Bruno Minchillo

Bruno Minchillo obituary, Eastchester, NY

Bruno Minchillo

Bruno Minchillo Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by Westchester Funeral Home, Inc. on Jul. 12, 2025.

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Bruno Giuseppe Minchillo, 75, passed away on July 9, 2025, at White Plains Hospital, New York. He was a beloved father, grandfather, and friend.
Born on June 6 1950 in Guglionesi, Abruzzo, Italy, to Carlo Minchillo and Desdemona (née Luzzi), Bruno was the youngest of five siblings. Drawn to the butchering trade at an early age, he proudly immigrated to the New York City area by sea at 18, gaining legacy entry through his father's World War I service.
Bruno married Phyllis Ann Marciano on June 15 1974 in New Rochelle, NY, and together they raised three children-Nicola Angela, Carlo Anthony, and John Philip before separating in 1995.
A master butcher, Bruno served Westchester County families for more than forty years, earning a reputation for skill, honesty, and quick wit.
Charismatic, fiercely independent, and relentlessly hard-working, Bruno poured his free hours into the garden that made his New Rochelle home like the Abruzzo hills of his youth. When the shovels were set aside, he lost himself in episodes of Masterpiece Theatre or took long meandering walks while talking with his neighbors who adored him, visited his friends at the markets, or debated with his brother Socrate who lived in nearby Mt. Vernon. A self-made man who met every hardship with grit and a wry smile, he loved the rejoinder, "When the water reaches your backside, you learn to swim."
Bruno is survived by his children Nicola, Carlo, and John, his grandson Trey Barber, his son-in-law William Barber, and his daughter-in-law Kristin Forte.
A Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Saturday, July 19 at 10:30 a.m. at Immaculate Conception Church, Tuckahoe. His children will later return his remains to his ancestral home in Italy. A memorial gathering will follow at 12 p.m. at Ciao, 5-7 John R. Albanese Place, Eastchester.
Bruno supported St. Jude Children's Research Hospital for decades, convinced that every child deserves a chance to grow up healthy. In lieu of flowers, the family invites you to honor his memory with a gift to St. Jude’s. http://fundraising.stjude.org/goto/InMemoryOfBrunoMinchillo

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