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July 5, 2011
Peter T. Maher “Pete” age 70 of Montville passed away on July 5, 2011. His passing took place peacefully after a brief and courageous battle with melanoma .
He was born on May 25, 1941 in Holyoke, Massachusetts moving to Paterson, NJ with his family at age 11. He received his formal education at Paterson Eastside High School graduating with the Class of 1959. He then enrolled at Farleigh Dickinson University and received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration. He pursued his education in night school working during the day in Banking and Finance. He was gifted with a extraverted personality and an entrepreneurial bent on starting his own executive employment search and placement companies .
He was active in charitable organizations and business associations throughout New Jersey for the last thirty years.
Peter was active locally and nationally with Boys and Girls Clubs of America for over twenty-eight years.
He was married to his wife Linda for forty-three years. He met the love of his life Linda Oswalt over pizza in 1967. They married in July of 1968 and had forty-three years of “ an exciting, colorful and never a dull moment marriage together . ” His family recalls that he loved food , and with Linda being a good cook , he had a natural provider for his needs.
Family was very important to him and he nurtured his children with love and caring and simply loved them to pieces. The arrival of his granddaughter Taylor Tielemans was a special highlight in his life journey.
Thanks dad for being so special in our lives.
He received numerous awards and recognition for his involvement in the National Boys and Girls Club movement including the Jeremiah Milbank Gold Medallion Award and the National Silver Medallion, and served on their prestigious National Planning Commission multiple times.
Peter was Past President and Chairman of the Paterson NJ Boys and Girls Club and was a Board Member and chair of the Resource Development Committee of the United Way of Passaic County. He ws a founding member of an advisory council to an MBA program at a large university. Previously, he served as a Board M e mber and Chair of the Small Business Council of the Regional Business Partnership and sat on the advisory board of the Nicholas Martini Foundation. In the public sector, he was a Board Member of a New England based financial institution.
Peter Maher was the CEO of The Maher Consultancy – a leading executive search firm in New Jersey. He had also founded The Partnership Group. Prior to embarking on his professional career, Peter served four years in the United States Air Force.
Peter is survived by his wife Linda, his children Matthew Maher of Montclair, Erin Maher of Upper Montclair, Timothy Maher and his wife Tammy of Packanack Lake, and Meghan Tielemans and her husband Kevin also of Packanack Lake; one cherished granddaughter Taylor Tielemans.
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July 5, 2011
Peter T. Maher “Pete” age 70 of Montville passed away on July 5, 2011. His passing took place peacefully after a brief and courageous battle with melanoma .
He was born on May 25, 1941 in Holyoke, Massachusetts moving to Paterson, NJ with his family at age 11. He received his formal education at Paterson Eastside High School graduating with the Class of 1959. He then enrolled at Farleigh Dickinson University and received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration. He pursued his education in night school working during the day in Banking and Finance. He was gifted with a extraverted personality and an entrepreneurial bent on starting his own executive employment search and placement companies .
He was active in charitable organizations and business associations throughout New Jersey for the last thirty years.
Peter was active locally and nationally with Boys and Girls Clubs of America for over twenty-eight years.
He was married to his wife Linda for forty-three years. He met the love of his life Linda Oswalt over pizza in 1967. They married in July of 1968 and had forty-three years of “ an exciting, colorful and never a dull moment marriage together . ” His family recalls that he loved food , and with Linda being a good cook , he had a natural provider for his needs.
Family was very important to him and he nurtured his children with love and caring and simply loved them to pieces. The arrival of his granddaughter Taylor Tielemans was a special highlight in his life journey.
Thanks dad for being so special in our lives.
He received numerous awards and recognition for his involvement in the National Boys and Girls Club movement including the Jeremiah Milbank Gold Medallion Award and the National Silver Medallion, and served on their prestigious National Planning Commission multiple times.
Peter was Past President and Chairman of the Paterson NJ Boys and Girls Club and was a Board Member and chair of the Resource Development Committee of the United Way of Passaic County. He ws a founding member of an advisory council to an MBA program at a large university. Previously, he served as a Board M e mber and Chair of the Small Business Council of the Regional Business Partnership and sat on the advisory board of the Nicholas Martini Foundation. In the public sector, he was a Board Member of a New England based financial institution.
Peter Maher was the CEO of The Maher Consultancy – a leading executive search firm in New Jersey. He had also founded The Partnership Group. Prior to embarking on his professional career, Peter served four years in the United States Air Force.
Peter is survived by his wife Linda, his children Matthew Maher of Montclair, Erin Maher of Upper Montclair, Timothy Maher and his wife Tammy of Packanack Lake, and Meghan Tielemans and her husband Kevin also of Packanack Lake; one cherished granddaughter Taylor Tielemans.
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