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Salvatore Leone Obituary

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Salvatore Leone

Brooklyn, NY

July 24, 2021

Salvatore Leone Obituary

Salvatore Leone January 4, 1939 – July 24, 2021 Salvatore Leone, age 82 of Brooklyn, New York, passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family on Saturday, July 24, 2021. He was born to the late Francesco Paolo “Giacomo” Leone and Isabella (Conigliaro) Leone on January 4, 1939, in Carini, Sicily. As a young child Salvatore loved picking olives and lemons at the family farm in Carini. He also loved diving off the cliffs of Sicily into the sea water. The beach was his favorite place to be as he was growing up. His parents owned the grocery store on Via San Antonio Vecchio, which was also the house he was born and resided. Although he and his future wife were next door neighbors, this is the place where he fell in love with her. As a young man in Italy, he was a bricklayer and later went on to begin his lifelong career as a construction worker. While in Sicily, he proposed via mail to the love of his life Phyllis (Randazzo) Leone who was living in America at the time. On September 9, 1961, they were married at Chiesa Madre in Carini, Sicily and travelled back to America together as husband and wife. He started working as a construction worker in Local Union 6A and soon after they purchased a home on East 3rd Street in Brooklyn, New York and that’s where they began their family. Salvatore’s favorite pastime was hunting on his property upstate, gardening, watching soccer, building toothpick structures, travelling and cooking/baking with his wife. He loved making homemade ricotta, cheeses, pizza, pasta and cuccidati Italian fig cookies. He enjoyed his glass of red wine, espresso and had a sweet tooth. He loved spending time with his family and making family dinners that were not only delicious, but the presentation was better than any restaurant. Aside from all of this, his passion was his family, he never put himself first, he sacrificed so much for his family’s happiness. Salvatore is survived by his wife Phyllis, his children Isabella (Salvatore), Maria (William), Giacomo (Alexis) and Phyllis (Adam); his grandchildren William (Christina), Cameron (Ashley), Alessandria, James, Massimo, Rayana (Frederick), Makayla, Salvatore, Tristen, Brielle, Joseph and Nicholas; his great-grandchildren Isabella, Timothy, Ethan, Giavanna, Nicholas, Mason, Matteo and William; his siblings Giroloma, Anna, Giacomo, Giuseppa, many nieces, nephews and loving family and friends. He was predeceased by his parents Francesco Paolo “Giacomo” Leone and Isabella (Conigliaro) Leone, his siblings Salvatore, Giuseppe and Antonino.

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