Obituaries

Felix DeMasi, 102, Longtime Tarrytown Resident

Visitation will be at Coffey Funeral Home on Tuesday. Funeral mass will be Wednesday at Immaculate Conception Church with interment to follow in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.

The following comes from Coffey Funeral Home:

Felix A. DeMasi, a longtime Tarrytown resident died May 12, 2013 at the age of 102. He was born in New York City on January 16, 1911 and he was raised in the Bronx.

Felix was a stockbroker with Hayden Stone & Co. in New York for 45 years. He served in the United States Army during WW II.

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On December 27, 1941, he married Rachel DiVico in Immaculate Conception Church. They had been married for 58 years when she died in 1999.

Felix was a parishioner of Immaculate Conception Church where he was a member of the Holy Name Society. He had also served as an usher, a bingo worker and a bazaar worker. He was a member of the American Legion, Spencer Kelly Post. He was also a life active member of Phenix Hose Company which he joined in May of 1954 and he served as the Treasurer of the company for 30 years.

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Felix is survived by his sons Felix A. (Dorothy) of Whispering Pines, NC and Robert A. of Tarrytown. He is also survived by his grandsons John and Stephen as well as five great grandchildren. In addition to his wife Rachel, he was predeceased by his brothers Nick, Anthony and Michael.

Visitation will be at Coffey Funeral Home on Tuesday  from 2-4 & 7-9 PM. His Funeral Mass will be Wednesday at 10:00 at Immaculate Conception Church with interment to follow in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.


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