Obituary of Joseph Colangelo MR

Funeral Information for Mr. Joseph N. Colangelo Home: Cinnaminson, NJ Birthdate: December 3, 1917 Place of Birth: Camden, NJ Date of Death: March 2, 2010 Age: 92 Service Information: Saturday March 6, 2010 10:00 AM St. Charles Borromeo Church, 2500 Branch Pike,Cinnaminson,NJ 08077 Visitation Information: Friday March 5, 2010 from 7:00-9:00 PM, Saturday March 6, 2010 from 8:15-9:15 AM Falco/Caruso & Leonard Pennsauken Funeral Home, 6600 North Browning Road, Pennsauken,NJ 08109 Interment Information: Lakeview Memorial Park, Rt. 130 North, Cinnaminson,NJ 08077 Biography: Joseph N. Colangelo, age 92 of Cinnaminson, NJ; passed away on March 2, 2010 at his home surrounded by his loving family.       Beloved husband of 70 years of the late Nettie; Devoted father of Salvatore and his wife Marie, Peter and his wife Patricia, Nicholas and Carole, and Francine and her husband William Eisenmann; Loving grandfather of Joseph, Doreen, Peter Jr., Perry, Nicholas Jr., Christina, Marc, Kevin, and great grandfather of Isabel, Adalene and Joseph.       Joseph was one of the organizers to form the union at Campbell's Soup in the late 1930's.  He served as secretary, treasurer and business manager of Local 80 - United Food and Commercial Workers Union; representing employees at Campbell Soup, US Cocoa Corp., Harris Steel Co., Haddon House Inc., and Flavor Delite.  He also served as  a business agent for Local 77 - American Federation of Musicians from 1960 to 1968.  Mr. Colangelo attended Rutgers University and was a co-adjutant instructor at Rutgers as well as an instructor in the General Education Development Program at Rutgers for students to attain a high school equivalency diploma.  He was also active in the following capacities; secretary/treasurer of the Camden Central Labor Union, Vice President of NJ State Industrial Union Council AFL-CIO, served as general vice-chairman for four years on the United Way Camden County chapter, treasurer of the Union Organization for Social Service (A United Fund agency), past president and secretary of the Delaware Valley Musicians Club, 2 year chairman and later vice-chairman of the executive board of the Camden chapter of the Red Cross.       In his youth, he was a singing band leader using the professional name of Joe Lang.  His dance band and cocktail unit played the major hotels, ballrooms and cocktail lounges in the New Jersey and Pennsylvania area.  He sang in the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church choir in the 1940's and 1950's and performed the "Ave Maria" in many churches for weddings.  Mr. Colangelo was also a charter member of St. Charles Borromeo Church in Cinnaminson.         Relatives and friends are invited to the Visitation and Funeral on Friday from 7 to 9 PM and Saturday from 8:15 to 9:15 AM at the Falco/Caruso & Leonard Pennsauken Funeral Home, 6600 North Browning Road.  Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 AM at the Church of St. Charles Borromeo, 2500 Branch Pike in Cinnaminson.  Interment will follow at Lakeview Memorial Park in Cinnaminson.  The family requests memorial contributions in his memory to the Moorestown Visiting Nurses Hospice, 300 Harper Drive, Moorestown, NJ 08057 OR United Way of Camden County, 196 Newton Avenue, Camden, NJ 08103.  Info, condolences and guestbook at www.carusocare.com The family would like memorial donations to the Moorestown Visiting Nurse Hospice, 300 Harper Dr., Moorestown, NJ 08057, www.moorestownvna.org or the United Way of Camden County, 196 Newton Ave., Camden, NJ 08109, www.uwccnj.org/ .