Richard DelColle

Mr. DelColle was born February 25, 1947 in Philadelphia, PA, the son of the late Louis Edward DelColle and Frances Rose DelColle. He grew up in Levittown, PA and graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in 1965. He has worked for RCA and was stationed in Thule, Greenland in 1968. Mr. DelColle worked 34 years as a salesman for the Courier Post Newspaper in Cherry Hill, NJ, retiring in 2002. He had coached girls’ soccer in Willingboro, NJ for several years, and was affectionately known as “Coach D”. In his retirement, he worked for the Founders Club Golf Course as a Ranger. Mr. DelColle was a master model plane, ship, and car builder. He enjoyed attending monthly WWII and Civil War roundtable meetings.

Survivors include his wife Sande DelColle; a daughter Jeanne DelColle of Absecon, NJ; his son Rob DelColle of Bensalem, PA; two step-sons, John Funston and his wife Milagros Saez of Lititz, PA, and Joel Funston and wife Stephanie of Pottstown, PA; a step-daughter, Candace Funston of Cherry Hill, NJ; a sister Cecilia Coughlin and husband Jim of Tucson, AZ; and three step-grandchildren, Alexander, Lora, and Erin Funston.

The funeral mass will be held at noon on Friday, May 19, 2017 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church with Reverend Doug Lawson officiating. A reception will follow the service at the church. An additional celebration of life service will be held at a later date in South Jersey.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to “Harry’s Fund” of the National Downe Syndrome Society, serving Brunswick and New Hanover Counties.

Online condolences may be made at www.peacocknewnamwhite.com.

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