Anthony “Tony” Michael Calore was born in Luzerne, PA to the late Antonio and Helen Sanfilippo Calore. He was a graduate of Elmer Meyers High School in Wilkes-Barre, PA (1955), attended night classes at Farleigh Dickenson University in NJ (1966), Wilkes University (BA in Accounting 1972) and University of Scranton (MBA 1975). Joining the Marines was one of the most significant events in his life. In April 1955 Tony joined the Marine Corps one week after graduation from high school. He was stationed in Biloxi, Mississippi, Santa Ana, California, Korea, and Japan just to name a few. He was released from active duty April 1959.
In 1958 Tony met Dolores Zorzi, “a skinny girl with nice legs” as he described her, at a bowling alley and married her on September 3, 1960. In March 1960 he accepted his first job as a warehouse stock clerk for Standard Brands, (now RJR Nabisco) from where he retired as a Logistics Manager after 39 years of employment. For 58 years, through hard work, challenges and successes, he and Dolores created wonderful loving homes in various cities (Lake Hiawatha, NJ, Mountain Top, PA, Orefield, PA, Sunset Beach, NC and Oak Ridge, NC) for their children and grandchildren. In 1988 he and Dolores moved to NC to continue his career with Nabisco. They became active and faithful members of St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church and the Italian American Club of Greensboro. After retirement in 1997 Tony continued to work as the proprietor of Calore Enterprises. He was an active member of the Greensboro community and after retirement served as a judge for Guilford County Election Board, drove for Senior Wheels and served as a Red Cross Volunteer. His family was the center of his life and he was a constant presence on the sidelines of his grandchildren’s sporting events. Dolores and Tony loved spending time with their children and grandchildren at Sunset Beach (where he spent his last birthday). Watching collegiate basketball and football was one of his favorite past times but with the children all being graduates of different colleges he rooted for all teams equally. He will be remembered as a character with character, always playing a joke or pranking someone (maybe attributed to his April 1st birthday), but always a man devoted to his family, a trusted advisor, supportive husband and father, fun loving Pop Pop and life of the party.
He is survived by his wife, Dolores Zorzi Calore of the home; children Jeffrey (Patricia) Calore of Chicago, IL; Carol (Gregg) Laub of Germansville, PA, Denise Calore of Washington, DC, Sandra Ellis of Stamford, CT, and Tracy (Robert) Savino of Cary, NC; grandchildren Michael and Austin Kay Calore, Anthony Laub, Christopher and Ryan Ellis, and Benjamin, Isabella and Dominic Savino; and his beloved canine companion, Zena. In addition to his parents he is preceded in death by his precious granddaughter, Colby Anne Calore.
Tony died on February 4, 2019 after an extended illness. His family would like to express their gratitude to the numerous doctors, nurses and staff who thoughtfully and compassionately cared for Tony and his family during his illness, especially those of the Neurosciences ICU at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center.
A mass of Christian burial will be at 11 AM, Friday, February 8, 2019 at St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church in Greensboro. The family will receive friends from 1 to 4 PM and 6:30 to 8:30 PM on Thursday, February 7 at Hanes-Lineberry N. Elm chapel. Interment will be at a later date at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Wilkes-Barre, PA.
In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center earmarked for Neurosciences ICU, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157 or American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 22478, Oklahoma City, OK 73123.
Online condolences may be offered at www.haneslineberryfuneralhomes.com.
