Joseph Anthony Magri, 91, of Lincroft, passed away Oct. 26, 2023.
Joseph was born and raised in Gravesend, Brooklyn and graduated from St. Michaels High School. He was drafted and served his country honorably in the U.S. Navy. He spent his Navy career on the USS Battleship Missouri and traveled the entire world two times over. Following his military service, he returned to Brooklyn and attended Brooklyn College and graduated with a degree in business. It was then he began his prosperous career in sales.
Joseph married the love of his life, Anna, in 1963, shortly after meeting her at a dance in Coney Island she did not want to attend. The two moved to Sheepshead Bay and raised their young family there.
Joseph was into being healthy before many people knew anything about it. He learned as much as he could about keeping his body and mind in peak health and his passion was to teach others the same. Joseph enjoyed going to the beach, spending weekends in the Poconos, playing paddle ball in the park, watching his garden blossom each year and, above all, spending quality time with his family.
Joseph was predeceased by his parents, Joseph P. Magri and Josephine Cerreta, and his sister Anna Ficara.
Joseph is survived by his loving wife of 60 years Anna Magri; his children, Joseph P. Magri and his wife Laura, and Gina Giannattasio and her husband Allie; his brother Angelo Magri and his wife Vicky; his grandchildren, Joshua and his wife Ashley, Joseph, Justin, Danielle and her partner Michael Allen, Nicole and Kristen; and his beloved great-grandchildren, Mason, Maximus and Leonidas. Joseph was a loving husband, father, brother, uncle, grandfather, great-grandfather and friend.
Visitation was held Nov. 1 at the Holmdel Funeral Home, Holmdel. A funeral service was held Nov. 2 at Tower Hill Church, Red Bank. Burial followed at William C. Doyle Veterans Memorial Cemetery.
This article originally appeared in the November 9 – 15, 2023 print edition of The Two River Times.
