Everett Joseph McGarry

Everett J. “Red” McGarry 76, of Redington Shores, Florida passed away on November 5, 2021 at his home following a long illness. Red was predeceased by his parents, Everett and Beatrice McGarry. He is survived by his wife Judi, daughter Laurie McGarry of Phoenix, Arizona, and his son Michael McGarry and his wife Katie of Old Saybrook, Connecticut. He is also survived by his brother Bill McGarry and his wife Mary of Pennington, New Jersey and several nieces and nephews.

Red was born March 4, 1945 in Newark, New Jersey and was raised in North Arlington, New Jersey where he attended both Queen of Peace Elementary School and High School. He went on to college at Fairleigh Dickinson University and graduated in 1967 with a degree in Business Management. During college, he was a member of the Epsilon Nu Delta (Poor Fellows) Fraternity. While attending FDU, Red met the love of his life, Judi, and married in November 1967 and just celebrated their 54th wedding anniversary.

Red was recognized often with awards for his athletic and business talents. He cherished his election to the Queen of Peace Athletic Hall of Fame and he was thrilled when he was named to the Fairleigh Dickinson University All Decade Baseball Team.

In his youth, while growing up in North Arlington, Red was learning baseball and playing catch with his dad and later playing stickball with the neighborhood boys. This began his passion for baseball and his love of the New York Yankees and his idol Mickey Mantle. He was a star baseball player in Little League, Babe Ruth League, Queen of Peace HS, American Legion and finally Fairleigh Dickinson University. His baseball prowess led to his being invited to a tryout with the then Milwaukee Braves. Years later, he would locate the scouting report that summed up his tryout with the final sentence stating that he was a great hitter but not much of a runner with the comment that he "runs like he has a refrigerator on his back"...while that comment stung it never slowed him down. Outside of baseball and family, his other passion was tennis, where he met many friends and frustrated many opponents with his trick shots modeled after his favorite player, Bobby Riggs.

Red also had a rather extraordinary business career. Upon graduation from FDU, he began his career with the Goodyear Tire Company. He became a legend when he went to work at 3M when he and his family moved to Brussels and Red worked to launch internationally the marketing of Post-It Notes. Later, he went to work for Polaroid before chasing once again his love of baseball when he founded his own highly successful global business Worldwide Marketing Partners and "Umps Eye View", which brought major league umpires into the world of corporate entertainment. His baseball connections also led Red to host a trip which took baseball fanatics on the road to visit every Major League Baseball stadium in the least amount of days (36) resulting in an induction in the Baseball Stadium Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY and he was inducted into the Tampa Bay Rays Wall of Fame.

Most who knew Red especially enjoyed his sense of humor including his witty emails and text messages which allowed him to stay fully connected with family and friends during his illness.

The family is planning two "Celebrations of Red's Life" events in Florida and New Jersey in the early part of 2022.

In lieu of flowers and cards the family has requested that donations be made in Red's name to the Fairleigh Dickinson University Adopt a Baseball Player program, which Red and Judi have supported for many years. Checks can be mailed to Fairleigh Dickinson University, Office of Annual Giving, 1000 River Road, H-DH3-12, Teaneck, NJ 07666, or online.