Thomas J. Muratore, 84, of Pinellas Park, Florida died on November 6, 2009 at his residence and under the loving care of his family and Suncoast Hospice. He was born in New York City on June 20, 1925, the son of the late Jack and Anna Romeo Muratore. Tom attended local schools and later served three years with the United States Navy during World War II as an aviation mechanic.
Following his military career, Tom was employed and retired as a dispatcher for the New York City Transit Authority. After moving to Florida in 1977, he worked for several years in fleet services for the St. Petersburg Times.
Tom is survived by his wife of 62 years, Marie Meringolo Muratore, of Pinellas Park; his daughters: Anne Nemes, and her husband, Michael, of Dunedin, Florida, and Martha Henninger, and her husband, Richard, of Jeannette, Pennsylvania; his sister, Mary Sciulara of Ozone Park, NY; his brothers: Stephen Muratore, and his wife, Nettie, of Mt. Arlington, NJ, and Albert Muratore, and his wife, Lucille, of Staten Island, NY; four grandchildren: Gina Thomas of New Port Richey, FL, Christopher Nemes of Holiday, FL, Lisa Henninger of Greensburg, PA, and Deana Eutsey of Finleyville, PA; and three great-grandchildren: Kristen Thomas and Shad Thomas, Jr., both of New Port Richey, FL, and Bradley Eutsey of Finleyville, PA.
Services are scheduled from Sylvan Abbey United Methodist, 2817 Sunset Point Rd, Clearwater, FL on Monday, November 9, 2009 with visitation at 10am and services at 11am. Should friends desire, donations may be made to Suncoast Hospice/Silver Team, 3050 1st Avenue S., St. Petersburg, FL 33012 in Tom’s memory.
I miss you already, Tom? Who will we pair up with at the ballgames? And who is going to take us to the Cinema Cafe? I will never be able to smell a sausage sub without thinking of you. I am so glad that we got to visit with you last week-end. Barry and I will be sure to look in on Marie from time to time and to help her in any way we can. I love you, Tom.
The Lutz Patriots, of Lutz, Florida send our deepest sympathies in the loss of Mr. Muratore. His service to our Country will be forever appreciated.
Tom, I’m going to miss you a lot. I’ll remember the more than 15 years we bowled and dined out together, the trip we took to New York City to see the Rays play the Yankees and all the Rays games we went to see. I’ll remember when Jorge Cantu would come to bat and you’d yell out ’Jorge can’t hit a homerun. Jorge Cantu hit a homerun.’ Rest in peace; I’ll keep in touch with Marie and hopefully participate in some activities with her.
Cindy Montgomery sends her warmest thoughts and deepest sympathy to the family. Anne, I feel the sorrow you are going through and pray for comfort in the days to come. Love you.
I have so many memories of Mr. Muratore. Trips to Jahns Ice Cream Palor, when I wore his shoes at my wedding..just too many to name at this time. He was a wonderful man, always with a smile and joke.
My warmest thoughts, deepest sympathy and prayers are with all of you.
May he rest in peace,
Diane
With deepest sympathy, we lost a dear friend. We will miss you, Tom.
With deepest sympathy, we lost a dear friend. We will miss you, Tom.
I will miss my friend,very much.
much more than a friend,loved
you more like a brother.
see you on the next tee.
Al Gil
I still remember visiting on Sundays after church in Farmingdale.. We loved coming to see Uncle Tom, what a wonderful man he was. We will all miss him. Aunt Marie you are in our thoughts and prayers.
We thank you for always showing your sunny disposition. No matter what awful mood someone was in, you were able to make them smile, including us on more than one occasion. Rob and I will miss you at the bowling alley. Say hi to John and Sarah for us. I can only imagine the stories you all are sharing right now.