Behind the Life of a Dedicated Worker

Cinnaminson's Pasqual Galeone spent his life quietly changing lives, including that of many special needs students at Garfield Park Academy.

His favorite story is about meeting Lillian, his wife of 50 years. How he walked into the car dealership where she was working on South Broad Street in Philadelphia, how he saw her sitting at the desk where she was an office worker, how he told her he would one day marry her.  She laughed and told him he was crazy, that she already had a boyfriend. He didn’t mind. He’d always been a patience man. That was in 1954. After a speedy three-month courtship, Pasqual “Pat” Galeone won her heart and married the love of his life.  “She was a beautiful lady. Sometimes you just know who’s the one,” says Galeone, about that certain something that he and his Lillian shared that just seemed to ignore clarification. That trip to the dealership led to …

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