Domenic V. Coscia

Long-time Eltingville resident Domenic V. Coscia passed away on Friday, March 17th at the Brooklyn VA Hospital at the age of 93. Born July 17, 1929 to Rocco Coscia and Mariantonia Coscia (nee Paccione), both immigrants from Bari Italy, Domenic graduated from Samuel Gompers Vocational HS in the Bronx NY in 1947, where he studied drafting. He was the beloved husband of Margot Louise Coscia (nee Kurze), his childhood sweetheart, and devoted father of 4 children: Donna, Debra, Lisa and Steven. Achieving the rank of Sargent in the U.S. Army, Domenic served in Germany during the Korean War. Post-war, he worked in the display industry for over 30 years. He was the ultimate handyman, doing repairs and projects around his home and cars his entire adult life. Always artistic, Domenic enjoyed wood carving and painting. Those became his real passions later in life. In recent years, he made new friends at the Seaview Senior Center and the Friendship Club in Great Kills. He enjoyed swimming and exercising several times weekly at the Eltingville YMCA, right up until the Covid Pandemic. Domenic was predeceased by his wife of 50 years, Margot, and longtime companion Dorothy Carollo. He is survived by his sister, Ann Vento of Port Jefferson NY, his sister-in-law, Maureen McFarlin of Hillsborough NJ and children Donna Kimmerer of N. Brunswick NJ, Debra Coscia (Joseph Serio) of Brooklyn NY, Lisa Coscia (Michael Ursitti) of Tewksbury Township NJ, and Steven Coscia (Lisa Coscia) of Atkinson NH, his grandchildren Christopher, Lauren and Matthew Coscia, Gregory, Margo and Zachary Ursitti, and great granddaughter, Ellie Margot Richter. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the ALS Association, a cause Domenic supported since the loss of his wife Margot to the disease in 2001. You may donate by mail to: The ALS Association PO Box 37022 Boone, IA 50037-0022 or online at: https://donate.als.org/give/287064/#!/donation/checkout?c_src=jumppage A Funeral service will be held on Friday at John Vincent Scalia Home for Funerals, Inc. located at 28 Eltingville Blvd Staten Island, New York 10312. Time to be announced. Entombment will follow in Woodbridge Memorial Gardens, Woodbridge, NJ. The family will receive friends from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM on Wednesday, March 22, and 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM and 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM on Thursday March 23, 2023, at the John Vincent Scalia Home for Funerals, Inc., 28 Eltingville Blvd, Staten Island, New York.

Domenic V. Coscia

July 17, 1929 - March 17, 2023