Robert "Bobby" Castellano

Bobby Castellano never sat down at a family dinner until everyone else had a full plate. That tells you most of what you need to know. He grew up in Newark, served in Korea with the Army from ’51 to ’53 — never talked about it much except to say the cold was worse than anything else. Came home, married Rose Mancini in 1962, and opened a deli on Main Street. Ran it for 40 years. The sausage and peppers at every baptism, communion, and Fourth of July were non-negotiable. He coached Little League for a decade even after his own kids aged out because “those boys still need someone in the dugout.” Four kids, eleven grandchildren, and every single one of them knew that Pop’s house meant Sunday gravy and a folding chair on the driveway. He died at home, in his recliner, the way he wanted. Rose was right there. She always was.