Benedict V. Aspero

1940 - 2018

Benedict V. Aspero

New Vernon - Benedict V. Aspero, Esq., 77, of New Vernon, New Jersey, passed away on Wednesday, August 22, 2018

Born on September 3, 1940, to Umberto S. and Rose C. Aspero, he was one of four children raised in Newton, New Jersey.

After graduating from Newton High School in 1958, Ben graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1962 with a BA in English and The University of Notre Dame Law School in 1966. He was a member of the New Jersey, New York, District of Columbia Bar Associations and admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court.

He met his wife, Sally, in New York City, married in 1971, and resided in Morristown until 1980 when they moved to New Vernon where they lived until his passing.

Ben started his career with ITT Corporation leaving in 1971 for private law practice at Meyers & Lesser of East Orange, New Jersey. He moved Meyers, Lesser & Aspero to Sparta in 1973. He was a former partner in the law firm of Broderick, Newmark, Grather and Aspero in Morristown. He practiced law in Morristown until 2018.

After finding The Craig School in 1982 and witnessing the enormous benefit to his own son, and the strength of community it provided the parents of learning disabled children, he was an active board member for the past thirty-five years in multiple capacities including chairman. Under his guidance the school grew from eighteen lower school students in a small church facility in Boonton, NJ to its current 130 lower, middle and upper school students with campuses in Boonton, and Mountain Lakes, NJ.

An active member of Northern New Jersey's legal, charitable and religious communities, Ben was an active member of the Morris and Sussex County Bar Associations, a past president of Harding Township Civic Association, the Northern New Jersey Notre Dame Alumni Association, the Sorin Society and later the Order of St. Thomas Moore that provides financial aid and loan forgiveness for students at the University of Notre Dame He was also a menber of the Essex Hunt Club and former member of both Spring Brook Country Club and former Board member of The Morristown Club. Ben had great love of reading and classical music, had been an avid tennis player and so enjoyed spending the winter in Naples, Florida. He was a thirty five year parishioner of Christ the King Roman Catholic Church in New Vernon.

Ben is survived by his wife Sally H. Aspero, sons Benedict V, Aspero, Jr and his wife Cacy Williams Aspero of Washington, DC and Alexander Morgan Aspero of Morristown, NJ; his brother Stephen M. Aspero, Esq. of Philadelphia, PA; nieces and nephew; Teresa Moore Fasciale, Esq. of Westfield, NJ, Patrice Moore Quinn of New Providence, NJ, Anne Moore Armstrong of Cleveland, OH, Allegra Growdon Richdale, Esq. of Pacific Palisades, CA, Whitfield Growdon, MD of Boston, MA, and Stephanie Aspero Mahmoud of Philadelphia, PA. He is predeceased by his sisters Gloria Aspero Moore of Chatham, NJ and Elvira Aspero Growdon of Chestnut Hill, MA.

Visitation: Tuesday, August 28, 2018, 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM at Doyle Funeral Home, 106 Maple Avenue, Morristown, NJ 07960

Mass: Wednesday, August 29, 2018, 10:30 AM at Church of Christ the King, Blue Mill Road, New Vernon, NJ 07976

Burial: Holy Rood Cemetery, 61 Whippany Road, Morristown, NJ 07960

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to The Craig School, Mountain Lakes, NJ or The University of Notre Dame, Sorin Society at giving.nd.edu.