Dennis G. Herrity

Dennis was born in Washington DC to Barbara F. (Milburn, NJ) and Joseph B.J. Herrity (Philadelphia, PA) on September 3, 1949. He was a second child and a brother to Joseph. Dennis grew up the first seven years of his life in Washington DC and then moved with the family to Arlington Heights, Illinois. He attended St. James Catholic School and St. Viator Catholic High School as well as Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin where he graduated with Bachelors degree in Finance and Economics and he also did additional work toward a Masters degree. His professional career was spent working for several park districts in the Chicago area implementing several new and innovative accounting, finance, and purchasing procedures. It won him regional recognition for his innovations and forward thinking in a profession and industry going through change. In his middle career years, he switched careers and became a mortgage broker and financial consultant in Glenn Ellen, and Naperville. He also worked in the Chicago area for several large companies before opening up his own mortgage company, First Broker Mortgage. In 1999, Dennis moved to Fort Lauderdale and began working to take ad...[more]

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tage of the booming seasonal real estate markets in both Chicago and Florida. He retired in 2009 from real estate but maintained his residence in Florida until his death. Dennis enjoyed boating and traveling. He served as a board member and Vice-President of the Coastal Beach Association (CBA) which was a nonprofit advisory board to the city council of Fort Lauderdale given authority to help develop a long term master plan for growth and development of coastal and intercostals water front property for public and private landowners. He was also a member of All Saints Catholic Church and a weekly volunteer at the daily Soup Kitchen for Men operated by All Saints Church. Dennis is survived by brother, Joe Herrity (wife, Jean) of Iowa; and nephews Brian (Iowa), John (Illinois), and Mike (Colorado). He was predeceased by parents, Joe and Barbara Herrity. A funeral Mass was celebrated on Saturday, February 16 at 10:30 a.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church located in West Des Moines, Iowa. Final internment will be at a later date this summer at St. Michael's the Archangel Catholic Cemetery in Palatine, Illinois. Msgr. Michael Hess, pastor of Sacred Heart Church, was the celebrant of the Mass.