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Birth:          15 Dec 1938 Hammonton, N.J.
Death:          1 Sep 1998 Philadelphia, Pa.
Burial:         4 Sep 1998 Calvary Cemetery, Cherry Hill, N.J.

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obit of Antonio (Anthony) Rodio
of Cherry Hill, NJ
pub rec on ancestry 211 Bellows Ln, Cherry Hill, NJ
US Soc Sec Apps and Claims on ancestry (idx'd mother's surname as Marretti)
SPORTS COACH, OFFICIAL, 59 Anthony J. Rodio, 59, active in South Jersey youth 
sports programs as a coach and official, died Tuesday at the Hospital of the University 
of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. 

A Cherry Hill resident for the last 39 years, he was born in Hammonton. 

Mr. Rodio worked in the auto sales industry for many years. 

A 1956 graduate of Camden High School, he was an All South Jersey football player 
for Camden in 1955 as an inside lineman. Mr. Rodio remained active in athletics as an 
official and coach in South Jersey youth sports. 

He was an umpire and past president of the South Jersey Umpires Association. He 
was a past president of the Cherry Valley Swim Club, and was an official for the Tri-
County Swim League. He was a coach for the Cherry Hill Midget Football League for 
more than a decade in the 1960s and 1970s. He was a member of the Bishop Eustace 
Prep Fathers Club. 

Mr. Rodio also served as a parade marshal for Cherry Hill's annual Cherry Blossom 
Parade for many years in the 1970s and 1980s. 

''He did it for 20 years straight - he was one of the co-founders of the parade,'' said 
Joseph Zanghi, parade organizer. The parade was started to help bring a sense of 
community to Cherry Hill. 

He helped plant many of the more than 1,200 cherry trees planted in conjunction with 
the parade and festival, Zanghi said. 

He was a member of St. Peter Celestine Parish for more than 30 years. 

He had attended Colby College in Waterville, Maine. 

He is survived by his wife of 36 years, Patricia Messina Rodio; a son, Bruce; two 
daughters, Sandy Klevan and Donna Paternoster; two grandchildren; and a brother, 
Dennis. 

Friends may call from 9 a.m. tomorrow in St. Peter Celestine Roman Catholic Church, 
402 N. Kings Highway, Cherry Hill, where a Funeral Mass will be said at 11 a.m. Burial 
will be in Calvary Cemetery, Cherry Hill. 

Memorial donations may be made to American Cancer Society, 410 White Horse Pike, 
Haddon Heights, N.J. 08035.
Philadelphia Inquirer, The (PA) - Thursday, September 3, 1998

Parents
RODIO Antonio (Anthony) (13 Jun 1915 - 16 Mar 1997)
MORETTI Theresa (Betty) (18 Apr 1914 - 24 Feb 1998)

Siblings
RODIO Anthony John (15 Dec 1938 - 1 Sep 1998)
RODIO Dennis Samuel (12 Jan 1948 - 26 Oct 2015)

Marriage To MESSINA Patricia ()

Notes


Children by MESSINA Patricia
RODIO Bruce ()
RODIO Sandra ()
RODIO Donna M. ()

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