Emil A.

Del Baglivo

Del Baglivo, Emil A., 91, of North Bergen, passed away on November 1st. Judge Del Baglivo was born on August 24, 1932, in Perito, Italy to RenatoDel Baglivo and Filomena Del Baglivo (nee Cantore). Beloved husband of 52 years to the late Patricia Del Baglivo (2013). Devoted father to the late Patricia Paladino (2007) and Joseph, Filomena Nuñez and her husband William, and Valerie Cusack and her husband Shawn. Loving grandfather to Megan Nuñez Acevedo, and Amanda and Caitlyn Cusack. Loving great grandfather to Damien Xavier Acevedo.

In 1935, as a young child, his family left Perito, Italy and emigrated to the United States and settled in Jersey City. He enjoyed many long summer visits to family located in Haverstraw, New York. He always had fond memories of his childhood summers spent there swimming, fishing and biking.

Judge Del Baglivo proudly served in the United States Army, where he was stationed in Bremen, Germany and Linz, Austria. After his discharge, he attended and graduated from Seton Hall University Law School in South Orange, NJ and passed the bar exam in the early 1960s. In 1961 he married his beloved Patricia.

He practiced worker's compensation law at the firm of Guarini & Guarini. In 1975, he was appointed prosecutor for the Weehawken Township Municipal Court, and subsequently served the township as acting judge, then as permanent judge. After serving the Weehawken Court for 32 years, he retired in 2007.

During his tenor in Weehawken, Judge Del Baglivo additionally presided over cases for the Port Authority Lincoln Tunnel, the Secaucus Municipal Court, and served as Superior Court Judge for Hudson County (Special Civil Division) in Jersey City.  Before and after his retirement, he and Patricia continued their love of travel abroad. The family owned a summer residence down the shore in Seaside Park and many family vacations with his wife and three daughters were spent there enjoying Barnegat Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. The family took many driving trips over the years visiting all the eastern seaboard states from Florida to Maine and to Niagara Falls, Canada.

Funeral services will be held by A.K. Macagna Funeral Home, 495 Anderson Avenue, Cliffside Park, NJ, 07010.  Visitation will be Friday, November 10 from 4 pm to 8 pm. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated on November 11 at 11 am at St. Joseph of the Palisades Roman CatholicChurch, 6401 Palisade Avenue in West New York, NJ 07093. Interment to follow at Holy Cross Cemetery, 340 Ridge Road, North Arlington, NJ, 07031.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests those wishing to honor their father'smemory consider donating to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in his name to assist families with children battling cancer and other life-threatening diseases. (https://www.stjude.org/donate/donate-to-st-jude.html?sc_icid=wtg-lz-donatenow). Donations are tax deductible.