Angelo Giuseppe Scalise

Angelo Giuseppe Scalise, 85, of Rocky Hill, beloved husband for 61 years of Emilia (Caruso) Scalise, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his loving family on Thursday, February 17, 2022. Born in Pianopoli, Province of Catanzaro, Italy on March 11, 1936, he was the son of the late Francesco and Anita (Mascaro) Scalise.

Angelo came to the United States with his father in 1954. A few years later, he went back to Italy for the love of his life, Emilia. Together they returned to the United States to marry and begin their new family. While he maintained his Italian heritage and honored its traditions, he was proud to become an American citizen and make the U.S. their home. Angelo worked at Electro Methods, Inc. as a machinist for over 45 years, but his true passions could be found at home, where he was a wine maker and avid gardener, tending his prized fig trees and vegetable garden, which were the foundations of the many celebrations where he would inspire everyone to join in his singing and dancing. Angelo was always the life of the party with a smile that would light up a room. Summer picnics would become “Christmas in July,” including Angelo’s special rendition of “Silent Night” and his favorite Italian folksong, “Calabrisella Mia.” More than anything, his family was the most important thing to him, and he will be dearly missed by all who knew him.

In addition to his devoted wife Emilia, Angelo will be forever missed by his three sons, Frank Scalise and his wife Bela of Rocky Hill, Joseph Scalise and his fiancée Kim Lesay and her children, Saylee and James, all of Manchester and Anthony Scalise and his wife Cristina of Waxhaw, NC and his nine adored grandchildren, Alissa with Danny Conti, Nicholas, Michael, Mathew, Danny, David, Gabriella, Dominic and Isabella. He is also survived by his brother, Joe Scalise of Hartford, as well as many nieces, nephews, extended family members and friends in the United States and Italy, including his faithful, four-legged companion, Lupo. He was predeceased by his brother, Emilio Scalise and his sister, Maria Gramuglia. Special thanks to the amazing caregivers at the Bliss 10 Stepdown Unit at Hartford Hospital for their compassionate care and heartfelt sendoff.

The family will receive relatives and friends from 2 to 4 p.m. on Sunday (February 20th) at the D’Esopo Funeral Chapel, 277 Folly Brook Boulevard, Wethersfield. The Funeral Procession will depart at 9:15 a.m. on Monday (February 21st) from the D’Esopo Funeral Chapel for a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. at St. Josephine Bakhita Parish (St. Elizabeth Seton Church), 280 Brook Street, Rocky Hill. The Mass will be livestreamed via the D’Esopo Funeral Chapel Facebook page. Entombment will follow in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford.

Donations in Angelo’s memory may be made to the American Heart Association, P.O. Box 840692, Dallas, TX 75284-0692. To share a memory of Angelo with his family, please visit www.desopofuneralchapel.com.