Anthony J. Cancellieri

Anthony J. Cancellieri

AGE: 90 • Lincroft

Anthony J. Cancellieri, 90, of Lincroft, died Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013, at Meridian Nursing and Rehabilitation in Shrewsbury. Mr. Cancellieri was born in Bronx, NY, before moving to Astoria, NY, and then Oceanport in 1986. He also spent a lifetime of weekends and summers at the Jersey Shore in Long Branch and Sea Bright. A World War II veteran of the U.S. Army Air Corps, Mr. Cancellieri was a flight engineer and maintenance specialist for B-29 Bomber aircraft. After the war, he graduated from Roosevelt Aviation School in New York.

Mr. Cancellieri eventually pursued fur designing, a lifelong career that earned him a national reputation as a noted fur designer for the fashion lines of New York notables John Anthony and Donald Brooks. While a designer for 25 years for Bonwit Teller in New York City, and affiliates in Palm Beach, Fl,Beverly Hills and Boston, he made furs for royalty, dignitaries and celebrities. His nearly 50-year career included designing for Jan Originals, Giorgio Pappas Furs and Steven Corn Furs, where he retired in 2003.

Mr. Cancellieri was predeceased by his wife, Rita Palladino, his parents, Louis and Giovanna Cancellieri, and sister, Marie T. O'Shea. Surviving are his son, Dr. Francis L. Cancellieri and his wife Ann of Oceanport; his daughters, Jean T. Pomanowski and her husband Wayne of Colts Neck, and Ellen M. McCarthy and her husband Stephen of Fair Haven; beloved grandchildren, John F. and Olivia A. Cancellieri of Oceanport; niece, Maureen Phillips and nephew, Michael Fiore, both of New York, and several great-nieces and nephews and their children.

Relatives and friends are invited to visit from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 10 at Fiore Funeral Home, 882 Broadway, West Long Branch. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Monday, Nov. 11 at St. Leo the Great Church, 50 Hurleys Lane, Lincroft. Interment will be at Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, NY. For condolences, please visit www.fiorefuneralhomes.com.