Mario Belanich

Mario Belanich, a longtime resident of North Tarrytown died suddenly on June 11, 2016 at the age of 83. Born in Ilovik, Croatia on April 27, 1933 he was the son of Sime and Ana Jelich Belanich.

Mario came to the United States in the early 1950’s and settled in North Tarrytown. On September 15, 1957, he married Edna Esposito in Immaculate Conception Church.

Mario had a long career with General Motors, retiring with 40 years in the company. He was a member of Local 664 of the UAW. He was also an active member of the Sleepy Hollow Seniors. He was a parishioner of Transfiguration Church where he served as an usher and was a member of the Transfiguration Seniors. Mario was also an avid gardener who had an eye for beautiful flowers.

Mario was very involved in community affairs and was a regular attendee of both Village Board Meetings and School Board Meetings.

Mario is survived by Edna his wife of almost 59 years as well as his daughters Denise (Joseph) Simicic of Hicksville, NY and Sandra Perucci of Somers. He is also survived by his grandchildren Brendan and Ursula Simicic and Holly and Clifford Perucci and his great grandchildren Gabriella and Jackson Simicic.

Visitation will be at Coffey Funeral Home on Tuesday from 2-4 & 7-9 PM. His Funeral Mass will be at Transfiguration Church on Wednesday at 11:00 with burial to follow in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.

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