Of Somerset (formerly of Bayonne); on Monday, December 29, 2008; husband of Irene (Cook) Durso of Somerset; father of Barbara Jo Byrne and husband Michael of Pleasant Hill, MO, Vivian Erickson and husband James of Lakeland, Fla., and Elizabeth Angerstein and husband Charles of Bayonne and Michael A. Durso of Jamesburg; brother of Rose Scozzari of Lawenceville, Florence Amedeo of Basking Ridge and Frances Sangi of Torrence, Calif.; also survived by seven grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. Funeral arrangements were by the M. DAVID DeMARCO Funeral Home, Monroe Twp., NJ. Cremation private.