Former Principal Phil Nardone Passes Away at 78
Former Huntington School District teacher and principal Philip C. Nardone has passed away at 78 of complications from diabetes. He retired from the district in 1991 and lived in Florida for the past 13 years.
Born Feb. 15, 1930, Mr. Nardone worked in Huntington for more than three decades and was well known throughout the community. He came to the district as an elementary school teacher and was later named principal of Robert K. Toaz Junior High School, Jefferson and Southdown schools and the sixth grade school in a wing at what was then J. Taylor Finley Junior High School. “He was a semi-pro drum player and for many years coordinated the trip to Greenkill,” recalled Jack Abrams, a retired Huntington principal and current curator of the School Heritage Museum.
A graduate of DeWitt Clinton High School in The Bronx and New York University, Mr. Nardone began his Huntington career in 1958 and served the youth of the community for 33 years.
He passed away Mon. April 14. A memorial service is scheduled to be held this week at the Farley Funeral Home in Venice, Florida. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to TideWell Hospice & Palliative Care, 5955 Rand Blvd., Sarasota, Florida 34238. Mr. Nardone had been living in Nokomis.
Prior to his career in Huntington, Mr. Nardone served in the U.S. Navy. He is survived by his wife of 23 years; Julie; stepson, T.J. (Deborah) DeSantis of Hoboken, New Jersey; brother, Edmund (Jeanne) Nardone of Tampa, Florida and a grandson, Jack DeSantis.
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