Salvatore Ciancio

Salvatore Ciancio, 92, a longtime resident of Port Chester, passed away on July 9, 2025. Salvatore was born on June 16, 1933, in San Vincenzo La Costa, Cosenza, Italy, to Enrico and Arcangela Presta Ciancio. In Italy, he was trained as a tailor, but eventually came to the United States at 15 years old in 1948. While working at a factory in Port Chester, he met his future wife, Santa Varbaro. They were married on October 2, 1955, at Holy Rosary Church in Port Chester. They shared 64 wonderful years together until she passed away on April 16, 2020.
Even though Sal was an excellent tailor, he found his true calling while working at Winged Foot Country Club and earning his title as assistant superintendent at Hampshire Country Club in Mamaroneck, where he worked until he retired in 1998.
Sal loved to watch horse racing and all New York sports teams, especially when he went to New York Rangers games with his daughter. He was the best at finding wild mushrooms and sharing them with friends and family. He was passionate about making homemade wine, sausage, prosciutto, and capicola. Sal was a member of Local 32BJ, a former member of the Port Chester Bocce League, and the Vittorio Club in Mamaroneck.
He was a devoted and loving grandfather to his grandchildren, Jenna and Dara. In his final years, he got to meet and cherish his great-granddaughters, Bella and Mila. In addition to his wife and parents, Sal was predeceased by his son-in-law, Louis Pecora, his brother, Frank Ciancio, and his sister, Concetta Genovese. Sal is survived by his daughter, Angela Pecora; his granddaughters, Jenna, and Dara and her husband, James Norris; his great-granddaughters, Arabella and Mila Norris; and his sister, Elvira Casterella.
Services will be held at Craft Memorial Home on Tuesday, July 15, 2025, 1PM followed by entombment at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Rye Brook

There will be no visitation.

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