A funeral mass was offered Aug. 19 at Our Lady of the Assumption Church, Bayonne, for Benedetto Bruno, 66. He died Aug. 16 at Hackensack Medical Center. Born in Bayonne, the son of the late Vincenzina and Terrenziano Bruno, he lived in Jersey City the last 38 years. He retired in 2010 after 42 years with the Jersey City Dept. of Public Works. He was a U.S. Army Veteran of Vietnam. He was past president of Local 245 Laborers Union and commissioner of the Jersey City Employees Retirement System.
He was the husband of Margaret Evans Bruno; father of Sarajane Bruno and Michael Bruno, and brother of the late Rose Marie Bruno. Services arranged by the Greenville Memorial Home, Jersey City.