The flags have been lowered in Barnegat Light for former Borough Councilman George Warr, 76, who had served 23 years on council before retiring three years ago.

Warr died July 27 at home in Islamorada, Fla., surrounded by family, said his wife, Kim. He had undergone heart surgery and more recently had gone into renal failure.

“He was finance chair for a long time; he was the councilman who got the post office to stay open,” said Mayor Kirk Larson, speaking in the town where all residents have to go to the post office to get their mail.