Larry Joseph Pontillo,66 of New York City, New York died Sunday December 27, 2020. Larry was born September 25, 1954 in New Haven, CT to Louis and Mary Rita Pontillo, Sr. Larry was happily and lovingly married to Kathleen Pogwizd Pontillo. Besides his loving wife Kathy, Larry is survived by his brother Louis A. Pontillo, Jr and his wife Amelia B. Pontillo of Southbury, CT. Also, his brother Christy A. Pontillo and his wife Sandra G. Pontillo of Clinton, CT. Larry is survived by his nieces Jennifer A. Pontillo of Framingham, MA, Sara G. Johnson and her husband Todd Johnson their children Isabella and Bridget of Clinton, CT. Also, survived by his niece Lisa M. Keane and her husband David and their daughters Alexis and Paige of Sandy Hook, CT. Also, Kathy’s sister-in-law Lisa Pogwizd and Lisa’s son Johnathan. Larry was predeceased by Kathy’s brother John. Larry also leaves Kathy’s parents John and Dorothy Pogwizd.
Larry graduated from The Morgan School in Clinton, CT in 1972. He received his BA in Drama from Hofstra University Hempstead Long Island, NY. Larry received his Master’s Degree in Finance from New York University (NYU) Manhattan, NY.
Larry was retired from the Small Business Administration (SBA) most recently as a Lender Relations Specialist in NYC. Larry also worked with FEMA at the World Trade Center September 11, 2001.
Using his many talents in the theatre and his drama degree from Hofstra Larry ran the Clinton Musical Theatre in Clinton, CT from 1976 to 1979. He produced and was associated with the musicals A Gift of the Magi and Musical Chairs in NYC. His brothers Lou and Christy fondly remember opening night of A Gift of the Magi waiting in Sardi’s into the wee hours of the morning for Clive Barnes’s review in the New York Times.
Funeral precession will leave the Swan Funeral Home, 80 East Main Street Clinton Monday at 10:30am, with a Mass of Christian Burial at Saint Mary’s Church of the Visitation, Grove Street Clinton at 11am. Burial will be in Saint Mary’s Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home Sunday from 1-4pm and prior to leaving on Monday for Saint Mary’s Church. Contributions may be made in his honor to the Clinton Volunteer Fire Department Ambulance Division, 35 East Main Street, Clinton 06413, or Broadwaycares.org/2020. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Carl Swan at Hamden Memorial Funeral Home, 1300 Dixwell Avenue Hamden. Condolences may be expressed at Hamdenmemorialfuneralhome.com.
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