Rudolph Intelisano Sr., Founded Silverton Memorial Funeral Home

Funeral services have been set for Rudolph L. Intelisano Sr., who founded Silverton Memorial Funeral Home, according to his obituary on the Silverton Memorial Funeral Home website. Intelisano passed away Saturday at home with his loving family by his side. He was 87.

Rudy was born in Passaic, and it was there that he and his first wife, Rosemaur, started the Intelisano Funeral Home. The couple moved to Toms River in 1969 and started the Silverton Memorial Funeral Home in 1973. He then acquired the Intelisano-Scarpa Funeral Home in Clifton with his daughter Teresa.

In 1987, Rudy married Jean Agro and they continued to live in Toms River while wintering in Deerfield Beach, Fla.

Rudy, who was a U.S. Navy veteran of the Korean War, was a communicant of St. Luke’s Roman Catholic Church, Toms River, where he served as a Eucharistic minister, and he also was a communicant of St. Ambrose Roman Catholic Church in Deerfield Beach.

He was a member of the N.J. State Funeral Directors Association, the Brick Elks Lodge No. 2151, and a former member of the Geraci Citizen League of Passaic. He was a 4th-Degree Knight of Columbus John D. Mc Mahon Assembly; 3rd-Degree Knight of Columbus St. Joseph Council of Toms River; a member of the Harmony Lodge No. 18 Free & Accepted Masons of Toms River; a life member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Brick; a former member of The Friendship Club Passaic; the Passaic UNICO, and a past member of the Columbia Civic League, an Italian-American Organization of Ocean County, where he served as president for two years.

He was predeceased by his first wife, Rosemaur Zangara Intelisano, and his son Rudolph L. Intelisano Jr.

Surviving are his loving wife, Jean; his devoted daughters, Teresa C. Intelisano, and Paula DeJohn, son-in-law Gregory, and his cherished granddaughter, Rosemaur Intelisano. Also surviving are his stepsons, Michael Agro, James Agro and his wife Renee, loving grandson Nicholas, and many loving nieces and nephews.

Rudy was a very proud man, especially when it came to his family. He touched the lives of many, and had a loving and strong heart. He will be sorely missed by all that had the privilege of knowing him.

Visiting will be Tuesday 7-9 p.m, and Wednesday 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. at the Silverton Memorial Funeral Home, 2482 Church Road, Toms River. A Mass of a Christian Burial will be held Thursday 10:30 a.m. at St. Luke’s Roman Catholic Church, Toms River. Arrive at the funeral home at 9 a.m. on Thursday.

Entombment will follow at Ocean County Memorial Park.

In lieu of flowers, donations to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital. PO Box 1000, Dept 142, Memphis, TN 38101 would be appreciated.