Joseph R. Stellato, Jr.

Joseph R. Stellato, Jr. age 63 of West Caldwell, NJ died on December 6, 2006 at St. Barnabas Hospital in Livingston. Born in Newark, he lived in Maplewood before moving to West Caldwell 11 years ago. He was the owner of Mondi & Stellato Insurance Co. in Clark, NJ and McDonough & Stellato Insurance Co. in South Orange for 28 years. He was a US Air Force veteran of the VietNam War. Joseph was a member of the West Orange and Livingston Masonic Lodge F&AM and the President of Verona and Orange Rotary Club. Joseph leaves his beloved wife Diane (nee Yaccarino) or West Caldwell and his loving children Marissa of Denville and her future fiance Michael, Mark and his wife Keri of WoodRidge and Joseph of West Caldwell. He cherished his grandaughter Brianna. He was the loving son of Julie (nee Cuccinello) and the late Joseph R. Stellato, Sr. The funeral will be Saturday at 9am from the Ippolito-Stellato Funeral Home 7 Two Bridges Rd., Fairfield, with a 10am Mass at St. Aloysius Church in Caldwell. Interment will follow at Rosedale Cemetery in Orange. Friends will be received Thursday 7-9pm and Friday 2-4 & 7-9pm. Donations may be made to the St. Barnabas Hospice 95 Old Short Hills Rd. 1st Floor, West Orange, NJ 07052.