Salvatore Anthony Mucaro

Salvatore Anthony Mucaro of Fernandina Beach FL passed away peacefully on May 16, 2024, leaving behind a legacy of love, strength, and cherished memories. Salvatore was born in The Bronx, NY to Nicola Mucciacciaro and Christina Mucciacciaro (Nee DiMangano) on December 13th, 1934. He was the middle child of the family, and loved his two siblings, older sister Maria (McGuckin)and younger brother Mario Mucaro and their families dearly. Some of Salvatore's favorite childhood hobbies included building balsa wood model airplanes, playing street hockey and stick ball and racing pigeons.
Salvatore was a high school graduate of Christopher Columbus High School in The Bronx, and worked as a draftsman for several engineering firms in NYC. He served in the US Army from 1956-1958. After his discharge he married his wife Rosemarie Mucaro (Carogana) in 1958, and lived in Jackson Heights, NY, until moving to Maywood, NJ in 1966. Over the years he was involved with many of his children's activities, including Cub Scouts and coaching his son's hockey teams and well as attending his daughters ballet recitals. He was a member of the Bergen County Brewers Athletic Club and enjoyed playing softball, golf and bowling. He was also involved with Our Lady Queen of Peace Church's annual Country Supper Show, where he became passionate about singing and performing in front of an audience. This eventually led to his lifelong love of karaoke, which he participated in until just a few weeks prior to his passing.
After becoming single again in the early 1980s, he met and married his second wife Cindy McDermott and moved to Connecticut for several years before relocating to Fernandina Beach FL. After her passing he reconnected with his childhood sweetheart Dorothy Piano and they spent many happy years together until her passing in 2016.
Salvatore worked in the toy industry from 1967 until his semi-retirement in 2010. He worked for such noteworthy companies as Remco Toys, Aurora Products Corporation, Mego Toy Corp., Ideal Toy Corp. and Coleco Toys, before starting his own development company Studio Geppetto with longtime friend and coworker John MacNett. He has several toy design patents and designed several successful toys in his long career as a package designer and toy designer.
Salvatore is survived by his three children and their spouses, Tory and Lisa Mucaro, Damian and Cynthia Mucaro, and Beth and Frank Pinto, his eight grandchildren and their spouses Nicole and Ryan Hall, Dante and Maren (Morsch) Mucaro, Giuliana and Travis Trent, Daniel, Scott, Allison, Ronnie and Jason, and his 2 great grandchildren, Conrad and Calvin Hall. He also leaves behind his dear sister in law, Deanna Schwam, and many nieces, nephews and their children and grandchildren.