Rocco “Rocky” Joseph Perillo, 61, of Howell, NJ passed away Tuesday April 2, 2019 at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold surrounded by his loving family. Born in Naples, Italy Rocky had lived in Newark, Bloomfield and Barnegat before settling down in Howell 26 years ago. For the past 40+ years he had worked as a General Merchandising Manager for Pathmark and more recently for the ACME in Wall Township, NJ.
Truth be told, that if you had the opportunity to know Rocky you loved him, from his family to his work family there was no one better. Rocky touched the lives of every person he had met, again whether it was a coworker, neighbor or even his Pathmark girlfriends who nicknamed him “Sexy” he was loved by all. He enjoyed watching Car Racing, going to the Beach, spending time with his family especially his best friend and wife Cindy and most recently his grandchildren who adored their grandpa. Rocky always had a watchful eye for his brothers and Frank will forever be grateful for that. The relationships he built with family were like no other, His mother-in-law and daughter-in-law never felt like an in law always considered him either son or her just daughter, but not to be mistaken because there is only one favorite girl and that was his daughter, Daddy’s Girl!
Rocky is survived by his loving wife of 24 years Cindy (Reynolds), his parents, Donato and Olinda Perillo, his children, Rocky and his wife Yoli, Ryan, Zachary and Ashley, his adoring grandchildren Carter and Connor, his siblings, Pat Perillo and his wife Diane, Frank Perillo and his wife Martha and Anna Perillo, his mother-in-law Ruth Reynolds, sister and brother in law Debbie and Mike Golomb, brother and sister in law, Carl and Sherry Reynolds, two nieces, Heather Reynolds and Christine Perillo and his four nephews, Don Perillo, Dominic Perillo, Tyler Golomb and Shawn Reynolds and two great nephews, Anthony and Glen and a great niece Makenzie.
In lieu of flowers donations in Rocco’s name can be made to either Lustgarten Foundation Pancreatic Cancer Research www.lustgarten.org or CentraState Healthcare Foundation www.centrastatefoundation.org.
On a personal note the family of Rocco would like to express the deepest gratitude to the Nurses and Staff at CentraState Medical Center in Freehold for the unimaginable care they gave to Rocco, especially the Nurses of 4 North and CCU.
