Dominick A. D’Agnillo
Dominick Anthony D’Agnillo, formerly of Sag Harbor, died Thursday, May 12, at the Westhampton Care Center due to complications related to a protracted respiratory illness. He was 90.
A long-time resident of Yonkers, Mr. D’Agnillo was born August 12, 1920 to Clementine Antonucci D’Agnillo and Nicola D’Agnillo of The Bronx. As a young man, he attended a trade school in Manhattan and joined the war effort in 1940. Upon his return home, he married his high school sweetheart, Theresa Yannarelli, on October 17, 1944.
While in the U.S. Army, he was based in Germany. Mr. D’Agnillo was honorably discharged, returned home to his wife and joined the family business as a stonemason in 1945. He was among the crew who set stone for the Lincoln Center project in Manhattan in the mid-1950s and later secured a position as a city building inspector. He was a member in good standing of the Laborer’s International Union of North America. He retired in the late 1960s and moved the family from The Bronx to Yonkers. There, he enjoyed retirement, playing cards, watching baseball games and family visits. He attended Immaculate Conception Church.
Upon the death of his wife of 62 years, Theresa, he moved in with his daughter Carol Rollo, who had moved to Sag Harbor from New York City in 1996.
Due to failing health, he was admitted to the Westhampton Care Center in 2007, where he became a favorite among residents, nurses and staff. There, he met his dear friend Linda Shulman of Moriches, who visited him daily, joining in Scrabble games and watching the New York Yankees.
He is survived by a sister, Rose D’Arminio of Rhode Island; a daughter, Carol Rollo of Sag Harbor; and a granddaughter, Danielle Rollo Clarke and her husband James Clarke of Manhattan.
In addition to his wife Theresa, he was predeceased by a son, Anthony, in 1971; a brother, Anthony D’Agnillo who died while serving in World War II; and a sister, Anna Leva.
Services were held at O’Connell Funeral Home in Southampton on Saturday, May 14. Interment followed on Monday, May 16, at St. Raymond’s Cemetery in The Bronx.
on May 16, 2011