John Thomas Endicott
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Sandra Gallagher
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Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 3 D Obituary - September 27, 2015
John Thomas Endicott, 62,
who has been a vibrant
presence in the auto industry
in South Florida for over the
past several decades passed
away at Hospice by-the-Sea,
in Boca Raton, Florida, on
August 23, 2015, after a brief
illness.
He was the loving son of
Bernadine Endicott and the
late Thomas Endicott, and was a successor in the family-owned
and operated auto dealership, Endicott Nissan, Buick and Isuzu
in Pompano Beach, FL. He had recently completed his last
project building the new Endicott Nissan facility in Pompano
Beach in 2012.
John was born in St. Louis, Missouri in1952. His parents
moved the family to South Florida where as a young boy he was
raised. He attended Saint Andrews School from 1963 through
1967 and graduated from Boca Raton High School. After high
school, John attended Florida Atlantic University where he
received a degree in business in 1975.
From the time he was a young child, John had a passion for
automobiles. He spent a great deal of time endeavoring to learn,
work and help grow his family’s business. His parents,
Bernadine and Thomas, started their first auto dealership back in
1952 in Harrisburg, Illinois so he was already well versed at a
very young age in this industry.
When the family moved to Florida in 1962 they opened their
second dealership, Tom Endicott Buick and Rambler in Delray
Beach, FL. They later relocated the dealership to Pompano
Beach, Florida opening Endicott Buick, Nissan and Isuzu. John
officially joined the expanding family business after college
becoming a dealer at the young age of 23 working along with
his siblings, and later was the Director of the Automotive and
Truck Dealers Association. He was always known for being
kind and generous to everyone, especially to his valued team
members and treated everyone like family. Commitment to
quality, integrity, customer satisfaction and excellence was of
utmost importance to him as a principal of the family business.
John was also an avid boater and car enthusiast. He loved
marine life, deep sea fishing, boat racing and the boating
community where he had been a longtime sponsor of the
Pompano Beach Fishing Rodeo, an annual tournament raising
money in an effort to support saltwater conservation programs
and marine education projects. While John enjoyed many years
residing in his home state of tropical Florida, he also loved and
immensely enjoyed spending as much quality time as he could
in Colorado at his mom’s Four Winds Ranch. His ranching
moments were among some of the best memories he enjoyed
and cherished most while working the mountainous land there
as well as his many travels abroad.
He is survived by his recently wed second wife, Sandra
Gallagher; mother, Bernadine Endicott; brother, Michael
Endicott; sister, Cheryl Endicott, and step-brother, Jason
Endicott. He is predeceased by his father, Thomas Endicott and
step-brother, Justin Endicott. He was loved and will be greatly
missed for his kind, loving, fun and easy going spirit.
A visitation for relatives and friends will be held on Tuesday
September 29, 2015, from 7 - 9:00 p.m. at Fred Hunter’s
Lighthouse Point Funeral Home, 4650 N. Federal Highway,
Lighthouse Point, FL 33064, where services will be held on
Wednesday September 30th at 11:00 a.m. Entombment will
follow at the Boca Raton Mausoleum in Boca Raton, FL.
In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy may be made in
memory of John to the Hillsboro Lighthouse Preservation Fund
at www.hillsborolighthouse.org.
