Castle Oil Corp. luminary, Louis Romita, dead at 78.Louis Romita, Sr., senior vice president of Castle Oil Corporation, brother of Michael, Mary Digirolamo, Jack and Mauro C. Romita died on April 10. 2007. He was aged 78. Mr Romita was born in the Bronx to Libertaria and Mauro, on August 14, 1928, the same year that his father founded Castle Coal and Oil. He began working for the company as a boy after school and joined Castle full time in 1945, ultimately performing almost every job in the company, from delivery driver driving to sales. Mr. Romita eventually assumed full responsibility for the dispatching department and remained, until his death, the senior Romita in charge of commercial and public bids. Mr. Romita had been a key relationship manager for many of the company's most important and largest customers. He also served on the company's board of directors. Mr. Romita was a long-time member of the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Athletic Club and was recently honored by the Grand Street Boys' Association for his dedicated support. He had an encyclopedic en·cy·clo·pe·dic adj. 1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of an encyclopedia. 2. Embracing many subjects; comprehensive: "an ignorance almost as encyclopedic as his erudition" knowledge of New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. buildings and knew people from all walks of life. He was well loved by those who knew him for his unpretentious, outspoken and fun-loving personality. Known for his wry and witty wit·ty adj. wit·ti·er, wit·ti·est 1. Possessing or demonstrating wit in speech or writing; very clever and humorous. 2. sense of humor Noun 1. sense of humor - the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous; "she didn't appreciate my humor"; "you can't survive in the army without a sense of humor" sense of humour, humor, humour , he will be deeply missed by his family and Castle's extended family of employees and customers. |
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