JOSEPH V. HERRON, 81, of BRADLEY BEACH, died Saturday, January 17, 2009, at the Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune. He had worked as an accountant for General Motors, Linden, for 33 years retiring in 1985. Mr. Herron served as captain of the Carteret First Aid Squad, a member of the New Jersey State First Aid Council, and was a 2008 nominee for the Outstanding Lifetime Volunteer Award from the NJ EMS Awards Program. He was involved in the Boy Scout Troop 86. Mr. Herron was a communicant of the Church of the Ascension and a member of the American Legion Post 337, both Bradley Beach. He was a United States Navy Veteran of World War II and the Korean War. Mr. Herron graduated from Saint Mary Elementary and High School, Perth Amboy and Seton Hall University, South Orange. Born in Perth Amboy, Joseph lived in, raised his family and served the community of Carteret before moving to Bradley Beach in 1977. After moving to Bradley Beach, he was elected to the Board of Education. He was predeceased by his wife, Mary Therese Herron in 2006; a son, Timothy in 1985 and his brother, Neal, of Texas, in 2000. Surviving are four daughters: Sister Nancy Herron, RSM of Lakewood; Mary Kazlauskas and her husband, John of Woodbridge; Jane F. Herron of Carteret and Jude Brennan and her husband, Robert, of Glendora; four sons, Michael and his wife, Pattey of Wrightstown; CW5 Joseph Durick, US Army, Ft. Belvoir, VA; Christopher of Medical Lake, WA and Gerald, of Bradley Beach, a sister, Margaret Mary Herron of Perth Amboy; eleven grandchildren; eight great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. A Mass of Christian Burial was offered at the Ascension Roman Catholic Church, 501 Brinley Avenue, Bradley Beach on Thursday, January 22nd at 10:00 AM with burial following at the Brigadier General William C. Doyle Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Arneytown, N. J. Friends were invited to call at the Ocean Grove Memorial Home, 118 Main Avenue, Ocean Grove on Wednesday from 2-4 and 7-9 PM. In lieu of flowers, the family would appreciate Mass Cards, or donations to the Bradley Beach First Aid Squad, 725 Main Street, Bradley Beach, NJ 07720.