Desmond Traynor

DESMOND TRAYNOR, 85, of Port St. Lucie, FL, peacefully passed away at Emerald Health Care Nursing Home on April 8, 2012. He was born in Belfast, North Ireland, and moved to New York and graduated from Brooklyn Polytech, Summa Cum Laude, in Mechanical Engineering (1976-1983). He had partnership at the Cameo Catering in Garfield, NJ and also at the Westmount Country Club in Paterson, NJ. He was a HAM Radio operator (call sign N2DZ). He was Borough Engineer for Brooklyn and Queens from 1984-1994 and Deputy Commissioner for New York City under Mayor Dinkins. He retired to Florida in 1994.

Survivors include his wife Eileen Traynor, of Port St. Lucie, FL; daughter Maura and husband Patrick McCann, MD, of North Carolina, son Kevin Traynor, MD of Port St. Lucie, FL; brother, Hugh Traynor of New York, sister, Una Santos of California; six grandchildren; two great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.

A Memorial Service will be Wednesday, April 11, 1:00PM at the Aycock Funeral Home Chapel in Port St. Lucie.

Arrangements are entrusted to Aycock Funeral Home, Port St. Lucie. Please visit and sign our guest register book at www.aycockportstlucie.com