JOSEPH CAROLA passed away on Saturday, March 12, 2016 at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center. He was 77 years old.
Born in Jersey City, he resided there before moving to the Avenel section of Woodbridge Township in 1972. Mr. Carola was employed as Plant Manager with Colonial Concrete Company in Newark for 40 years until his retirement in 2002. In retirement he worked part time in the produce department at Wegman's Supermarket in Woodbridge for several years. He was a communicant of Saint Andrews Catholic Church in Avenel; was an all county basketball player at Fairleigh-Dickinson High School in Jersey City where his lean, lanky frame earned him the nickname "The Stork" and was offered a scholarship to play basketball at the University of Southern Illinois. Instead he elected to enlist in the United States Army where he served as a paratrooper from 1957-1959 in the elite 101st Airborne Division. He also belonged to the Woodbridge Senior Billiards Club and Woodbridge Community Center and was an avid fan of the NY Mets and NY Giants. He was a loving father and doting grandfather who enjoyed gourmet cooking, trips to the casino, playing cards, pool and spending time with his loved ones and friends.
He was predeceased by his wife, Anne Marie Tarantino Carola, on March 12, 2014; his parents, Christina Farese Carola Scerbo and her husband, Anthony, and Charles Carmen Carola. Surviving are two daughters, Lori Anne Carola of Edison and Michele Carola Gallo of Bridgewater; a son, Joseph C. Carola and his wife, Diana, of Lincoln, RI; a brother, Ralph Carola, of Newton Center, MA; two grandchildren, Christina Gallo and Joseph Louis Carola; two step grandchildren, Courtney and Tristan DiBella; two step sisters; and two step brothers.
Funeral services will take place on Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at 10:30 a.m. from Costello-Koyen Funeral Home (www.costello-koyen.com), 399 Avenel Street, Avenel. A Funeral Liturgy will follow at 11:15 a.m. at Saint Andrews Catholic Church, Avenel. Entombment will be in Woodbridge Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be on Tuesday from 2:00 until 4:00 and 7:00 until 9:00 p.m. at the funeral home. COSTELLO-KOYEN FUNERAL HOME 399 AVENEL STREET AVENEL, NJ 07001 (732) 636-2275
Born in Jersey City, he resided there before moving to the Avenel section of Woodbridge Township in 1972. Mr. Carola was employed as Plant Manager with Colonial Concrete Company in Newark for 40 years until his retirement in 2002. In retirement he worked part time in the produce department at Wegman's Supermarket in Woodbridge for several years. He was a communicant of Saint Andrews Catholic Church in Avenel; was an all county basketball player at Fairleigh-Dickinson High School in Jersey City where his lean, lanky frame earned him the nickname "The Stork" and was offered a scholarship to play basketball at the University of Southern Illinois. Instead he elected to enlist in the United States Army where he served as a paratrooper from 1957-1959 in the elite 101st Airborne Division. He also belonged to the Woodbridge Senior Billiards Club and Woodbridge Community Center and was an avid fan of the NY Mets and NY Giants. He was a loving father and doting grandfather who enjoyed gourmet cooking, trips to the casino, playing cards, pool and spending time with his loved ones and friends.
He was predeceased by his wife, Anne Marie Tarantino Carola, on March 12, 2014; his parents, Christina Farese Carola Scerbo and her husband, Anthony, and Charles Carmen Carola. Surviving are two daughters, Lori Anne Carola of Edison and Michele Carola Gallo of Bridgewater; a son, Joseph C. Carola and his wife, Diana, of Lincoln, RI; a brother, Ralph Carola, of Newton Center, MA; two grandchildren, Christina Gallo and Joseph Louis Carola; two step grandchildren, Courtney and Tristan DiBella; two step sisters; and two step brothers.
Funeral services will take place on Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at 10:30 a.m. from Costello-Koyen Funeral Home (www.costello-koyen.com), 399 Avenel Street, Avenel. A Funeral Liturgy will follow at 11:15 a.m. at Saint Andrews Catholic Church, Avenel. Entombment will be in Woodbridge Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be on Tuesday from 2:00 until 4:00 and 7:00 until 9:00 p.m. at the funeral home. COSTELLO-KOYEN FUNERAL HOME 399 AVENEL STREET AVENEL, NJ 07001 (732) 636-2275
JOSEPH CAROLA passed away on Saturday, March 12, 2016 at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center. He was 77 years old.
Born in Jersey City, he resided there before moving to the Avenel section of Woodbridge Township in 1972. Mr. Carola was employed as Plant Manager with Colonial Concrete Company in Newark for 40 years until his retirement in 2002. In retirement he worked part time in the produce department at Wegman's Supermarket in Woodbridge for several years. He was a communicant of Saint Andrews Catholic Church in Avenel; was an all county basketball player at Fairleigh-Dickinson High School in Jersey City where his lean, lanky frame earned him the nickname "The Stork" and was offered a scholarship to play basketball at the University of Southern Illinois. Instead he elected to enlist in the United States Army where he served as a paratrooper from 1957-1959 in the elite 101st Airborne Division. He also belonged to the Woodbridge Senior Billiards Club and Woodbridge Community Center and was an avid fan of the NY Mets and NY Giants. He was a loving father and doting grandfather who enjoyed gourmet cooking, trips to the casino, playing cards, pool and spending time with his loved ones and friends.
He was predeceased by his wife, Anne Marie Tarantino Carola, on March 12, 2014; his parents, Christina Farese Carola Scerbo and her husband, Anthony, and Charles Carmen Carola. Surviving are two daughters, Lori Anne Carola of Edison and Michele Carola Gallo of Bridgewater; a son, Joseph C. Carola and his wife, Diana, of Lincoln, RI; a brother, Ralph Carola, of Newton Center, MA; two grandchildren, Christina Gallo and Joseph Louis Carola; two step grandchildren, Courtney and Tristan DiBella; two step sisters; and two step brothers.
Funeral services will take place on Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at 10:30 a.m. from Costello-Koyen Funeral Home (www.costello-koyen.com), 399 Avenel Street, Avenel. A Funeral Liturgy will follow at 11:15 a.m. at Saint Andrews Catholic Church, Avenel. Entombment will be in Woodbridge Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be on Tuesday from 2:00 until 4:00 and 7:00 until 9:00 p.m. at the funeral home. COSTELLO-KOYEN FUNERAL HOME 399 AVENEL STREET AVENEL, NJ 07001 (732) 636-2275
Born in Jersey City, he resided there before moving to the Avenel section of Woodbridge Township in 1972. Mr. Carola was employed as Plant Manager with Colonial Concrete Company in Newark for 40 years until his retirement in 2002. In retirement he worked part time in the produce department at Wegman's Supermarket in Woodbridge for several years. He was a communicant of Saint Andrews Catholic Church in Avenel; was an all county basketball player at Fairleigh-Dickinson High School in Jersey City where his lean, lanky frame earned him the nickname "The Stork" and was offered a scholarship to play basketball at the University of Southern Illinois. Instead he elected to enlist in the United States Army where he served as a paratrooper from 1957-1959 in the elite 101st Airborne Division. He also belonged to the Woodbridge Senior Billiards Club and Woodbridge Community Center and was an avid fan of the NY Mets and NY Giants. He was a loving father and doting grandfather who enjoyed gourmet cooking, trips to the casino, playing cards, pool and spending time with his loved ones and friends.
He was predeceased by his wife, Anne Marie Tarantino Carola, on March 12, 2014; his parents, Christina Farese Carola Scerbo and her husband, Anthony, and Charles Carmen Carola. Surviving are two daughters, Lori Anne Carola of Edison and Michele Carola Gallo of Bridgewater; a son, Joseph C. Carola and his wife, Diana, of Lincoln, RI; a brother, Ralph Carola, of Newton Center, MA; two grandchildren, Christina Gallo and Joseph Louis Carola; two step grandchildren, Courtney and Tristan DiBella; two step sisters; and two step brothers.
Funeral services will take place on Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at 10:30 a.m. from Costello-Koyen Funeral Home (www.costello-koyen.com), 399 Avenel Street, Avenel. A Funeral Liturgy will follow at 11:15 a.m. at Saint Andrews Catholic Church, Avenel. Entombment will be in Woodbridge Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be on Tuesday from 2:00 until 4:00 and 7:00 until 9:00 p.m. at the funeral home. COSTELLO-KOYEN FUNERAL HOME 399 AVENEL STREET AVENEL, NJ 07001 (732) 636-2275
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