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Anthony V. DeBiasi Of Sag Harbor Dies January 17

author27east on Jan 21, 2020

Anthony V. DeBiasi of Sag Harbor died on January 17, 2020, in Southampton. He was 79.

Born April 5, 1940, in Brooklyn, he was the son of the late Paul and Nancy (Greco) DeBiasi. He earned a degree in electrical engineering from City College of New York, and went into sales and owned a business. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus.

He is survived by his wife, Jeannie (Occhiogrosso); his children and their spouses, Rick and Gina DeBiasi, and Stephen and Michelle DeBiasi, all of New Jersey, and Jill and Michael Caridi of Connecticut; his siblings and their spouses, Loretta and John Fischer of Brooklyn, and Rosemary and Emanuel Cardinale of Sag Harbor; 10 grandchildren; and eight nieces and nephews.

A funeral took place on Monday at St. Andrew’s Roman Catholic Church in Sag Harbor. Funeral arrangements were under the direction of the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in Sag Harbor.

Memorial donations may be made to the Wounded Warrior Project.

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