Birth date: May 30, 1944 Death date: May 26, 2015
Joseph C. Crisafulli, Jr., 70, of Baldwinsville, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, May 26, 2015. He was born to Joseph and Emily in Brooklyn, NY before building a life and home in Syracuse in 1977, eventually retiring from the Read Obituary
So sorry about Joes passing. He touched so many lives! He led so many young people in a wonderful direction. He deserved to find his. He is enjoying his place in heaven now! Rest in peace Father Joe!
Libby and The Jannuzzi Family join the Crisafulli Family in their sorrow.
Joe was part of us here in Sorrento. He was not a friend but family. He will be missed by all of us here.
He was a great father, grandfather and friend. He is with the God now and will be helping all of us who are still here on earth.
You will Always be with us Joe!
Josephine and family:
I am so very sorry for the sudden loss of your husband and father. I know he was an amazing man with such intellect and he was devoted to god and doing his work here. God must have needed him a little sooner than expected and I hope you all find peace, love, and grace surrounding you each and everyday in his absence here on earth. I am sure he is around you everyday.
So sorry to heard about Joe. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.
I only knew Joseph slightly from attending a few NYSUT and CNY Teaching Center classes he taught. He struck me as an intelligent, gentle, and caring teacher and I enjoyed my few classes with him.
Beth Robinson
I am so very saddened by this news. Mr. Crisafulli as I knew him. My teacher from my seventh grade year of Latin through my senior year of Latin. I was never an exemplary student, far from it actually, but Mr. Crisafulli never gave up encouraging me, I always secretly felt he liked me just a little more than the other students because I am Italian, of course he never said that our loud. .. We had a love hate teacher student relationship, he wanted me to be a better student and apply myself, I thoroughly frustrated him on more than one occasion. However he knew I enjoyed his class more than any class. But thinking back it wasn't "latin" it was always him, his passion, his charisma, that had my attention. He used his position as a Latin teacher to be a teacher of culture and history, to enjoy life. To respect history. I remember him once telling me, you will never speak Latin, few people in this class will ever learn to speak Latin. It took some time to understand that to him it was the study of the language, its culture, and why it was importance to history that he wanted us to understand. I learned more from Mr Crisafulli about life than Latin, and that is what I loved about him.
Although our paths never crossed following our work at the Bishop Harrison Center I remember Joe as a good, humble and very intelligent leader who will always be remembered fondly. C. Welter.
So sorry to hear of your loss. Joseph was a classmate and colleague at Syracuse University. He was very helpful to me at an extremely difficult time in my life. I remain grateful to him and remember him in my prayers.
William P. Gooley, Ph.D.
I only “know” Joseph through attending NYSCEA meetings. However, I remember him as a passionate, thoughtful, and eloquent speaker. I always listened when he spoke because what he said was always something important and made me stretch my own thinking. Those of you who knew him better were blessed. He will be missed.
