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"Antonio &quot;Tony&quot; Barbaro, age 98, passed away September 22, 2015. He was born on June 17, 1917 in New York, New York the son of Matteo and Carmela (Barcona) Barbaro. Antonio is survived by his children, grandchildren, great grandchildren, brother, Vito &quot;Bill&quot; Barbaro and his wife, Marie and loving family. Visitation will be held September 25, 2015 from 2:00pm to 4:00pm and 6:00pm to 8:00pm at 280 Mariner Boulevard. Mass will be held at St Theresa Catholic Church on September 26, 2015 at 11:00am. Burial will follow at Florida Hills Memorial Gardens. Uncle Tony&#39;s Eulogy By Annmarie Gradagnino This is the story of uncle Tony as I remember…… He was born in Manhattan on June 17th, 1917 born the oldest of ten children, to Matteo and Carmella Barbaro, and my father Willie, as he called him, was the youngest of the boys. He went to elementary school until the 8th grade because he had to quit to go to work to help support the family. He worked with his father delivering ice to peoples homes. In the 1930&#39;s refrigeration came out so then grandpa Matteo bought a laundry business. Then Uncle Tony carried and delivered laundry with his dad. He married Aunt Mary in Pennsylvania in 1940 and had 3 children, Matty, Jackie, and Carmela. And now he has 10 grandchildren, 20 great grandchildren, and 1 great great grandchild. After marriage, Uncle Tony played professional baseball for the Royals for 2 years. Aunt Mary didn&#39;t want to travel and then they started a family. In 1955, he got a job working at Oneida Motor Freight with my dad and started September 19th, the day after I was born. They worked 25 years together. He was recognized by the governor of New York and was awarded the Safety Driver Award for all those years. He always told this story that when he and Aunt Mary had lunch with the governor at tavern on the green, Aunt Mary ordered a grilled cheese sandwich, we all laughed about it for years. Uncle Tony retired in 1980. During that 25 years, my uncle and Aunt Mary spent time in our Staten Island home, and Largo, Florida home. Most weekends were spent with the Barbaro brothers barbecueing and vacationing together. Also during that time growing up we all knew Uncle Tony as a jokester, always smiling, and making us all laugh. Him and Aunt Mary loved coming for Sunday dinner with the Brooklyn bread. When our family moved to Florida, they followed in 1989. Which was the same year we had a 50th anniversary party and their vows were exchanged in this very church, St. Theresa. After Aunt Mary passed he lived alone for 16 years until 3 years ago and moved in with my mom and dad. There was still more laughing and bonding. Lastly, I would like to share with you how emotional and generous at times he could be. Sometimes he could be a pain in the butt and he always meant well. Everyone who knew Uncle Tony knew about the Uncle Tony fork in my house. That started a long time ago because a regular fork was never big enough. He will always be remembered from new York to Florida for the uncle fork. I will always remember his true love for Aunt Mary, and how unhappy he was without her and the opera music that he loved to listen to especially Luciano Pavoratti. We will miss you Antonio. June 17th, 1917 to September 22, 2015. I know you and Aunt Mary are finally holding hands again!"
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