MOHAWK - Jack Edward Northrop, age 92, of Travis Road passed away peacefully on Sunday evening January 31, 2010 in the Veterans Administration Hospital, Syracuse after a long illness. He was born on September 28, 1917 in Brooklyn, son of the late Charles and Ann Northrop. Jack was raised in Brooklyn where he attended P.S. 208 and was a graduate of Childen High School. A veteran of World War II, in 1940 he enlisted in the US Army where he served in the South Pacific. He was honorably discharged on May 26, 1945. For forty years Mr. Northrop worked as a butcher for the Avenue D Butcher Shop in Brooklyn. He retired in 1976. In 1983 he moved to Mohawk with his wife, the former Violet Schineller Neary, coming from Brooklyn. Jack was an active member of American Legion Post # 38 in Herkimer, the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post # 502 Frankfort and the Polish Club in Herkimer. Surviving besides his wife, Violet are one daughter, Jill Fitzer and her husband, Donald of Rockville Center, LI; three grandchildren; several nieces and nephews. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Robert Northrop and a sister, Clair Wright. Calling hours for Mr. Northrop will be on Saturday May 22 from 2:00-4:00p.m in Fenner Funeral Home Inc., 115 Court Street, Herkimer. Members of the American Legion Post #38 are asked to meet at the funeral home on Saturday at 2:00p.m for their service. Members of VFW Post #502 Frankfort are asked to meet at 2:15p.m. for their service. Military honors provided by the US Army will be at 4:00 p.m. Expressions of sympathy may be made with memorial donations to the Paralyzed Veterans or the Disabled American Veterans. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home.