Ronald Atlak

Ronald A. Atlak Sr. was born October 23, 1952. He grew up in Staten Island, New York. He went to P.S 26 elementary school just up the street from his childhood home on Melvin Ave. He went on to Intermediate school, and then he attended McKee High School. Ronald enlisted in the U.S Army (1970) and served his country proudly. He maintained a reserve role and was honorably discharged as a Staff Sgt. After his initial few years in the military, Ronald was hired by the Port Authority of NY&NJ in 1972 and worked in Maintenance. He married the love of his life Helen K. Bonczek on June 1, 1974, and began their life in Staten Island. They have three children, Ronald Jr, Matthew and Lauren. In 1984 he moved his family to Old Bridge, NJ where he settled and lived to the current day. He later transferred units and Graduated from the Port Authority Police Academy in 1979. From there he served at several locations such as the World Trade Center, Holland Tunnel, Bust Terminal, Newark Airport and he finished his career at the Staten Island Bridges working in the capacity of Emergency Services Unit (E.S.U). Ronald had an outstanding career with the Police Department and was awarded numerous commendations and awards for outstanding police work. His most notable accolade was his Medal of Valor for his actions taken during the 1st bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993. What he was most proud of was giving back and serving on the Special Olympics NJ on the State Committee and being one of the coordinators of the North Jersey Run that started at High Point State Park and went all the way down to Trenton where the games commenced. He retired from he Port Authority Police in February of 2002 after 22 years with the police and 29 years total with the Port Authority. Ronald is pre-deceased by his mother Mary Atlak and father Stanley E Atlak, Sr. He is survived by his beloved wife Helen Atlak, his son Ronald Jr and wife Margaret, son Matthew, daughter Lauren and her husband Michael Cronin, Grandchildren Gabriella, Ruggiero, Alex and Kate, Zachary, Skyler, Jaxon, Grayson and Emelia. Ronald is also survived by his Brother Stanley E. Atlak,Jr and wife Francine, Gerald Atlak and wife Carol, and his loving sister Debra. In lieu of flowers, Ron's request would be to make a monetary donation to his favorite charities: Special Olympics NJ at https://support.specialolympics.org/a/donate-in-your-state-2x-match-eoy?gclsrc=aw.ds&&state=nj&sourceid=1041175&ms=google-newjersey&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=920111244&gbraid=0AAAAADwU9dR-eTqgzRCpDAgZrIlKtiE3p&gclid=CjwKCAiA9aPKBhBhEiwAyz82J1e8O5cXtQ14IiQ3DhJECaknZfcqoot2tCxRiBBxhu2CBbS7m4SJ_BoCgpcQAvD_BwE and Tunnels to Towers at https://t2t.org/donate/ A Funeral service will be at 10:30 AM on Monday at St. Thomas the Apostle located at 1 St Thomas Plaza Old Bridge, New Jersey 08857. The family will receive friends from 3:00 PM to 7:00 PM on Sunday, December 28, 2025, at Michael Hegarty & John Vincent Scalia Home For Funerals and Cremation Service, 3377 US Highway 9, Old Bridge, New Jersey. Online condolences may be made to the family at www.HegartyScaliaFuneralHome.com

Ronald Atlak

October 23, 1952 - December 21, 2025