Vincent Galante died away on December 19, 2024 at Ocean Medical Center in New Jersey. He was 91-years-old. He was a Catholic who was days away from celebrating Christmas with his family.
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Galante was born into an Italian family in Newark, NJ and had two brothers and two sisters. He attended St. Benedict's High School.
He was a talented baseball pitcher who had hoped to play professionally one day. However, he suffered an injury that prevented him from doing so. He was always very active, taking up boxing for awhile and playing softball in his senior years. He lived in.
Newark and Belleville until moving to Brick, NJ in 1987.
In 1951 he married his wife Margaret Jannicelli Galante. They spent over 70 years together and had four children together. In addition to his jobs as husband and father, Galante also worked a few different jobs in his adulthood. He spent over 25 years as a cook in the national guard.
Galante had many different titles throughout his life including, son, husband, father, grandpa, great-grandpa and friend. His friends often called him Vinny. He was incredibly proud of his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
His grandchild, Kenneth Beck Jr., was the first in his family to graduate from college. He was proud to watch his great-grandsons, Matt and Joe McGlynn, play baseball, his favorite sport. Galante also spent lots of time watching his favorite team, the New York Yankees.
He spent the last years of his life living with his wife in Greenbriar 2, a retirement community in Brick, NJ close to his three of his children and many members of his extended family.
He is survived by his wife; his children Maria Beck, JoAnn Thomas, Robert Galante and Vincent Donald Galante; his 13 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren and many nieces, nephews and extended family members.
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