Funeral services were held May 7 for Joseph DeSantis, 85, a lifelong resident of West New York. He passed away May 4. He was retired from Lever brothers manufacturing company in Edgewater. He was a World War II Army veteran and received the Bronze Metal. He belonged to the Texas Division Fighters No. 36. He was the husband of the late Carol; father of Denise Tully and her husband Bob, Terri DeSantis and her fiance Bob Vitali, Jodi Bruno and her husband Pete and Philip DeSantis and his wife Christine; brother of Antonette Gogliucci; and also survived by 10 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Services arranged by the Vainieri Funeral Home, North Bergen.