Tony D Lolly

He never left the house without a sharp suit, good shoes, and his jewelry. For 50 years, he made sure the rest of Tampa didn't either.

Tony was born on January 7, 1955, in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, to Tony Anthony Lolly and Eleanor Lolly. In 1974, at 19, he left the steel town that raised him and came to Tampa for a job at a men's clothing store called Mr. Man. He found more than a job there. He found the work of his life.

It was his boss, Frank Garcia, at Mr. Man who started calling him "Rocco," and the name stayed with him for the next five decades. In 1984, Tony bought the store from that same man. He ran it for 40 years, until it closed in 2025.

In that time, he dressed a city: local athletes, touring bands passing through town, boys buying their first suit for prom, men standing up at weddings and sitting down at funerals. If it was one of the big occasions of your life and you needed to look sharp, you went to see Tony. For as much as Tony loved Mr. Man, his greatest love and accomplishment of all was his family and the home he built with his wife, Cindy, and their two sons, Tony Jr. and William.

He met Cindy Lucas when she was 19. She and a friend had planned a vacation to Florida and needed a place to stay, and Tony drove out to the airport to pick them up. He watched her come off that plane and told his friend, right there, "I'm going to marry that girl." He married her on November 18, 1977. They had 48 incredible years together.

Tony was never not at Mr. Man. He was there taking care of his customers and making sure his family was provided for, and to him those were the same thing. Everything he did, he did to take care of the people he loved most.

At home he was a man of family and friends. He laughed hard, kept his door open, and welcomed everyone who came through it.

He was a member of St. Paul's Catholic Church.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Tony Anthony and Eleanor Lolly; by Laurie Lolly, wife of his brother John; and by Cindy's sister, Jennifer Guccione.

He is survived by his wife of 48 years, Cindy (Lucas) Lolly; his sons, Tony Lolly Jr. and William Lolly; his grandchildren, Mason Lolly (mother Krista) and Harper Grace Collins; his brothers, John Lolly, David Lolly and his wife Doris, and Michael Lolly and his wife Nadine; his brothers and sisters in-law, Nicki and Lynn Lucas, Jimmy Lucas, and Billy and Barbara Ann Lucas; his niece Christine Collins and her husband Kevin, his nephew Alex; and the many nieces, nephews, and cousins who were dear to him.

Visitation will be at Blount & Curry Funeral Home on Thursday August 20, 2026 from 10am to 1pm. A funeral service with be held in Tony's honor at St Paul Catholic Church on Thursday, August 20, 2026 at 2pm.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that you wear something sharp in his memory. Tony would have loved that more than anything you could send.