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In Memory of
Joseph
Monaco
Monaco
1925 - 2015
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Obituary for Joseph Monaco
JOSEPH FRANCIS MONACO, SR DIED FEBRUARY 23,2015, OF INVERNESS, FLORIDA, AT THE AGE OF 89 MR. MONACO WAS BORN APRIL 29, 1925 IN PELHAM, NY, TO JOSEPH F. MONACO, SR. AND MITILDA PIRKEY MONACO. DURING WWII, HE SERVED IN THE NAVY ABOARD THE CV-23, AIRCRAFT CARRIER THE USS PRINCETON WHICH WAS SUNK ON OCTOBER 24, 1944 IN THE BATTLE OF LEYTE GULF THE PHILLIPINES IN THE PACIFIC. THE SHIP WAS HIT BY A DIVE BOMBER, IN ONE OF THE LARGEST BATTLES OF WWII. JOE MOVED TO INVERNESS FROM WHITE PLAINS, NEW YORK IN 1987. HE RETIRED FROM THE INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF THEATRICAL STAGE EMPLOYEES LOCAL 366 AND LATER LOCAL 1. HE WORKED ON MANY BROADWAY SHOWS AS A STAGE ELECTRICIAN. SHOWS SUCH AS, SHOWBOAT, CHICAGO, SWEET CHARITY, BIG DEAL, COCO, CAMELOT, COME BACK TO THE 5 & DIME JIMMY DEAN, JIMMY DEAN. JOE WORKED AS A STAGEHAND WITH SUCH ACTORS AS, KATERNINE HEPBURN, ROSLIND RUSSELL, RICHARD BURTON, GWEN VERDON, JERRY LEWIS, TOMMY TUNE, TWIGGY, LILY TOMLIN, DEBBIE ALLEN, AND JERRY ORBACH.
JOE WAS PREDEASED BY HIS WIFE OF 40 YEARS, HELEN HOCKING MONACO, SON JOSEPH MONACO III OF NYC, NY HIS SISTERS, DOROTHY GRANATA, MARGARET CASSIDY AND RITA DE ROSA. HE IS SURVIVED BY DAUGHTER HELEN (BUNNY) MONACO OF INVERNESS, DAUGHTER MARGARET RILEY(JAMES) OF BREWSTER NY AND ST PETERSBURG, FL, AND SON JOHN MONACO (SHERRIE),OF LAS VEGAS, NV, AND HIS SIGNAFICANT OTHER OF 24 YEARS PATTY STEVENSON OF INVERNESS, FL. GRANDCHILDREN, DAVID BELKNAP, JENNIFER RILEY FERRARA, JAMES RILEY IV, JACLYN RILEY HANNA, NICOLE MONACO, AND GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN, VICTORIA RILEY LO MEDICO, EVELYN RILEY, KATELYN FERRARA, ELIZABETH RILEY, HAYLEY HANNA, AND MARGARET HANNA.
JOE WAS PREDEASED BY HIS WIFE OF 40 YEARS, HELEN HOCKING MONACO, SON JOSEPH MONACO III OF NYC, NY HIS SISTERS, DOROTHY GRANATA, MARGARET CASSIDY AND RITA DE ROSA. HE IS SURVIVED BY DAUGHTER HELEN (BUNNY) MONACO OF INVERNESS, DAUGHTER MARGARET RILEY(JAMES) OF BREWSTER NY AND ST PETERSBURG, FL, AND SON JOHN MONACO (SHERRIE),OF LAS VEGAS, NV, AND HIS SIGNAFICANT OTHER OF 24 YEARS PATTY STEVENSON OF INVERNESS, FL. GRANDCHILDREN, DAVID BELKNAP, JENNIFER RILEY FERRARA, JAMES RILEY IV, JACLYN RILEY HANNA, NICOLE MONACO, AND GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN, VICTORIA RILEY LO MEDICO, EVELYN RILEY, KATELYN FERRARA, ELIZABETH RILEY, HAYLEY HANNA, AND MARGARET HANNA.
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