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March 29, 2012
Services
Friends may visit with the family on Monday, April 2, 2012 from 4-9 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne. Funeral services will be held on Monday at 8 PM just after the visitation hours.
Anthony Eugene Mercaldi age 54 of Wayne died suddenly on Thursday, March 29, 2012.
He was born in Bronx, New York and raised in Mount Vernon New York. He graduated from Mount Vernon High School with the Class of 1975. He lived in Rutherford, Garfield, Paramus and Totowa before moving to Wayne five years ago.
Anthony was a bus boy for Howard Johnsons Restaurant in Yonkers, New York, he later worked for Rye Playland in Rye, New York before returning to Howard Johnsons Restaurant as a chef. He worked as a night shift machinist for fourteen years and was exposed to computerized machinery that sparked an interest in computers. When the company shut down the night shift he took the opportunity and attended Chubb Computer School. After graduating from Chubb he worked as a computer programmer for the Erisco Corporation, a Dunn & Bradstreet Company in New York and the Marsh & McClennan Corporation in the World Trade Center. His career took him to Ohio and Florida before returning to the New York area as a HIPPA/EDI specialist. His entrepreneurial spirit led him to start multiple businesses including, owner/operator of an ice cream truck, Mr. T’s Hot Dogs, Brothers’ Video, Yardmaster, Risk Management Technologies, and Anthony E. Mercaldi Consulting. Most recently he worked for 26 New York in New York and the Visiting Nurse Service of New York. He has been featured in many national press releases from Microsoft and many other Fortune 500 organizations for his superior skills in HIPPA/EDI processing and management. He was a head of the committees that wrote the HIPPA laws to ensure personal privacy for all Americans in all aspects of health care and insurance information.
Anthony met Maria Ramirez soon after moving to New Jersey. They had a three month courtship before dropping to his knees to propose marriage at the Grand Saloon in Clifton. Eight months later they were married on June 4, 1978. They have enjoyed thirty-three years of loving marriage.
Anthony’s greatest passion was music and playing the bass guitar. He played in multiple southern rock bands throughout the 70’s, culminating with the Branson Brothers Band. In recent years he continued to use his musical talents to host karaoke nights at local bars and DJ for parties. Through the years Anthony was always considered the life of the party. He was quick with a joke and the light of his smoke and loved to make people laugh.
He was the loving husband of Maria (nee Ramirez) Mercaldi; loving father of Anthony Joseph Mercaldi of Wayne and Nicole Mercaldi of Hoboken; cherished grandfather of Anthony Joseph Mercaldi III; son of Marlene and Anthony Mercaldi(deceased 1986); loved brother of Christopher Mercaldi and his wife Maria of Mahopac, NY and Debbie Linarello and her husband Michael of Poughauaq, NY; uncle of Christopher Mercaldi, Anthony’s Godson, and Michael Linarello; beloved nephew to Roseann Belford; cousin to Larry and Vicki Belford, Marlene and Frankie D’Auria, Bobby Belford; cousin to Joe and Donna Cannatella and family, and lifelong friend to Jerry DiScala and his wife Ann Marie.
Anthony was also very close with his in-laws, Dolores and Raul Ramirez(deceased 2004) of Passaic, NJ; brother-in-law to Janet and Ricardo Pabon of Garfield, NJ; Nacio and Sue Ramirez of Riverdale, NJ; uncle to Michael and Daniel Ramirez.
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Friends may visit with the family on Monday, April 2, 2012 from 4-9 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne. Funeral services will be held on Monday at 8 PM just after the visitation hours.
March 29, 2012
Services
Friends may visit with the family on Monday, April 2, 2012 from 4-9 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne. Funeral services will be held on Monday at 8 PM just after the visitation hours.
Anthony Eugene Mercaldi age 54 of Wayne died suddenly on Thursday, March 29, 2012.
He was born in Bronx, New York and raised in Mount Vernon New York. He graduated from Mount Vernon High School with the Class of 1975. He lived in Rutherford, Garfield, Paramus and Totowa before moving to Wayne five years ago.
Anthony was a bus boy for Howard Johnsons Restaurant in Yonkers, New York, he later worked for Rye Playland in Rye, New York before returning to Howard Johnsons Restaurant as a chef. He worked as a night shift machinist for fourteen years and was exposed to computerized machinery that sparked an interest in computers. When the company shut down the night shift he took the opportunity and attended Chubb Computer School. After graduating from Chubb he worked as a computer programmer for the Erisco Corporation, a Dunn & Bradstreet Company in New York and the Marsh & McClennan Corporation in the World Trade Center. His career took him to Ohio and Florida before returning to the New York area as a HIPPA/EDI specialist. His entrepreneurial spirit led him to start multiple businesses including, owner/operator of an ice cream truck, Mr. T’s Hot Dogs, Brothers’ Video, Yardmaster, Risk Management Technologies, and Anthony E. Mercaldi Consulting. Most recently he worked for 26 New York in New York and the Visiting Nurse Service of New York. He has been featured in many national press releases from Microsoft and many other Fortune 500 organizations for his superior skills in HIPPA/EDI processing and management. He was a head of the committees that wrote the HIPPA laws to ensure personal privacy for all Americans in all aspects of health care and insurance information.
Anthony met Maria Ramirez soon after moving to New Jersey. They had a three month courtship before dropping to his knees to propose marriage at the Grand Saloon in Clifton. Eight months later they were married on June 4, 1978. They have enjoyed thirty-three years of loving marriage.
Anthony’s greatest passion was music and playing the bass guitar. He played in multiple southern rock bands throughout the 70’s, culminating with the Branson Brothers Band. In recent years he continued to use his musical talents to host karaoke nights at local bars and DJ for parties. Through the years Anthony was always considered the life of the party. He was quick with a joke and the light of his smoke and loved to make people laugh.
He was the loving husband of Maria (nee Ramirez) Mercaldi; loving father of Anthony Joseph Mercaldi of Wayne and Nicole Mercaldi of Hoboken; cherished grandfather of Anthony Joseph Mercaldi III; son of Marlene and Anthony Mercaldi(deceased 1986); loved brother of Christopher Mercaldi and his wife Maria of Mahopac, NY and Debbie Linarello and her husband Michael of Poughauaq, NY; uncle of Christopher Mercaldi, Anthony’s Godson, and Michael Linarello; beloved nephew to Roseann Belford; cousin to Larry and Vicki Belford, Marlene and Frankie D’Auria, Bobby Belford; cousin to Joe and Donna Cannatella and family, and lifelong friend to Jerry DiScala and his wife Ann Marie.
Anthony was also very close with his in-laws, Dolores and Raul Ramirez(deceased 2004) of Passaic, NJ; brother-in-law to Janet and Ricardo Pabon of Garfield, NJ; Nacio and Sue Ramirez of Riverdale, NJ; uncle to Michael and Daniel Ramirez.
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