Anthony Gaudiosi, 60, passed away on July 10th, after a hard-fought battle against pancreatic and liver cancer. After beating kidney cancer in 2016, Tony said he wasn’t going anywhere and in November started on 6 months of aggressive treatments. 3 weeks on with 1 week off. Unfortunately, God had other plans.
Tony (Big T) was born on November 18, 1961 in Upper Darby, PA, graduated from Upper Darby High School in 1979 and recently resided in Audubon until his death.
Tony was one of a kind. He was the type of person who would give you the shirt off his back; but would be the last person to ask for help.
Tony loved his family-his wife, Kate and sons Chuck and Nick, his dogs, Myrtle Beach, antiques. He was a die-hard Flyers and Oakland Raiders fan. 10 years ago, to prepare for their retirement years, he and Kate opened a little antique shop called Big Tony’s World- a great little shop selling vintage items, antiques, and pyrex. Tony was mechanically inclined; spending most of his career in construction. He also was a mechanic and enjoyed working on cars. Tony was a fantastic cook. He didn’t just cook, he created. He made a mean cheesecake that everyone raved about. He always said if he won the lottery he would go to culinary school.
Tony loved to bowl and was damn good at it. Many of his dear friends were met while bowling; which is where he met his one true love Kate. Tony was a die hard bachelor, but when he met Kate, it was love at first site. Kate was a young widow with two young boys, so it took him 6 months to finally ask her out. Their 1st date was July 11th, 1992, 3 days later he met her sons and Chuck asked if he could invite his “new friend” over for dinner and the rest is history. Tony and Kate were married 6 months later in January of 1993.
Tony is survived by his wife, Kate (nee Scola DeRico); his sons Charles III and Dominic; his brother Tom Aughey (Elena); his brothers-in-law Nick Scola Jr.(Joan), Chris Scola (Karen), and Mike Scola; his sister in law Maurita Scola; his step sisters Joan Baldini (Bill), Charlotte Swider(Joe) Carol Burris, Patricia Waltemyer (Don). He is also survived by his Godson Tommy; his nephews, Tyler, Tom Jr. , Matt, Nicholas, and Kevin; his nieces Kristen and Jessica; 4 great nephews Thomas, Andre, John and Sirius ; 3 great nieces Greenleigh and Luna. and many dear friends.
Tony was pre-deceased by his parents Anthony C, Josephine (nee Raimo); his step-father John Burris, his parents -in-law Dominic J. Scola Sr. and Mary Scola; his brother Daniel; his sister Carol and his brother-in-law Tom J Scola Sr.
A memorial Service will be held on Friday, July 22 at 11AM.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be sent directly to D’Anjolell’s Funeral home or sent to C/O 1310 Egypt Rd Unit 527, Oaks PA 19456 to help with medical and burial.
The service will be at D’Anjolell’s Memorial Home: 2811 West Chester Pike, Broomall, PA 19008. Dress is casual. If you can, please wear flyers apparel or raiders
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