Nicholas Buonfiglio

SAUGERTIES-Nicholas "Slim" Buonfiglio, 84, of Livingston St. died Sunday, May 26, 2013 at the Northern Dutchess Hospital, Rhinebeck.
A lifetime area resident, he was born Feb. 10, 1929 in Glasco the son of the late John Nicholas and Mildred Zibella Buonfiglio.
He was employed for many years as a carpenter for the New York Telephone Company. One of his first jobs was working at the family owned business, P. Zibella & Sons Cider Mill.
He then served in the Korean Conflict with the U. S. Army and returned home with a Purple Heart Award, a special recognition of his services. Slim enjoyed snow plowing and chatting at the local diners, where all the waitresses knew him.
Survivors include son: John and his wife Cathy of Hurley; three daughters: Barbara Buonfiglio and her fiancé John Runfolo of New Rochelle, Cathy Grollimund and her husband Edward of Middlebury, Conn. and Melissa Morgan of Kingston; four grandchildren: Michelle and Michael Buonfiglio, Jaclyn Meyer and husband Jacob and Michael Willis; mother of his children: Norma Modjeska-Morgan; beloved pal: Jimmy Palumbo. Many cousins also survive.
His Funeral Procession will form 8:15 a.m. Thursday at the Seamon-Wilsey Funeral Home, Inc., corner of John and Lafayette Streets, Saugerties thence to St. Joseph's R.C. Church where at 9 a.m. a Mass of Christian Burial will be offered. Friends will be received Wednesday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Interment will follow in the St. Mary's Cemetery, Saugerties.
Family suggests donations in his memory be made to the Ulster County SPCA, 20 Wiedy Road, Kingston, N.Y. 12401 or Disabled Veterans, Attn: Gift Processing, P.O. Box 14301, Cincinnati, Ohio 45250 Expressions of condolence may be shared with the family at SeamonWilseyFuneralHome.com