Joseph Salvatore, 88, of Oakwood, a devoted grandfather and singular Yankee fan, died Wednesday at Staten Island University Hospital in Ocean Breeze.
Born and raised in Brooklyn, he lived there until moving to Oakwood in 1986.
A World War II veteran, Mr. Salvatore participated in the Battle of Peleliu and saw action during the Okinawa campaign in the Pacific with the Army's 81st Infantry Division. He attained the rank of sergeant.
Following the war, he was employed as a die cutter for forty years at the Litky Co. in Brooklyn. He then worked as a part-time florist, also in Brooklyn, until retiring eight years ago.
Mr. Salvatore loved sports and had played baseball, table tennis and hockey.
He was a passionate New York Yankees fan and took his new bride, the former Frances D'Anneo, to Yankee Stadium on May 27, 1947 - during their honeymoon - so they could watch Joe DiMaggio play.
A quiet man, Mr. Salvatore loved working with tools, building and repairing things around the house and taking frequent trips to Home Depot, which he referred to as his "second home."
He adored his grandchildren, and a favorite activity was taking them trick-or-treating on Halloween, often turning the evening into a competition to see who collected the most candy.
His wife, Frances, died in 2007 after sixty years of marriage.
Surviving are his sons, Robert and Steven; his daughter, Arlene Aliquo; two brothers, Frank and Tom; two sisters, Helen DeSantis and Gloria Weisgerber; and seven grandchildren.
The funeral will be held tomorrow from the Colonial Funeral Home, New Dorp, with a Mass at 9:15 a.m. in St. Charles R.C. Church, Oakwood.
Burial will follow in St. Charles Cemetery, Farmingdale, LI.
Published in the Staten Island Advance on September 10, 2010.
Born and raised in Brooklyn, he lived there until moving to Oakwood in 1986.
A World War II veteran, Mr. Salvatore participated in the Battle of Peleliu and saw action during the Okinawa campaign in the Pacific with the Army's 81st Infantry Division. He attained the rank of sergeant.
Following the war, he was employed as a die cutter for forty years at the Litky Co. in Brooklyn. He then worked as a part-time florist, also in Brooklyn, until retiring eight years ago.
Mr. Salvatore loved sports and had played baseball, table tennis and hockey.
He was a passionate New York Yankees fan and took his new bride, the former Frances D'Anneo, to Yankee Stadium on May 27, 1947 - during their honeymoon - so they could watch Joe DiMaggio play.
A quiet man, Mr. Salvatore loved working with tools, building and repairing things around the house and taking frequent trips to Home Depot, which he referred to as his "second home."
He adored his grandchildren, and a favorite activity was taking them trick-or-treating on Halloween, often turning the evening into a competition to see who collected the most candy.
His wife, Frances, died in 2007 after sixty years of marriage.
Surviving are his sons, Robert and Steven; his daughter, Arlene Aliquo; two brothers, Frank and Tom; two sisters, Helen DeSantis and Gloria Weisgerber; and seven grandchildren.
The funeral will be held tomorrow from the Colonial Funeral Home, New Dorp, with a Mass at 9:15 a.m. in St. Charles R.C. Church, Oakwood.
Burial will follow in St. Charles Cemetery, Farmingdale, LI.
Published in the Staten Island Advance on September 10, 2010.
Joseph Salvatore, 88, of Oakwood, a devoted grandfather and singular Yankee fan, died Wednesday at Staten Island University Hospital in Ocean Breeze.
Born and raised in Brooklyn, he lived there until moving to Oakwood in 1986.
A World War II veteran, Mr. Salvatore participated in the Battle of Peleliu and saw action during the Okinawa campaign in the Pacific with the Army's 81st Infantry Division. He attained the rank of sergeant.
Following the war, he was employed as a die cutter for forty years at the Litky Co. in Brooklyn. He then worked as a part-time florist, also in Brooklyn, until retiring eight years ago.
Mr. Salvatore loved sports and had played baseball, table tennis and hockey.
He was a passionate New York Yankees fan and took his new bride, the former Frances D'Anneo, to Yankee Stadium on May 27, 1947 - during their honeymoon - so they could watch Joe DiMaggio play.
A quiet man, Mr. Salvatore loved working with tools, building and repairing things around the house and taking frequent trips to Home Depot, which he referred to as his "second home."
He adored his grandchildren, and a favorite activity was taking them trick-or-treating on Halloween, often turning the evening into a competition to see who collected the most candy.
His wife, Frances, died in 2007 after sixty years of marriage.
Surviving are his sons, Robert and Steven; his daughter, Arlene Aliquo; two brothers, Frank and Tom; two sisters, Helen DeSantis and Gloria Weisgerber; and seven grandchildren.
The funeral will be held tomorrow from the Colonial Funeral Home, New Dorp, with a Mass at 9:15 a.m. in St. Charles R.C. Church, Oakwood.
Burial will follow in St. Charles Cemetery, Farmingdale, LI.
Published in the Staten Island Advance on September 10, 2010.
Born and raised in Brooklyn, he lived there until moving to Oakwood in 1986.
A World War II veteran, Mr. Salvatore participated in the Battle of Peleliu and saw action during the Okinawa campaign in the Pacific with the Army's 81st Infantry Division. He attained the rank of sergeant.
Following the war, he was employed as a die cutter for forty years at the Litky Co. in Brooklyn. He then worked as a part-time florist, also in Brooklyn, until retiring eight years ago.
Mr. Salvatore loved sports and had played baseball, table tennis and hockey.
He was a passionate New York Yankees fan and took his new bride, the former Frances D'Anneo, to Yankee Stadium on May 27, 1947 - during their honeymoon - so they could watch Joe DiMaggio play.
A quiet man, Mr. Salvatore loved working with tools, building and repairing things around the house and taking frequent trips to Home Depot, which he referred to as his "second home."
He adored his grandchildren, and a favorite activity was taking them trick-or-treating on Halloween, often turning the evening into a competition to see who collected the most candy.
His wife, Frances, died in 2007 after sixty years of marriage.
Surviving are his sons, Robert and Steven; his daughter, Arlene Aliquo; two brothers, Frank and Tom; two sisters, Helen DeSantis and Gloria Weisgerber; and seven grandchildren.
The funeral will be held tomorrow from the Colonial Funeral Home, New Dorp, with a Mass at 9:15 a.m. in St. Charles R.C. Church, Oakwood.
Burial will follow in St. Charles Cemetery, Farmingdale, LI.
Published in the Staten Island Advance on September 10, 2010.
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