Salvatore Joseph Casella passed away on April 11, 2018. He was 94.

Salvatore (Sal) was born in that section of Manhattan now known as Turtle Bay, then a neighborhood of Italian immigrants. As a boy, he and his friends used the East River as their swimming pool and the corridors of Bellevue Hospital as their playground. When war came, he and his older brother Steve enlisted. Steve joined the army and Sal the navy. As a navy coxswain, Sal steered an LST through some of the most difficult landings in the Pacific. After the war, Sal married, moved to the suburbs and, with his wife Lucy (nee Britton) had two children, Thomas and Robert. Lucy died before her 33rd birthday and Sal, now a widower, was left to raise two young children. Within a few years, he met a tall, pretty young widow, raising her child, Carol, by herself. In 1967 Sal married Catherine (nee Heinzerling).

The new family moved to Southampton, where they owned and operated Beach Plum Cottages and Mastyr Furniture Refinishing. In fairly quick succession, Sal and Cathy were blessed with three more children, Jeffrey, Sally and Danny. The children grew and started lives of their own. In 2000, with retirement, Sal and Cathy moved to a family summer home in Beach Lake, PA. Now retired, Sal enjoyed using his ride on mower on the expansive front yard, tinkering in the basement and just enjoying retirement. Tragically, Cathy passed away in 2014. Sal moved to Nashville, TN to live with his son Jeff, daughter-in-law Laret and grandson Finn, until his death.

Sal is predeceased by one brother, one sister and one granddaughter. He is survived by six children, nine grandchildren, four great-grandchildren and lots of loving in-laws, extended family and friends. All of whom will miss him very much.