Michael was born on August 24,1952 in Bayside, NY to Frank and Amelia (Pieszak) Daddura. He received his degree from New York Tech while working at Bobley Publishing in Woodbury. It was there that he met his future wife, Aurelia Schaffer, who was working there while earning her degree from Nassau Community College and New York Tech. The two were ultimately married in July 16, 1977. They had one child, Christopher Daddura.
Michael and Aurelia lived in Huntington Station, but were able to live their dream by buying property and building their second home in Montauk, NY. Over the next few years, Michael worked for Fortunoff’s, Fairchild Republic (until they went out of business) and then LILCO/KEYSPAN/PSEG where after 25 years retired in 2016. When Aurelia retired in 2018, they moved out to Montauk full time.
Michael loved World War II history. He loved baseball and hockey, both watching and participating. The Mets and Islanders were his favorite teams and attended many games at Shea Stadium and Nassau Coliseum. Being in Montauk, he was able to pursue his true passions of being on the water—fishing, boating, scuba diving, hanging on the beach and flying a kite. His true passion, especially after retiring, was fishing. He loved fishing with his Montauk buddies and son Chris. He also loved flying and got his dream job at Montauk Airport of guiding the planes as they landed at the airport.
Michael was preceded in death by his father and mother and his sister, Carol. He is survived by his wife, Aurelia and son, Christopher, as well as cousins, Jackie, Gerry, Susan, Ginny, Dick and Bill and nieces, Danielle and Sarah, and nephews, Michael, Brian, and Matthew, as well as eight great nieces and great nephews. Visitation to be held at Vernon C. Wagner Funeral Home at 125 Old Country Road, Hicksville, NY on May 5 from 4-6pm. Memorial service to be held at Our Lady of Mercy at 500 S Oyster Bay Rd, Hicksville, NY on May 6 starting at 11am. Suggested memorials in Michael’s name are Leukemia Research Foundation at donate.lls.org in Memory of Michael Daddura, Little Shelter at littleseltter.org/donate in Memory of Michael Daddura, or St. Therese of Lisieux Church, 67 South Essex Street, PO Box 5027, Montauk, NY 11954.
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