Reverend Emil Francis Fardellone entered Eternal Rest peacefully on Sunday, December 30, 2012 at the age of 96. Fr. Emil was born on November 10, 1916 and was the beloved son of the late Peter Fardellone and Gilda Ciccarelli Fardellone. He was the brother of John Fardellone, the late Anthony Fardellone, the late Frank Fardellone, the late Victor Fardellone, the late Basil Fardellone, the late Anna Semaska and the late Theresa Archacki and is survived by his nieces and nephews Margaret Ahearn (Albany, NY), Lucille Savarino (St. Croix, USVI), Stanley Archacki (Long Island, NY), Michael Archacki (CT), Patricia Fardellone (New Port Richey, FL) John Fardellone (Long Island, NY), Paul Fardellone (Rochester, NY) and Donna McTiernan (Long Island, NY).
Fr. Emil was baptized on December 2, 1916 in New York City and confirmed on May 30, 1926 also in New York City. Fr. Emil entered the Salesian of St. John Bosco in 1931 as a high school seminarian. Fr. Emil made his first profession on September 2, 1934 at Don Bosco College in Newton, NJ and he was ordained there as a Priest on July 2, 1944. During his 80 years as a Salesian, Fr. Emil has taught at Salesian High School in New Rochelle, NY (1936-1940, 1948-1950) and Mary Help of Christians School in Tampa, FL (1944-1948). He served as a director of the Salesian Schools in Tampa, FL (1950-1956) and New Rochelle, NY (1959-1963) as well as of Don Bosco Tech in Boston, MA (1956-1959). He was the New Rochelle, NY Province’s Superintendent of schools from 1963 to 1967 and Don Bosco Tech’s director of development from 1967 until 1970. In 1970 Father Emil took on parochial ministry, serving as pastor of St. Rosalie’s Church in Harvey, LA, for 12 years. In 1982 he became the founding pastor of St. John Bosco Chruch, also in Harvey, LA, serving for another 12 years. At age 78, he served on the staff at Don Bosco Tech in Boston, MA (1994-1998), of the provincial residence in New Rochelle, NY (1998-1999), of St. Kieran’s Church in Miami, FL (1999-2005), and since 2005 at Archbishop Shaw High School in Marrero, LA.
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