John A Tarmey Sr.

Galivants Ferry, SC - John A Tarmey Sr, 91, died peacefully on Friday March 2, 2018 at the home of his son in Galivants Ferry, SC.  Born in Farmington, NH on September 17,1926, the son of Martin and Grace Tarmey. In 1943 John joined the Marines serving his country in WWII while stationed mostly in the Pacific Islands.  He was honorably discharged in 1948.  On February 12, 1945, while serving in the military, John married Carol Brassaw.  They settled in Farmington, NH and raised 7 children.  In 1967 they relocated to Barrington where they lived for 27 years.  John worked at Iafolla Industries in Portsmouth until his retirement in 1979.  He and Carol moved to Pittsburg, NH in 1994, where they had often vacationed.  For several years they spent summers in Pittsburg and winters in Sylvania, GA.  Both locations provided John with ample year-round resources for his favorite pastimes - hunting and fishing.  In January 2013, he lost the love of his life, Carol, to whom he had been married for 67 years.  Shortly...