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Published in the West Orange Chronicle, June 9, 1994
Anthony P. Miele, 92, of West Orange, a well-known businessman, civic leader and influential with the state Republican Party, died May 28 in his home.
Miele was the chief executive officer of Spectraserv Co. Inc. in South Kearny for the past 30 years and, concurrently, held the same position with the PCI Co. in West Caldwell.
Earlier, he had been CEO for the Joseph Miele Construction Co. in Maplewood and had been vice president of Nichi-Cuturu Gold Dredging Co. in Colombia, South America.
In 1929, Miele was the assistant secretary to the state Speaker of the House. He also served as a councilman in East Orange, chairman of the council in 1937, and Essex County Freeholder from 1937 to 1940.
He was an aide and adviser to former U.S. Sen. Clifford Case and former U.S. Rep. Robert Kean. Miele was a member of the New Jersey Committee for Constitutional Revision.
During the 1950s, Miele was chairman of the Republican Party in Essex County, commissioner for registration and superintendent of election in Essex County after being appointed by former Governor Alfred Driscoll. Also, 1952, he led the state delegation for Eisenhower for president.
Miele served as chairman of the Sister Elizabeth Kenny Foundation for Infantile Paralysis in Essex County. He was associated with East Orange General Hospital for 35 years and served as chairman of the board for 13 years. His work with the hospital resulted in numerous awards and letters of recognition, including the naming of a hospital wing.
He was the director of the Orange First National Bank, president of Shepherd?s Savings and Loan Association in East Orange, which later became the Yorkwood Savings and statewide director of the First Jersey National Bank in Jersey City.
Also, he was trustee emeritus of the Newark Academy in Livingston, trustee of the Welfare Federation of Newark, Community Chest, served on the board of directors of the Pepsi-Cola Corp., director of Ocean County Memorial Park and director of White Oak Ridge Park Development Co. in Short Hills in the 1940s.
Miele was a 1927 graduate from the New Jersey Law School in Newark, now Rutgers Law School.
During World War II, he was a member of the Essex County Rationing Authority and managing executive of Associated Constructors of Camp Kilmer and Camp Earle Construction.
He was a member of the Elks Club and Knights of Columbus, both of Orange; the Downtown Club in Newark, past president of the Maplewood-South Orange Lions Club, charter and 45-year member of the Forest Hill Field Club of Belleville, and promoter of bicycling at the Nutley Velodrome.
Born in East Orange, he moved to West Orange 43 years ago.
Surviving are his wife, Maria E.; two sons, Richard J. and Joseph P.; nine grandchildren and five great-grandchildren |
