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Andrea Mateo
October 26, 2024 | Other
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Joseph Calandrillo
Hawley, Pennsylvania
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Hawley, Pennsylvania
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Send FlowersSweetness of Spirit
When Joseph M. Calandrillo was about 8, his cousin was ill, and she asked him to run some errands. When he was done, she rewarded him with a quarter. He went back to the store and used the quarter to buy her a get-well card.
It was that gracious spirit that he carried into adulthood. His wife, Deborah, referred to him as "the sweetest of husbands."
Mr. Calandrillo, 49, a treaty accountant with Reinsurance Solutions International, part of Marsh & McLennan, met his wife-to-be 25 years ago at a restaurant in Brooklyn, the borough where they both grew up. He told his family when he got home that she was the one he was going to marry. She thought he was very nice but did not immediately leap to the same conclusion. But they went out the next night and the night after, and then every week.
"Everyone always said my husband and I had a marriage you didn't see," she said. "We were always laughing and having a good time. We were best buddies. Our marriage was our greatest success."
Mrs. Calandrillo characterized them as a "Green Acres" couple. She loved the city; he loved the country. They lived in Brooklyn for a while and then, five years ago, moved to Hawley, Pa. "I had my turn, so it was his turn," Mrs. Calandrillo said. "And I grew to love the country."
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Andrea Mateo
October 26, 2024 | Other
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I looked up a few names that stood out to me as I took pictures at the 911 memorial yesterday. A little squirrel was eating the pink carnation in Joseph name. It was absolutely adorable .
Andrea Mateo
October 26, 2024 | Other
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Rest in eternal peace, Joseph.
Maria Ferreira
October 23, 2022
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Hi Debbie and family, remembering our meeting and never forgetting your dance stories with Joe, around your kitchen. I will never forgot the memories you shared with me as I helped you put up your “MISSING PICTURES” we taped on the walls in the Pier. Thank you for sharing your Joe with me.
I encourage all family new and old to dance!
I think of you many times a year! If you ever want to contact me my email is included in my information. I hope you are well and...
Barbara Connelly
September 04, 2021 | Shirley, NY | Acquaintance
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Remembering Joseph on the 20th anniversary of 9/11....
Cindy Roe
September 03, 2021 | Galesburg, MI
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I dealt with Joe Calandrillo for a few years in the 1990s, when I worked for Willis, in the UK. He would send an account, I think half-yearly, which contained a few inches of supporting print-out. Our correspondence was mainly written, but we had the occasional telephone conversations also. He was always a pleasure to deal with, and I have remembered his name all these years - probably one of the few clients' names I can recall from that time. I have often wondered...and have put off...
Danny Brown
December 10, 2019 | Ipswich, England
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Hi Cal Another year has gone by....and things here are not like they use to be. Hoping they don't get worse. I was on here a couple months ago but didn't write anything was just thinking about old times. Do that a lot lately. I was recalling the days all year long playing there on Conselyea st. and hanging out on your stoop. So many times teasing your sister Trudy and times your mom Millie use to hang out also. I can remember those days like they were only a few years ago. Wish we had...
Joe chiaravalloti
September 11, 2019 | Culpeper, VA | Friend
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I agree with your friend, Joseph when he says he wishes this country would remember that horrible day. We lost so many good people, and yet this country pulled together in an awesome way and patriotism was at an all-time high. I live in Texas, was working for MetLife, so I felt a connection to New York City, and the WHOLE country felt the loss. We banded together to fight global terrorism, and now it seems that it is just back to a new kind of normal, but not the pride I felt during those...
Del Newberry
November 08, 2018 | Garland, TX
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