A funeral mass was offered Feb. 9 at St. Anne’s RC Church, Hoboken, for retired city fire fighter Rocco LaGuardia, 84, who passed away Feb. 5 at home. He was born in Hoboken and was a life long resident. A U.S. Army veteran of WWII, he was past president of the St. Anne’s Holy Name Society and a member of the St. Anne’s Cana Club. He was a past president of the Steve Cappiello Association, and a member of the Midway Club of Hoboken. He was husband for 61 years to his wife Margaret “Margie”(nee Carbonaro). He is survived by his daughters, Marla Brando and her husband Danny, Margaret Ann LaGuardia and her companion Keith Schafer, Marian Cicala and her husband, retired Hoboken Police Sgt. Joseph Cicala, and Angela Rada and her husband Larry. He was the brother of Carmela Tarantino and brother-in-law of Gus and Barbara Carbonaro, and grandfather of Nick and Danny Brando and their wives Rosemary and Daniela, Danielle Puro and her husband Keith, Hoboken firefighter Michael Hayes and his wife Christina, and Ashley, Rocco and Robert Rada. He is also survived by a host of nieces and nephews. Services arranged by the Failla Funeral Home, Hoboken.