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MyCentralJersey.com Steve Kalafer, owner of the Somerset Patriots and chairman of the Flemington Car and Truck Country Family, died from complications of cancer Wednesday morning, the team announced. He was 71. “We are completely heartbroken by Steve’s passing. Everyone who ever came into contact with him over the years knows just how special a person he was,” said Patrick McVerry, Somerset Patriots president and general manager. “He built his dealerships and this team from the ground up with the customers, employees, his family, and the communities served always as his top priorities. He taught us all the value of doing things the right way, of taking the time to build long lasting relationships, and making a difference wherever you can. ....
A giant in our NJ community has passed My friend Steve Kalafer passed away on Wednesday morning. He was a giant in New Jersey and his passing leaves a huge hole in our community. Steve was a proud family man, entrepreneur and patriot. He loved life and people and had the courage of his convictions. He lived without fear even in the face of his battle with cancer. One of the things you knew right away every time you visited one of his showrooms at Flemington Car and Truck Country or took in a game to watch the Somerset Patriots, it was clear that Steve was a respected and admired leader. The smiles on the faces of employees proud to represent the company and interact and make guests feel welcome said it all. With so many people complaining about their jobs in our society, it was so refreshing to meet people who loved their job because of the man who gave them the opportunity. ....
The founder of Flemington Car and Truck Country, and the Somerset Patriots minor league baseball team, was also an Oscar-nominated documentary film producer and a 2020 inductee into the New Jersey Hall of Fame. ....
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He walked away before I could respond. The following week, I got a call: Steve Kalafer wanted to talk. It turned out that Kalafer, a Hall of Fame business leader who owned car dealerships, a minor-league baseball team, served on a variety of boards, participated in numerous philanthropic efforts and was nominated for four Academy Awards as the producer of documentaries, loved journalism. Especially at the local level. Kalafer said he loved the power and prestige the industry once had. He longed for it to have such importance again. He somehow knew I was then the editor of NJBIZ. “Society was better when every politician woke up wondering what was going to be on the front page of the paper,” he told me during our first talk. ....