BAINBRIDGE - David S. Calleia, 78, succumbed July 2, 2020.
He was the son of Lawrence E. Calleia Sr. and Ida Mae (Smith) Calleia,
who predeceased him along with
his brother and sister-in-law,
Lawrence E. Calleia Jr. and Emily Elizabeth Calleia of Queens and
his brother, Michael Calleia and sister-In-law, Pauline, of Plano, Texas.
He is survived by his three daughters, the loves of his life,
Diane Prendergast and
Debra Calleia, both of Mamaroneck and
Claudia Fellini and her husband, Andy, of New Canaan, Connecticut.
He was blessed with four grandchildren, Christian, Gavin, Austin and Sarah;
his companion Inge Deering of Bainbridge;
and the mother of his daughters by marriage, Rita Filleti.
He was born in Detroit, Michigan, on Nov. 6, 1941, and baptized on Pearl Harbor Day.
His father worked for Packard Motor Co. building tanks. At the end of W.W.II his parents bought a farm in North Sanford. In 1945, he and his brothers started school in Bainbridge.
Over the next 15 years his parents moved several times but always returned to the family farm.
School was very difficult for David and was never his thing. After leaving Bainbridge school for New York City with his parents, he busted out of school in the 10th grade.
David was taught his trade by his father and became a truck mechanic and third class machinist which became a major part of his life. He started working on trucks in 1960 in New York City, mostly combination fuel oil trucks for six years.
He always said he could be an "oil man," so he started at the bottom. His first business venture was peddling ice cream with his own ice cream truck on the streets of Brooklyn. The second venture was roofing and the third was transporting No. 6 fuel oil for his own business and many road tankers.
David had a strong attachment to the Industrial Age and read many books about industrialists. As the new environmental laws became stricter during the Nixon administration, he adjusted his business also, to fuel oil tank cleaning of apartment buildings in New York City and Long Island. He said, "That was the goose that laid the golden egg." Within five years it developed into the largest tank cleaning company in New York City with the logo Tanks-A-Lot that still operates today.
He hired many minority workers who he called his friends and even god-fathered some of their children. As the business grew and environmental laws tightened he bought a $1 million gallon fuel oil storage plant in 1979 in Brooklyn and converted it into a waste oil treatment refinery to be at that time the model of New York City. Engineers, lawyers and accountants who he hired made it all possible to accomplish. David did all the construction. He also said the next best day of his life was when his best customer bought him out eight years later.
He retired at 44 and moved his family to Florida. David did not handle retirement well and took over a machine shop in Pompano Beach and then a shoe store in Fort Lauderdale. His last retirement job was driving charter buses which he found relaxing.
He always dreamed of returning to the Bainbridge area and did so in 2002. He settled into the area he truly loved and enjoyed.
He looked forward to attending church and was a parishioner of the St. John the Evangelist. He also patronized Sacred Heart Parish in Sidney. He felt very rewarded when his grandson, Austin and daughter, Debra, visited St. John's because that made four generations to attend the church.
He also loved to pray the rosary and would usually go to Mass at least once during the week and on Sundays. He was always a believer of Jesus Christ and Bill Wilson saved his life of which he was always thankful.
By 1982, he was past president of the Brooklyn Kiwanis Club, a member of the Executive Association of Greater NY, New York Oil Heating Association and a Hospice of Chenango County and Bainbridge Food Pantry volunteer. He had a special love for Knights of Columbus Council No. 4937 and Piores the 10th of Brooklyn from 1976 to present and gave many thanks to the Knights of Columbus and the Tri-Town Dance and Social Club and the many friends he made.
Old cars were his hobby. You knew him by the old car he drove. He was a member of the Algonquin Antique Car Club AACA of Bainbridge, Rods and Relics of Gilbertsville and a past member of the Franklin Doodlebug Club.
Friends may call from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 7, at C.H. Landers Funeral Chapel, 21 Main Street, Sidney.
A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 8, at St. John the Evangelist Church in Bainbridge.
Burial will be in Greenlawn Cemetery in Bainbridge.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Birthright of Sidney, 21 Liberty St., Sidney, NY 13838.
Condolences and memories may be shared online at www.landersfh.com.
Arrangements are under the direction of C.H. Landers Funeral Chapel Sidney.
He was the son of Lawrence E. Calleia Sr. and Ida Mae (Smith) Calleia,
who predeceased him along with
his brother and sister-in-law,
Lawrence E. Calleia Jr. and Emily Elizabeth Calleia of Queens and
his brother, Michael Calleia and sister-In-law, Pauline, of Plano, Texas.
He is survived by his three daughters, the loves of his life,
Diane Prendergast and
Debra Calleia, both of Mamaroneck and
Claudia Fellini and her husband, Andy, of New Canaan, Connecticut.
He was blessed with four grandchildren, Christian, Gavin, Austin and Sarah;
his companion Inge Deering of Bainbridge;
and the mother of his daughters by marriage, Rita Filleti.
He was born in Detroit, Michigan, on Nov. 6, 1941, and baptized on Pearl Harbor Day.
His father worked for Packard Motor Co. building tanks. At the end of W.W.II his parents bought a farm in North Sanford. In 1945, he and his brothers started school in Bainbridge.
Over the next 15 years his parents moved several times but always returned to the family farm.
School was very difficult for David and was never his thing. After leaving Bainbridge school for New York City with his parents, he busted out of school in the 10th grade.
David was taught his trade by his father and became a truck mechanic and third class machinist which became a major part of his life. He started working on trucks in 1960 in New York City, mostly combination fuel oil trucks for six years.
He always said he could be an "oil man," so he started at the bottom. His first business venture was peddling ice cream with his own ice cream truck on the streets of Brooklyn. The second venture was roofing and the third was transporting No. 6 fuel oil for his own business and many road tankers.
David had a strong attachment to the Industrial Age and read many books about industrialists. As the new environmental laws became stricter during the Nixon administration, he adjusted his business also, to fuel oil tank cleaning of apartment buildings in New York City and Long Island. He said, "That was the goose that laid the golden egg." Within five years it developed into the largest tank cleaning company in New York City with the logo Tanks-A-Lot that still operates today.
He hired many minority workers who he called his friends and even god-fathered some of their children. As the business grew and environmental laws tightened he bought a $1 million gallon fuel oil storage plant in 1979 in Brooklyn and converted it into a waste oil treatment refinery to be at that time the model of New York City. Engineers, lawyers and accountants who he hired made it all possible to accomplish. David did all the construction. He also said the next best day of his life was when his best customer bought him out eight years later.
He retired at 44 and moved his family to Florida. David did not handle retirement well and took over a machine shop in Pompano Beach and then a shoe store in Fort Lauderdale. His last retirement job was driving charter buses which he found relaxing.
He always dreamed of returning to the Bainbridge area and did so in 2002. He settled into the area he truly loved and enjoyed.
He looked forward to attending church and was a parishioner of the St. John the Evangelist. He also patronized Sacred Heart Parish in Sidney. He felt very rewarded when his grandson, Austin and daughter, Debra, visited St. John's because that made four generations to attend the church.
He also loved to pray the rosary and would usually go to Mass at least once during the week and on Sundays. He was always a believer of Jesus Christ and Bill Wilson saved his life of which he was always thankful.
By 1982, he was past president of the Brooklyn Kiwanis Club, a member of the Executive Association of Greater NY, New York Oil Heating Association and a Hospice of Chenango County and Bainbridge Food Pantry volunteer. He had a special love for Knights of Columbus Council No. 4937 and Piores the 10th of Brooklyn from 1976 to present and gave many thanks to the Knights of Columbus and the Tri-Town Dance and Social Club and the many friends he made.
Old cars were his hobby. You knew him by the old car he drove. He was a member of the Algonquin Antique Car Club AACA of Bainbridge, Rods and Relics of Gilbertsville and a past member of the Franklin Doodlebug Club.
Friends may call from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 7, at C.H. Landers Funeral Chapel, 21 Main Street, Sidney.
A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 8, at St. John the Evangelist Church in Bainbridge.
Burial will be in Greenlawn Cemetery in Bainbridge.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Birthright of Sidney, 21 Liberty St., Sidney, NY 13838.
Condolences and memories may be shared online at www.landersfh.com.
Arrangements are under the direction of C.H. Landers Funeral Chapel Sidney.
BAINBRIDGE - David S. Calleia, 78, succumbed July 2, 2020.
He was the son of Lawrence E. Calleia Sr. and Ida Mae (Smith) Calleia,
who predeceased him along with
his brother and sister-in-law,
Lawrence E. Calleia Jr. and Emily Elizabeth Calleia of Queens and
his brother, Michael Calleia and sister-In-law, Pauline, of Plano, Texas.
He is survived by his three daughters, the loves of his life,
Diane Prendergast and
Debra Calleia, both of Mamaroneck and
Claudia Fellini and her husband, Andy, of New Canaan, Connecticut.
He was blessed with four grandchildren, Christian, Gavin, Austin and Sarah;
his companion Inge Deering of Bainbridge;
and the mother of his daughters by marriage, Rita Filleti.
He was born in Detroit, Michigan, on Nov. 6, 1941, and baptized on Pearl Harbor Day.
His father worked for Packard Motor Co. building tanks. At the end of W.W.II his parents bought a farm in North Sanford. In 1945, he and his brothers started school in Bainbridge.
Over the next 15 years his parents moved several times but always returned to the family farm.
School was very difficult for David and was never his thing. After leaving Bainbridge school for New York City with his parents, he busted out of school in the 10th grade.
David was taught his trade by his father and became a truck mechanic and third class machinist which became a major part of his life. He started working on trucks in 1960 in New York City, mostly combination fuel oil trucks for six years.
He always said he could be an "oil man," so he started at the bottom. His first business venture was peddling ice cream with his own ice cream truck on the streets of Brooklyn. The second venture was roofing and the third was transporting No. 6 fuel oil for his own business and many road tankers.
David had a strong attachment to the Industrial Age and read many books about industrialists. As the new environmental laws became stricter during the Nixon administration, he adjusted his business also, to fuel oil tank cleaning of apartment buildings in New York City and Long Island. He said, "That was the goose that laid the golden egg." Within five years it developed into the largest tank cleaning company in New York City with the logo Tanks-A-Lot that still operates today.
He hired many minority workers who he called his friends and even god-fathered some of their children. As the business grew and environmental laws tightened he bought a $1 million gallon fuel oil storage plant in 1979 in Brooklyn and converted it into a waste oil treatment refinery to be at that time the model of New York City. Engineers, lawyers and accountants who he hired made it all possible to accomplish. David did all the construction. He also said the next best day of his life was when his best customer bought him out eight years later.
He retired at 44 and moved his family to Florida. David did not handle retirement well and took over a machine shop in Pompano Beach and then a shoe store in Fort Lauderdale. His last retirement job was driving charter buses which he found relaxing.
He always dreamed of returning to the Bainbridge area and did so in 2002. He settled into the area he truly loved and enjoyed.
He looked forward to attending church and was a parishioner of the St. John the Evangelist. He also patronized Sacred Heart Parish in Sidney. He felt very rewarded when his grandson, Austin and daughter, Debra, visited St. John's because that made four generations to attend the church.
He also loved to pray the rosary and would usually go to Mass at least once during the week and on Sundays. He was always a believer of Jesus Christ and Bill Wilson saved his life of which he was always thankful.
By 1982, he was past president of the Brooklyn Kiwanis Club, a member of the Executive Association of Greater NY, New York Oil Heating Association and a Hospice of Chenango County and Bainbridge Food Pantry volunteer. He had a special love for Knights of Columbus Council No. 4937 and Piores the 10th of Brooklyn from 1976 to present and gave many thanks to the Knights of Columbus and the Tri-Town Dance and Social Club and the many friends he made.
Old cars were his hobby. You knew him by the old car he drove. He was a member of the Algonquin Antique Car Club AACA of Bainbridge, Rods and Relics of Gilbertsville and a past member of the Franklin Doodlebug Club.
Friends may call from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 7, at C.H. Landers Funeral Chapel, 21 Main Street, Sidney.
A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 8, at St. John the Evangelist Church in Bainbridge.
Burial will be in Greenlawn Cemetery in Bainbridge.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Birthright of Sidney, 21 Liberty St., Sidney, NY 13838.
Condolences and memories may be shared online at www.landersfh.com.
Arrangements are under the direction of C.H. Landers Funeral Chapel Sidney.
He was the son of Lawrence E. Calleia Sr. and Ida Mae (Smith) Calleia,
who predeceased him along with
his brother and sister-in-law,
Lawrence E. Calleia Jr. and Emily Elizabeth Calleia of Queens and
his brother, Michael Calleia and sister-In-law, Pauline, of Plano, Texas.
He is survived by his three daughters, the loves of his life,
Diane Prendergast and
Debra Calleia, both of Mamaroneck and
Claudia Fellini and her husband, Andy, of New Canaan, Connecticut.
He was blessed with four grandchildren, Christian, Gavin, Austin and Sarah;
his companion Inge Deering of Bainbridge;
and the mother of his daughters by marriage, Rita Filleti.
He was born in Detroit, Michigan, on Nov. 6, 1941, and baptized on Pearl Harbor Day.
His father worked for Packard Motor Co. building tanks. At the end of W.W.II his parents bought a farm in North Sanford. In 1945, he and his brothers started school in Bainbridge.
Over the next 15 years his parents moved several times but always returned to the family farm.
School was very difficult for David and was never his thing. After leaving Bainbridge school for New York City with his parents, he busted out of school in the 10th grade.
David was taught his trade by his father and became a truck mechanic and third class machinist which became a major part of his life. He started working on trucks in 1960 in New York City, mostly combination fuel oil trucks for six years.
He always said he could be an "oil man," so he started at the bottom. His first business venture was peddling ice cream with his own ice cream truck on the streets of Brooklyn. The second venture was roofing and the third was transporting No. 6 fuel oil for his own business and many road tankers.
David had a strong attachment to the Industrial Age and read many books about industrialists. As the new environmental laws became stricter during the Nixon administration, he adjusted his business also, to fuel oil tank cleaning of apartment buildings in New York City and Long Island. He said, "That was the goose that laid the golden egg." Within five years it developed into the largest tank cleaning company in New York City with the logo Tanks-A-Lot that still operates today.
He hired many minority workers who he called his friends and even god-fathered some of their children. As the business grew and environmental laws tightened he bought a $1 million gallon fuel oil storage plant in 1979 in Brooklyn and converted it into a waste oil treatment refinery to be at that time the model of New York City. Engineers, lawyers and accountants who he hired made it all possible to accomplish. David did all the construction. He also said the next best day of his life was when his best customer bought him out eight years later.
He retired at 44 and moved his family to Florida. David did not handle retirement well and took over a machine shop in Pompano Beach and then a shoe store in Fort Lauderdale. His last retirement job was driving charter buses which he found relaxing.
He always dreamed of returning to the Bainbridge area and did so in 2002. He settled into the area he truly loved and enjoyed.
He looked forward to attending church and was a parishioner of the St. John the Evangelist. He also patronized Sacred Heart Parish in Sidney. He felt very rewarded when his grandson, Austin and daughter, Debra, visited St. John's because that made four generations to attend the church.
He also loved to pray the rosary and would usually go to Mass at least once during the week and on Sundays. He was always a believer of Jesus Christ and Bill Wilson saved his life of which he was always thankful.
By 1982, he was past president of the Brooklyn Kiwanis Club, a member of the Executive Association of Greater NY, New York Oil Heating Association and a Hospice of Chenango County and Bainbridge Food Pantry volunteer. He had a special love for Knights of Columbus Council No. 4937 and Piores the 10th of Brooklyn from 1976 to present and gave many thanks to the Knights of Columbus and the Tri-Town Dance and Social Club and the many friends he made.
Old cars were his hobby. You knew him by the old car he drove. He was a member of the Algonquin Antique Car Club AACA of Bainbridge, Rods and Relics of Gilbertsville and a past member of the Franklin Doodlebug Club.
Friends may call from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 7, at C.H. Landers Funeral Chapel, 21 Main Street, Sidney.
A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 8, at St. John the Evangelist Church in Bainbridge.
Burial will be in Greenlawn Cemetery in Bainbridge.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Birthright of Sidney, 21 Liberty St., Sidney, NY 13838.
Condolences and memories may be shared online at www.landersfh.com.
Arrangements are under the direction of C.H. Landers Funeral Chapel Sidney.
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