Nicholas Joseph Pugliese

Nicholas Joseph Pugliese, 80, of Forks Township, died Saturday, October 16, 2004 in St. Luke's Hospital, Fountain Hill.

He was an insurance agent for Allstate Insurance for thirty years, retiring in 1990 and was a police officer in Phillipsburg from 1955 to 1960.

Born April 16, 1924, he was a son of the late Nicodemo and Mary Bisolo Pugliese.

He was an Army Technician Fourth Grade, serving with the 529th and 214th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalions from 1943 to 1946. He received the WWII Victory Medal, Good Conduct Medal and the Asiatic Pacific Service Medal.

He was a member and former lector at St. Anthony of Pauda Catholic Church, Easton. He was a past president and life member of the church's Holy Name Society; was a past president of both the Holy Family Golf and Bowling leagues and was a life member of the Fraternal Order of Fleas, Easton. He was a past president of the Policeman's Benevolent Association, Local 56, Phillipsburg.

He and his wife, the former Rose Attanasio Possinger observed their 25th wedding anniversary May 26th.

He was a 1942 graduate of Phillipsburg High School.

In addition to his wife, he is survived by five sons, Michael and his wife Carla of Easton, Mark of San Diego, Matthew of Reading, Pa., Jeffrey and his wife Catherine of Joshua, Tx, and Richard and his wife Layla of Murphy, Tx; two brothers Joseph of Palmer Twp. and Samuel of Wernersville, Pa.; a step-son Frank Possinger and his wife Nancy of Wheaton, Ill.; 13 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren. A brother Anthony and four sisters, Victoria M. Krosincky , Angelina Bianca, Frances Rodeo and Millie Pugliese all died earlier. Nick would also want to acknowledge his wife's family in Italy and Holland, with whom he always kept in close contact with.

Funeral services will begin at 9:00 a.m. Wednesday in the Noto-Wynkoop Funeral Home, 289 South Main St., Phillipsburg. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday in the Church, 9th and Lehigh Sts., Easton. Entombment will be in Northampton Memorial Shrine, Palmer Twp. Visitation will be held from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Tuesday in the funeral home. Online condolences may be submitted at www.noto-wynkoop.com.

Those planning an expression of sympathy are asked to consider the Holy Name Society of St. Anthony's Church, sent in care of the church.

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