Eugene Gerard McCarthy

Eugene G. McCarthy (Gene), dearly loved by his wife Sheila, his children, and grandchildren, was highly respected both personally and professionally by all who knew him. He was born in the South Bronx of Irish parents. He was a graduate of Cardinal Hayes High School and a Marine.

Gene embarked on his very distinguished and successful insurance career with Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, and he went on to lead the nation for decades winning coveted awards as the leading producer of life and disability policies, while with Monarch Life. He was a leading expert in the industry, who lectured frequently at the University of Notre Dame and New York University. Gene, in later years, devoted his insurance acumen to the field of estate and financial planning.

Gene is preceded in death by his parents Florence McCarthy of Anascaul and Catherine Begley of Ballydavid, County Kerry, his sister Kathleen McCarthy Tobin, and his former wife Annemarie.

Gene is survived by his wife Sheila Clancy McCarthy, his daughter Deborah Sutton and her husband Jim, his son Jim McCarthy and his wife Laura, along with four grandchildren, Caitlin, Brendan, Anna Kathleen, and Seamus Eugene.

Gene was a distinguished member of the Insurance Round Table of New York and Chairman of the Knights of St. Patrick, a former board member of the Physically Challenged Foundation, a director of the Irish Cultural Institute, and a member of the Irish Arts Center, along with the Irish/US Council, the Union League Club, and the New York Athletic Club. He was a philanthropist, who supported countless charities over his lifetime.

A friend to many, he was humble and the original gentleman of Second Avenue.

His valued contributions to the Irish community both here and in Ireland will continue to have a lasting effect. He was a proud Bronx boy, Marine, and Kerryman.

A visitation for Eugene will be held Wednesday, June 5, 2019 from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM at Frank E. Campbell - The Funeral Chapel, 1076 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10028.

A Mass of Christian Burial will occur Thursday, June 6, 2019 from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM at St. Patrick's Cathedral, 5th Ave, New York, NY 10022.

An interment will occur Thursday, June 6 at Gate of Heaven Cemetery, 10 W Stevens Ave, Hawthorne, NY 10532.

Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.frankecampbellfuneralchapel.com for the McCarthy family.

In lieu of flowers please make donations in Gene's memory to the Frances Pope Foundation

francespopefoundation.org