Joseph A. Savarese

February 10, 1951 ~ March 23, 2022
Born in:
Manhattan, NY
Resided in:
Stony Brook, NY
Services
Visitation: Friday, April 1, 2022 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Branch Funeral Home Smithtown
190 E. Main St.
SMITHTOWN, NY 11787
I can still hear Joey laugh!
We attended many Mets games throughout many of their first disastrous losing seasons. Funny thing is we never saw the Mets lose. They always won when we were in the bleachers.
He loved the Beatles from the time he saw them at Shea Stadium on their first trip to the US right to the end.
May we enjoy shrimp cocktails in a better place someday.
Joey is the only person I know that ever found an error in a major encyclopedia. Before computers. Before the internet. When we had only books. Joey, all of nine years of age, found an error in the World Book Encyclopedia. He caught an error in the birthdate of Andrew Hamilton. We wrote to World Book and, indeed, they acknowledged the error and corrected future editions.
I remember He loved JayDee chiffon cake and the baked ziti industry has taken a major hit.
RIP
Elusive butterfly
Rest in peace cousin, till we all meet again.
Joe was a gentle and kind person that was imbued with a sweetness that was apparent to anyone he met on his journey through life. Joe had a didactic memory that cataloged birthdays of friends, family and many famous persons throughout history. Joe was also a dedicated Beatles aficionado and could tell you almost anything that had ever been printed about the group, the lyrics, their albums and lives.
Joe never had a mean thing to say about anything or anyone and was the perfect definition of a gentleman.
Though he was dealt some hugely difficult blows during his lifetime Joseph somehow managed to soldier through them with courage, dignity and without a moment of bitterness.
He was greatly loved and will be greatly missed.
“Do not go gentle into that good night
Old age should burn and rave at the close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light”. Dylan Thomas