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Louis Portuesi Obituary

Won over 100 awards for art direction Louis Portuesi died on November 24, 2021. He was 89 years old. He was a prolific artist and is best remember for his time as an Art Director for Reader's Digest magazine. During his lifetime, he won over 100 awards for art direction. He was even honored by President Bush for his work on the "Drug Free America" campaign. He lived on Staten Island for 50 years before moving to Connecticut and later Florida. His first wife Johanna passed away in 1993. He is survived by his second wife, Joyce Christopher and his daughters: Jane Mosquera and Beth Cotroneo.

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Published by Staten Island Advance from Dec. 16 to Dec. 17, 2021.

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John Hackett

December 21, 2021

I have had the honor and pleasure of caddying for Louis Portuesi at the RCCC golf course on Staten Island way back in 1972. He was a fairly decent golfer then, but he was a better human being. I ended up caddying for him on and off for the next five years, and he and I struck up conversations on anything; my going to school, golf, cars, what I was going to do after school; you name it. He was a pleasure to talk to. Years later we lost contact with each other, but I still remember the "good old days" of being on the golf course and chatting with him. My condolences to his family. RIP, Mr. Portuesi, and enjoy the golf in Heaven.

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