Grand Marshal

Past Grand Marshals

1951-1956 John M. Sullivan

1951-1954 George Faulkner

1957- Thomas Maloney

1958- Frank Coveney

1959- James Doggett

1960- William McCarrick

1961- Barry Coveney

1962- John Dougherty

1963- Hugh McCarrick

1964- Oliver Whelehan

1965- Jim O'Sullivan

1966- Fred Lorch

1967- William Waltz,Jr.

1968- Bernie Fox

1969- James Welehan

1970- Charles Santoro & Andrew Muller

1971- James Sheehan

1972- Thomas McCarrick, Jr.

1973- Nathaniel Giffen

1974- Henry Gratten, Sr.

1975- Congressman Otis Pike

1976- Cornelius Ryan

1977- Father John Fagen

1978- Frank Boyle

1979- Charles Strittmater

1980- Father John Maguire

1981- Senator Ken LaValle

1982- Frank Newe

1983- Frank Carasiti

1984- Bill Northrup

1985- Joe Monteith

1986- Tim Dwyer

1987- Harold Malkmes

1988- Charles Buhler

1989- Thomas McCarrick, Sr.

1990- All the Past Grand Marshals 40 Years

1991- Father Franci Pizzarelli

1992- Donald Graham

1993- Anthony Bongiovanni

1994- Frank Locorriere

1995- Msgr. Vincent Margiotta

1996- Hugh McCarrick, Kevin McCarrick, Richard McCarrick

1997- Dr. Daniel P. Galvin

1998- Rick Mees

1999- Sheriff Patrick Mahoney

2000- All the Past Grand Marshals 50 Years

2001- Sister Margaret Judge, C.S.J; Sister Phylis O'Dowd O.P; Sister Elizabeth Stringer, O.P;

2002- Terrence and Brian McCarrick

2003- Martin Haley, S.C. Legislator

2004- George Macdonald

2005- Kenn Barra

2006- James A. Dougherty

2007- Joseph Kessel

2008- Jerry Coogan

2009- John H. Rouse

2010- All the Past Grand Marshals 60 Years

2011- Cornelius “Neil” Maguire

2012- Jeff Davis

The Friends of St. Patrick are proud to announce that local businessman Jeff A. Davis, owner and manager of the Rocky Point Funeral Home has been chosen as the Grand Marshal for the 62nd Annual Miller Place-Rocky Point St. Patrick’s Day Parade.

Jeff has long standing roots in the community. His ancestry goes back to 1647 when the Valentine family started farming in the Shoreham area. What is now Valentine Road in Shoreham was a boundary for the family farm. Jeff grew up in Northport and moved to Patchogue in the 1970’s when he started working for the Ruland Funeral Home and was there for almost 30 years.

When an opportunity to buy the Rocky Point Funeral Home arose in December of 2000, Jeff made a move and became an important part of our local community. In addition to running his business Jeff has also been active in the Rocky Point Civic Association, the North Shore Beach Property Owners Association, the Rocky Point Historical Society, Brookhaven Business and Community Alliance, and is the past president of the Rocky Point Rotary as well as past president of the Nassau-Suffolk Funerals Directors Association. He has also served with the New York Funeral Directors Association and the National Funeral Directors Association.

Jeff also volunteers his time to Camp-pa-qua-tuck as well as organizing holiday meals at a local nursing home. You might ask why? Well in Jeff’s words, “because that is what a community is all about”.

It’s no wonder that when asked to be Grand Marshal Jeff was awestruck and speechless. His biggest concern was being able to take on the responsibility of the honor of Grand Marshal. Being the man that Jeff is he will make the time to be there for his community once again.

With running a business as Jeff does; one of trust, comfort, and understanding. The Rocky Point Funeral Home is the only family owned funeral home on the North Shore of Brookhaven between Setauket and Wading River. Staying true to the families that built this community.

The Friends of St. Patrick are very proud to call Jeff their Grand Marshal. Please join them in paying tribute to Jeff A. Davis on Sunday February 26, 2012 from 4:00 to 8:00PM in the Grand Ballroom at The Inn at East Wind on Route 25A in Wading River, where they will be holding their Cocktail Party Fundraising event.