Samuel J Biondolillo

Samuel J. Biondolillo, 91, passed away on 7/9/2025, after spending two weeks in Hospice at Memorial West due to complications with his COPD issues. He was born in Jamestown, New York on 12/27/33, a graduate of Allegheny College (AB ’56) and the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration (MBA ’62). He also served as a Marine Corps officer from 1956-60.

He worked for 11 years in advertising and marketing management in New York City and was deeply involved in the development and national introductions of a number of major new products including Pampers, Scope and Cool Whip at Benton and Bowles, Inc. He also managed the advertising efforts for numerous established national products while at B&B including Maxwell House and Yuban Coffees and Canada Dry Ginger Ale; and then managed the Pepsi-Cola advertising program while at Batten, Barton, Durstine and Osborne. He later served as the Vice-President of Marketing for the New York City Off-Track Betting Corporation.

After a several year sabbatical, which included sailing a 38’ Trimaran from San Francisco to Panama followed by traveling thru the US and Mexico via motor home, he relocated to Hollywood, Florida in 1976. He was employed in various marketing capacities for several organizations and ultimately spent 10 years as the Marketing Director for the Broward County Parks system. He retired in 1996; during his tenure the County Parks system was awarded the prestigious Best Overall Communication Award from the National Association of Counties.

An enthusiastic amateur photographer and computer user in retirement, he walked several mornings a week on the Hollywood Beach Broadwalk and shared his photos with others as a volunteer photographer for cahoots, a beach community newspaper, and through PowerPoint shows he created and distributed to friends and acquaintances daily under the name “SamsChoice Productions”.

Sam sold his long-term home in July 2021 so he could move into the 5 Star Premier Residences, an Assisted Living Facility. As his eyesight worsened over the next few years, he really struggled to remain independent and that was difficult for him. Last October the VA determined his COPD was worsening so they sent him an Oxygen machine for his residence, and they had him at the maximum 5L setting. Walking down the hallway to dinner with no oxygen became quite the struggle for him. In March he went into Memorial for some concerns he had, and they realized he had pneumonia at the time in his left lung. He recovered only to have to go back in there on June 21h for similar issues. The pneumonia symptoms came back, and his lungs were worse than before. He was put into hospice on June 26th at Memorial South, and he peacefully passed at 6:45am on July 9th.

*This Revision dated February 8, 1013