Anthony Graziosi — Armitage & Wiggins Funeral Home

This very lovely obituary was written by Tony’s loving household. My husband and favourite particular person, Anthony Graziosi, handed away peacefully with me and his daughter at his facet at Hackensack University Medical Center on August 1, 2026. He was 71.

A beautiful husband, father, father-in-law, and “Grump-Pa,” “Tony” was the epitome of man. He was charismatic and charming, lighting up each room along with his presence. Although tough to maintain entertained and simply bored (particularly with a automobile), I used to be the luckiest woman on this planet to carry his love and a focus for over 25 years, and can spend the remainder of my life lacking him.

He was firstly a dad to Nicole, after which Katie. Not a day glided by with out a check-in from the “National Guard,” as his niece referred to as it. He was happy with them and the lives they have been making for themselves. Having Nicole and her husband Sid, just a few homes away allowed him to proceed to look at over her. Nothing made him happier than once they began their household. The final 9 years have been spent along with his favourite boys, Neil and Nicky. He relished his title of Grump-Pa. He so hoped to show them the best way to fish and see them develop up. Unable to journey the previous couple of years, he all the time regarded ahead to listening to about Katie’s many adventurous street journeys and her life out west. He so wished he may go to his “Kate the Pain” and see her life on the vary. He liked his canine, Ollie, and his eternally soul canine, Dexter, who I do know is ready for him with a golf ball.

He bought a kick out of being Kay’s butler, and proved every day that he was the type of man who liked taking good care of different folks. He continued to examine in on “Nanny in Puerto Rico,” as he affectionately referred to as her, and wished he may journey to go to her. He was one of the best brother-in-law to Theresa, Kenny and Dianne, Carmen, Al and Judy, and Jasmin. He was additionally fortunate to have fantastic nieces and nephews. Their Uncle Tony was an enormous child himself, and all the time a jokester.

He was blessed with loyal friendships—”his brothers,” as he referred to as them—whom he loved spending time with, sharing movies, and particularly sitting with on the entrance stoop. We are eternally grateful to Gina and Gerald, in any other case referred to as one of the best neighbors; we couldn’t have survived the final yr with out them.

He liked his backyard and fountains, his flowers and garden, and sure, his leaf blower. An avid listener of 70s music, he loved listening to it means too loud at house and within the automobile. He preferred to bounce and have time, loved an ideal meal out, stress-free on the deck with pals, and savoring an ideal glass of wine; how he wished he may have had a glass of wine this previous yr. He was the final word fairly boy—”don’t touch the hair!”—and all the time left the home dressed appropriately, clean-shaven, and with sneakers spotless. He tolerated tenting season for my sake, however liked his Pennsylvania pals and sport of Mexican Train (we knew he was dishonest the entire time). He liked to journey, to fish, and to take lengthy walks. He was a summer time man by way of and thru (he had 72 pairs of shorts to show it) and despised the winter. He dreamed of residing by the water sometime, and requested to spend his eternity there.

Tony is welcomed into heaven (which I can’t wait to inform him was true) by his first spouse, Cookie; his mother and father, Marion and Angelo; his brothers, Tommy and Joey (God assist him); his Uncle Mike; and his brother-in-law, Jamie.

We owe our deepest because of the bone marrow group at John Theurer Cancer Center, particularly Dr. Donato, Emily, Sarah, and Jay and his group who all made a tough journey extra bearable due to their real kindness and compassion. We are each eternally grateful for all that you simply did to make the previous couple of years potential.

Arrangements by Armitage Wiggins Funeral Home are non-public, as was his closing want.

In lieu of flowers kindly think about a donation to the Bone Marrow Transplant Unit of John Theurer Cancer Center.