Louis Cuccinello

CUCCINELLO Louis A., age 92, of Haledon, passed away peacefully on July 13, 2011 surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Paterson, NJ on February 8, 1919 to Grace and Salvatore Cuccinello. Lou graduated from Eastside High School where he earned all state honors in baseball and football. He was the coach of Modern Central Football Team which won City and State titles. Lou served in the US Army 28th Infantry Division in World War II. After his discharge from the Army he worked for Wright Aero Corporation where he was Plant Chairman and Business Agent for the UAW-CIO Local 669. While at the Wright Aero Corporation he also played semiprofessional baseball. Lou served as supervisor for the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission for 22 years. He was a Commissioner and Vice-Chairman of the North Jersey District Water Supply for 19 years. Lou was also a trustee of the Passaic County Technical High School Education Foundation. Always keeping himself active and involved, Lou was Commissioner of Recreation for the City of Paterson, member of the Italian Circle and All Wags Athletic Association, Commander of the Riverside Vets, Chairman of the Riverside Vets Boys Club, Legislative Aide to Senator John Girgenti, member of the Veterans of Foreign War and Paterson Old Timers Association, Secretary Greater Paterson Lou Costello Memorial Statue, and a member of the Joe Louis Memorial Committee. Some of his memorable achievements were his induction into the Paterson Old Timers Baseball Hall of Fame in 1997, the Bergen County Semi Pro Baseball Hall of Fame 1978, Man of the Year Paterson Youth Guidance Council, and Eastside High School Hall of Fame 2003. In 2010 Lou was honored at Lou Cuccinello Day in the City of Paterson. He was also honored with the naming of the press box at Pennington Park which bears his name. He is survived by his loving wife of 64 years, Delma (nee Simonetti), his devoted daughters Sandra Wilson and Patricia Haliskoe, and their husbands Jim Wilson and Kenneth Haliskoe, as well as his grandchildren Christopher and Brian Haliskoe. Also remembered and sadly missed by Jim and Sandy's daughter Heather Moyer and her husband Don and their son, Nickolas. Lou was predeceased by his brothers Carmen, Dominick and Sam Cuccinello and his sisters, Mary De Padua, Louise De Padua, and Rose Stonebridge. Funeral will be departing at 9:30 AM on Monday, July 18, 2011 from the Browning-Forshay Funeral Home, 557 Lafayette Avenue, Hawthorne for a 10 AM funeral mass at St. Gerard's R.C. Church, Paterson. Entombment will follow at the Calvary Cemetery Mausoleum, Paterson. Friends may call on Saturday evening from 7-9 PM, and on Sunday from 2-4 and 7-9 PM. In lieu of flowers please consider continuing Lou's legacy by making a donation in his name to any of these organizations, Riverside Vets Boys Club, 123 Royal Ave., Hawthorne, NJ 07506, the Preakness Hospital Auxiliary, 305 Oldham Rd., Wayne, NJ 07470, St. Joseph's Regional Medical Foundation, 703 Main Street, Paterson, NJ 07503, or to St. Barnabas Hospice, 95 Old Short Hill Rd., West Orange, NJ 07052. (www.browningforshay.com)