kerry McAvoy; sister-in-law, Naomi McAvoy, and nephew, Declan McAvoy.

Visiting is Wednesday, July 31, from 7 to 9 p.m., and Thursday, Aug. 1, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m., at Harmon Funeral Home. The funeral is Friday, Aug. 2, at 10 a.m., at Blessed Sacrament Church, Staten Island.

Harmon Funeral Home

571 Forest Ave.

Staten Island, N.Y. 10310

(718) 442-5056

Published in Staten Island Advance on July 30, 2019

Saint Michael, heaven's glorious commissioner of police, who once so neatly and successfully cleared God's premises of all its undesirables, look with kindly and professional eyes on your earthly force.

Give us cool heads, stout hearts, and uncanny flair for investigation and wise judgment.

Make us the terror of burglars, the friend of children and law-abiding citizens, kind to strangers, polite to bores, strict with law-breakers and impervious to temptations.

You know, Saint Michael, from your own experiences with the devil, that the police officer's lot on earth

is not always a happy one; but your sense of duty that so pleased God, your hard knocks that so

surprised the devil, and your angelic self-control give us inspiration.

And when we lay down our night sticks, enroll us in your heavenly force,

where we will be as proud to guard the throne of God as we have been to guard the city of all the people.

Amen.