Dominic Colabufo, elevator mechanic, enjoyed Italian Club

Dominic Colabufo of Grove Street, a retired elevator mechanic and a veteran of World War II, died on Thursday morning, Oct. 4, at Laurel Ridge. He was 83 years old and the husband of Margaret (Garofalo) Colabufo
Mr. Colabufo was born in Syracuse, N.Y., April 12, 1918, a son of the late Thomas and Mary Petrone Colabufo. He attended Syracuse schools.
A US Army veteran, Mr. Colabufo served in Okinawa during World War II.
After the war he went to work as an elevator mechanic for the Metropolitan Life Assurance Company in the Bronx. For the last 24 years of his career, he worked for IBM, at first in the company’s New York City facility and later at Franklin Lakes, N.J. He retired in 1986.
A longtime resident of the Bronx, he met his wife there after the war. They were married in 1947 and marked their 50th wedding anniversary Nov. 1, 1997 with a mass and a party at St. Elizabeth Seton Church.
The Colabufos moved to Ridgefield 11 years ago. He was a member of the nearby Italian American Mutual Aid Society of Ridgefield
“He loved to play cards at the Italian American Club and he’d show up there each day at 3 o’clock,” said his daughter, Marie Trebing of Ridgefield.
Mr. Colabufo was also a member of St. Elizabeth Seton Church.
Besides his wife and his Ridgefield daughter, Mr. Colabufo is survived by another daughter: Diane McCormack of Stormville, N.Y.; three brothers: August Colabufo, Gerry Colabufo and Nicholas Colabufo; six grandchildren: Adam, Marin and Michael Trebing of Ridgefield, and Meghan, Katie Ann and Michelle McCormack of Stormville; and by several nieces and nephews survive him.
Two brothers, Frank Colabufo and John Colabufo and a sister, Antoinette LaRusso, died before him.
The Rev. Joseph A. Prince, pastor, celebrated a Mass of Christian Burial on Saturday in St. Elizabeth Seton Church. Burial was in St. Mary’s Cemetery.
The Kane Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.