Louis A Castaldo Sr., 94, a lifetime resident of Oswego, NY, died peacefully Monday, May 18th, 2020 in Morningstar Rehabilitation Center, Oswego.
Louis was born August 18th, 1925, and was the son of the late Domenic, and Anna (Sperino) Castaldo. He was the 7th of 10 children.
Louis graduated from Oswego High School, and subsequently served in the United States Army Airforce from 1943 to 1945, during World War II. He was a Chief in the CB’s and Naval Militia. Louis was a member of the Carpenters local 747 until his retirement in 1987. He was a life communicant of St. Joseph’s Church, a member of the American Legion, Oswego and was a life member of the Elk’s.
Louis was predeceased by his wife of 67 years, Cynthia (Little) Castaldo, who was the love of his life, a granddaughter Katherine Hammer, son-in-law Mark Colahan and his siblings Celia Castaldo Godici, Maryann Castaldo, Samuel Castaldo, Reverend Raymond Castaldo, Angelo Castaldo, Richard Castaldo and James Castaldo.
He is survived by his loving children Louis (Dorothy) Castaldo of Oswego, Raymond Castaldo of Florida, Gloria (Steve) Jacobson of South Carolina, Donna Colahan of Virginia, Janet (John) Hammer of Virginia and Kim Castaldo of Oswego. He is also survived by his beloved grandchildren Jamie, Raymond, Adam, Matthew, Ann-Marie, Louie, Sarah, Addison, Samuel, Brianna, Curtis, Austin, thirteen great grandchildren and two siblings, Joseph Castaldo of Oswego, NY, and Domenic (recently deceased, 7/6/20) (Roseanne) Castaldo of Kingston NY, and sister-in-law Florence Castaldo. Louis was a proud and loving husband, father, grandfather, brother and uncle.
His favorite place to gather was at home with his family. He loved a good card game with his brothers and sisters, family meals with his children and grandchildren, and having a captivating audience as he reminisced about his past and played the harmonica. He was a “jack of all trades” if he couldn’t fix it, it couldn’t be fixed. He appreciated the outdoors with a passion for hunting, fishing and camping as well as ice skating with his brother Richie. He will be remembered by many as “Snuffy” as he was affectionately called by his family and close friends. He will be dearly missed.
Due to the National COVID outbreak there were no calling hours. A celebration of life will be held at a later time.
The family would like to thank the nurses, caretakers and staff at Morningstar Nursing Home for their compassion and ability to see the person behind the patient.
Donations can be made to the Alzheimer’s Association at Alz.org in Louis’ memory.
The arrangements were in the care of the Sugar & Scanlon Funeral Home, Oswego.