Prominent local businessman and
lifetime Cedarville resident, Joseph L. Nardelli, Jr., age 80, died
Thursday, December 27, 2007 at his home of prostrate cancer. He had
driven for the past seven years to the University Of Pennsylvania
Hospital for treatment and then had chemotherapy locally this past
spring. His health deteriorated from that point.
Joe was born in Cedarville and
graduated from the Oak Leaf Elementary School and Bridgeton High School
with the Class of 1945. He attended the Philadelphia Electronic
Institute with a friend, Adam Lloyd in the evenings.
An avid golfer for 60 years he had
many close friends. Some of his foursomes included Bill Shropshire,
Harker Bitters, Frankie Carmen, Ed Horseman, Frank Oertle and his cousin
former Cumberland County Clerk John Nardelli.
When his father died suddenly in
1946, Mr. Nardelli then 18 and his sister Julia, then 16 took over the
family farm supply business later tearing down the 170 year old
structure and constructing a new hardware store. Well known as Nardelli
Hardware throughout the area the business was sold in 1990. He worked in
his father’s business and also at the family farm from a young age.
On one occasion Mr. Nardelli, Sr.
sent him to Philadelphia driving a fuel truck at the age of 17 to have a
new tank installed on the rig. Later upon his return he said he was
“scared stiff” by the experience. He also drove at the age of 11, when
as he sat in his mother’s car and felt it needed to be moved he drove it
a few feet. His mother saw the car moving along, apparently with no
driver.
He was a member of St. Michael’s
Roman Catholic Church in Cedarville and the Cohanzick Country Club.
Joe is survived by his sisters
Barbara Dacy of Millville and Julia Marsella of Cedarville, one aunt,
many cousins and a special friend, Betty Turner. He was predeceased by
his nephew John Dacy, Jr. and his parents, Marion Sanza Nardelli and
Joseph L. Nardelli.
His Funeral Liturgy will be
celebrated at St. Michael’s Roman Catholic Church, 367 Main Street,
Cedarville on Thursday, January 3rd at 11 a.m.
Burial will take place at Holy Cross
Cemetery in Millville.
Friends may call at the PADGETT
FUNERAL HOME, 160 Main Street, Cedarville on Wednesday evening from 7 to
9 p.m. and on Thursday morning from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Written
condolences may be sent to the family through the funeral home website
at www.padgettfuneralhome.com
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