Salvatore passed away on Feburary 28, 2012 at the age of 92 in Waterbury, CT.

He worked at Chase Brass and Copper for 37 years and at Plume and Atwood for 10 years. He was an accomplished cabinet maker and mason.  

At the age of 86 he built 15 Stations of the Cross 12 feet tall which are on display on the church grounds.  

He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1979.