NICOLA BRUSCO

BRUSCO--Nicola S., age 91, died peacefully on November 12, 2025, at his home in Yonkers, New York. He was surrounded by his family and his faithful dog Teddy. It is fitting that Nicola passed on the 3rd day following the reading of 1 Corinthians 3:9-11 at Sunday Mass. As Jesus was the master builder of our faith so too was Nicola a lifelong builder, not just of "houses" as he called brownstones but of his family and lifelong friendships. Nicola was born in Belmonte, Calabro, Prov. Consenza, Italy on January 27, 1934. He was the son of Joseph and Cristina Brusco and had one sibling, Rosina. He left Italy at age 14 and moved to New York. He attended Commerce High School on the Westside of Manhattan and wasted no time pursuing his American Dream. As a young man he aspired to be an opera singer and later became a longtime supporter/ member of the Metropolitan Opera. He was no stranger to hard work and during his career path he performed various jobs including, an ice man, a laborer and then a union carpenter working on projects including Madison Square Garden and Temple Emanu-El. He then went on to found his own construction company with his brother-in-law, Domenico Pate, Brusco & Pate Contracting Corp. He married Maria Bisceglia on November 9, 1957. He and Maria were happily married for over 60 years and they had five (5) children together. Nicola was a lifelong Catholic and worked until his late 80s. He loved life and enjoyed the outdoors, particularly gardening, hunting, and fishing. Thursday evenings were opera night at the Met with Maria and Sundays were reserved for his family and home cooked meals. He loved to watch Joe DiMaggio at Yankee Stadium as a teenager and was a lifelong Yankees fan. Nicola is survived by his older sister Rosina and his five (5) children Joseph (Marylou), Nicholas (Lucy), Paul (Michelle), John (Jaqueline) and Cristina (Kirk), eighteen (18) grandchildren and six (6) great- grandchildren. Calling hours at the Fred H. McGrath and Son, Funeral Home, Bronxville, between the hours of 5pm to 8pm Thursday, November 13, 2025 and Friday, November 14, 2025. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at the St. Joseph's Church in Bronxville, New York on Saturday, November 15, 2025, at 9:45am. The entire Brusco family would like to express their gratitude to the community for its support, as well as, William Suozzi MD, Van Hong Nguyen, MD, and their staffs for the care and the dignity that they provided Nicola. The family requests that, in lieu of flowers, donations be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, at www.stjude.org