Edward Oronzo Carlucci,95 of Spring TX

Edward was the youngest child of Joseph and Ella Carlucci and grew up in West New York, NJ. Edward served in WWII in the Navy where he spent 30 months onboard the Luzon. Edward served in the pacific during the campaigns for Guam, Iwo Jima and Okinawa.

Edward attended and received many degrees from Rutgers College, NJIT, and finally New York University. After separating from the Navy, he inherited his fathers contracting business. This gave him insight to the political issues general contractors were facing, so he ran for President of the Zoning Board of Adjustments where he was elected and served many years, becoming one of the pillars of his community.

With little flair for politics and bad government, Edward then decided to tackle the school board of education, where he served many years as the President of the West New York Board of Education and later becoming the Vice President of New Jersey State Board of Education.

In 1988, Edward and family decided to leave the cold and move to Tampa, Fl, where he would retire…. But that didn't last long.

Edward had a passion for life and enjoyed working and creating, he agreed to supervise over many important projects in Tampa including the expansion of Tampa General Hospital and at 80 years young, he agreed to becoming the superintendent of over seeing the remodel and expansion of the Tampa Airport.

Edward was married to Betty LeJune Carlucci until her death in 1994.

Edward and Betty had one daughter Ariane, when she and her family moved to the Spring TX area, Edward followed, family was always the most important part of his life. Edward loved his daughter, his 3 grandchildren Cassia, Jonathonn and Natalie and 9 great grandchildren Jocelyn, Juliana, Gabriella, Nicholas, Lucia, Daniel, Arie, Amelia and Preston.

Throughout life, Edward enjoyed large Sunday family dinners, traveling, gardening and taking off to the casino!