Obituary of Perry Capasso

On Sunday, January 22, our dear friend, brother, son, and husband Perry Capasso fell asleep in this world for the very last time and awoke into the kingdom of everlasting peace. He was 59 years old.

What words can express the love we have for this life taken so soon? This life full of warm smiles and big hugs and an even bigger heart.  We remember the helping hand he extended to anyone around him in need. We see him wrap his arm around his wife Michele and pose for a picture with that sly smile. We see him playing with his fluffy white poodle in his backyard and swinging the hammer in his basement. We see him on the beach and on the job and at a restaurant celebrating with his friends. We see him in our memories around the holiday table, laughing that contagious laugh and smiling that big smile. We see him in the morning through sleepy eyes and in the blinding sun of bright noon. We see him in our afternoons and at our dinners. We see him at night when the world grows as quiet as our hearts and the starry firmament softly covers this mourning earth like a blanket. In so many ways he is still with us, and we still see him. We see him everyday, in so many ways, we see our dear friend. A life so rich and a soul so full of love and strength stays with us long after God has called this wonderful man to his heavenly home. And while he has gone from us for a little while, he is always with us, every step and in every hour between the now and the someday soon.

What speech can we muster to say that which feels so inadequate for this moment, to say something to fill the gap between here and there, between this journey broken so often by sadness and the journey full of joy that he just began, between this mortal life and the eternal, between earth and heaven? Where he now stands with his brother and father and so many that have passed from us to that place of never ending light. Where all pain has ceased forever, never to return. Where all happiness beyond measure fills his soul in a way he never thought possible. Where perfect rest has taken over every inch of his heavenly body. How do we say goodbye to our dearest friend? We say it with reverence. We say it with sadness. We say it with love. And as we lay our weary heads on the pillow tonight, we whisper these four words, “Thy will be done.”

Perry Capasso was born January 16, 1964 in Newark, New Jersey to parents Sebastiano “Sam” and Dolores Capasso. On July 10, 1999, he was married to Michele Capasso. He lived and worked in Randolph, NJ, with his wife Michele and their dog Trevor. He was a skilled renovator and enjoyed working with his hands. An entrepreneur and businessman, Perry built several businesses from scratch during his life. He enjoyed spending time at the beach with his wife, playing with his dog, and working on his home. He was also a skilled cook and enjoyed spending time in the kitchen making delicious meals for his family. He is survived by his wife Michele Capasso, his mother Dolores Capasso, his sister Doreen Jordan and her husband Matt Jordan, and his mother in law Judy Campbell. He is also survived by his uncle Sal Tarsia and his wife Annette Tarsia, and his aunt Anna Maria “Nina” Vennettilli and her husband Victor Vennettilli, along with many dear cousins. He is predeceased by his father Sebastiano Capasso and his brother Victor Capasso.

Services are being handled by Tuttle Funeral Home 272 Route 10 Randolph, NJ 07869.  There will be a public visitation on Thursday, January 26, 2023 from 4:00pm - 8:00pm. Funeral Service 10:00 AM on Friday, January 27, 2023 also at Tuttle Fuenral Home.  Interment is at Gate of Heaven, East Hanover. The family will have a repass at The Chandelier, 80 Pleasant Hill Road, Flanders.  Please visit their website at www.tuttlefh.com for more information or to leave an online condolence for the family.