Four decades of service as a volunteer with American Red Cross blood services and disaster services earned a nomination for Andrew Bertone of Rutherford. As a member of the board of directors of the Bergen-Hudson Chapter and a Blood Services Leadership Team member, he staffs blood drives and trains and supports new volunteers. Since the early ’60s, he and his wife, Pauline, have organized twice yearly municipal blood drives for the Rutherford Community Blood Bank. Throughout his life, Mr. Bertone has combined civic and government service, as Rutherford’s director of civil defense, director of the town’s Office of Emergency Management, councilman and mayor.

Update 11/7/2022 – “Andrew “Andy” E. Bertone, former Mayor of Rutherford, passed away quietly on Sunday, December 16, 2018, surrounded by his children. He was 91 years old.”