William DeLeo
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Obituary for William F. DeLeo

William F.  DeLeo
William F. DeLeo, 92, a lifelong resident of Stamford passed away peacefully on February 8, 2017 at Stamford Hospital. He was born on July 16, 1924 in Stamford to the late Salvatore and Clorinda Sicilia DeLeo.
He was the co-owner of DeLeo Brothers Construction and was a member of the Elks Club of Stamford, the Italian Center Men’s Club and he was also a member of the Teamsters Operating Engineer Local 478.
He is survived by his loving children Cynthia Kapteina and her husband Barry of Stamford, Jayne Bakis and her husband Tom of Stamford, Billie Schock and her husband Rick of Stamford, Patricia Ann Vakos and her husband Paul of Hamden, Stephen DeLeo and his wife Tammy of Norwalk, two sisters Carol Ferro and her husband Michael of Stamford and Helen Vento of Stamford. Also surviving are his grandchildren Brendan (Renee) and Brett (Allyson) Kapteina, Ricky (Tracy) and Randi Schock (Phillip Fodiman), Philip and William Bakis, Ali and Paul Vakos, Jake Joseph and Frankie Ann DeLeo, as well as three great-grandchildren Logan Kapteina, R.J. and Joey Schock.
Besides his parents, William was predeceased by wife Leona Maffei DeLeo, brothers Albert, Samuel, Joseph, Frank, Eugene and Alfred DeLeo and his sisters Louise Boldrighini and Dorothy DeCresenzo.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Saturday, February 18, 2017 at 10:30AM at The Basilica of St. John the Evangelist RC Church, 279 Atlantic Street, Stamford. A funeral procession will be following to St. John’s RC Cemetery, Darien for Interment. There will be no calling hours.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made in William’s memory to St. Jude Research Children’s Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105 or PTTP Golf, a Stamford Hospital Foundation, 708 West Hill Road, Stamford, CT 06902-1433.
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