Carmelo A. "Carl" Corpora, 73, of Phillipsburg, died Sunday, September 15, 2002 in Warren Hospital in Phillipsburg.

He was a sales and delivery man for Frito-Lay in Belfast, Pa. for seventeen years, retiring in 1986. He then work for Wells-Fargo Security at Ingersoll-Rand in Phillipsburg until 1997.

Born August 24, 1929 in New York City, N.Y., he was the son of the late Joseph and Maria Merlo Corpora.

He was a member of St. Philip and St. James Catholic Church, Phillipsburg and a member of the church's Holy Name Society.

He was a member of the Phillipsburg Chapter of the American Association of Retired Persons. He enjoyed golfing with St. Anthony's Golf League in Easton and bowling with the Warren Commercial Bowling League at Warren Lanes in Phillipsburg.

He and his wife, the former Mary Josephine "Josie" Polcari observed their 46th wedding anniversary June 2nd.

In addition to his wife, he is survived by two sons, Mickey and his wife Christi of Palmer Township and John D. and his wife Joanne of Nazareth; a brother Placido of Homer, N.Y.; two sisters, Josephine of Wayne, N.J. and Maria Sedlacek of Budd Lake, N.J.; two grandsons, Vincent and Nicholas and a granddaughter Olivia Rose. Two brothers Santo and Anthony and a sister Bessie all died earlier.

Funeral services will begin 9:00 a.m. Thursday in the Noto-Wynkoop Funeral Home, 289 South Main St., Phillipsburg, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 9:30 a.m. in the church, 426 South Main St., Phillipsburg. Burial will be in the parish cemetery, Greenwich Township, N.J. Visitation will be held Wednesday from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. and from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. in the funeral home.

The family requests memorial donations to the Warren Hospital Foundation Tree of Life, 185 Roseberry St., or the Phillipsburg Emergency Squad, P.O. Box 215, both in Phillipsburg, NJ 08865.