Anthony Guarnieri

Anthony Pasquale Guarnieri, 74, of Crown Street, Meriden, formerly of North Haven, died Sept. 3, 2010, at Mid State Medical Center in Meriden.

Mr. Guarnieri was born in New Haven, Feb. 9, 1936, a son of the late Pasquale and Josephine Guarnieri. He was a candy salesman for Capital Candy of Hartford, and later New Britain Candy & Tobacco for 40 years, retiring in 2001. He sang with a doo-wop group in the 1950's called the Bachelors, and performed on the Arthur Godfrey Show.

He is survived by his daughter, Lynn Perry, and her husband Michael, of Sturgis, Mich., his longtime companion, Beverly Booze, of Hamden, his devoted friend Bill Mazzucco, of Southington; four sisters, Eleanor Rappa, of North Branford, Marie Bayus and her husband Bohdan, of Columbus, Georgia, Dolores Rapuano, of Parman Springs, Fla., and Gloria DeLeonardo, of East Haven; two grandchildren, Grace and Christian Perry; and many nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by two sisters, Ann Faiella and Gertrude Stanio, and six brothers, Albert, Fred, Lawrence, Julius, Louis and Salvatore Guarnieri.

A funeral Mass was celebrated May 10 at St. Barnabas Church. Burial was in All Saints Cemetery. The Torello-Iacobucci Washington Memorial Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Memorial donations may be made to Mid State Medical Center, Infusion Unit, 435 Lewis Ave., Meriden, CT 06451.