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Antonio F. Ricciardi Jr.
Mr. Antonio F. Ricciardi, Jr. "Frankie" passed away April 13, 2009 at Good
Samaritan Hospital in Suffern, NY, due to complications sustained from a car
accident on November 8, 2008. Born in Gloversville on February 17, 1952, he
was the son of Loretta Peluso Ricciardi, and the late Antonio F. Ricciardi Sr.
Frankie was a graduate of the New York State School for the Deaf in Rome,
NY. He worked for the White Mop Wringer Co. in Fultonville for 34 years, from
the time he graduated to the closing of the business. An avid collector, he
especially enjoyed collecting baseball cards. He loved animals and took his
dog everywhere. Frankie was a sports fan devoted to baseball and NASCAR.
An accomplished artist, he created many abstract pictures and worked
meticulously at small woodworking projects. Most of all, he enjoyed people
and being around family and friends. He will be sadly missed by all who knew
him. In addition to his mother of Fultonville, he is survived by a sister, Sophie
(Gary) Cole of Fultonville; and a brother, Alexander (Bobbi) Ricciardi of
Mayfield. He is also survived by nieces, Melissa Buanno, Brittany Cole, Ereka
Meher; and a nephew, Derek Ricciardi; as well as great-nieces, Zaye and
Laine Buanno, and Paige Meher, who was born the same day Frankie passed
away. Additional survivors include aunts, uncles, and cousins. A prayer
service will be held 9:15 a.m. Saturday at Walrath & Stewart Funeral Home,
51 Fremont St., Gloversville, and at 10 a.m. a funeral Mass will be celebrated
at St. Mary of Mt. Carmel Church in Gloversville, with Reverend Donald
Czelusniak, Pastor, as celebrant. The family will receive friends on Friday
from 4 to 7 p.m. Burial will be at Prospect Hill Cemetery, Gloversville, with a
balloon release tribute. Expressions of sympathy, in his memory, may be
made to the Capital District Deaf Center, 144 Lexington Ave., Schenectady,
NY 12305. Please visit the family online guestbook at www.brbsfuneral.com.
