Anthony M. Parise

December 31, 1929 - August 9, 2019

Anthony M. Parise peacefully passed away on August 9, 2019 with his wife Joy by his side. He was born in New Haven, Connecticut, the son of Mary and Dominic Parise. He graduated from Hillhouse High School and attended the University of Connecticut before beginning a lifelong career at Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Company where his outstanding career resulted In his being inducted into the Phoenix Hall of Fame. Throughout his life he was involved in community service beginning in the 1970's as President of the New Haven YMCA and later as it's member of the Metropolitan Board of Director's and ending during his retirement years before moving to North Haven as a member of the Durham Republican Town Committee. Anthony was an avid squash and tennis player and a competent horseman. He both rode and drove and with wife, Joy, owned show and pleasure horses kept on their own farms. As breeders they owned the title to the Time prefix of the American Morgan Horse Association. He loved his books, his horses, his cats, and his dogs. Anthony leaves behind many loving family members as well as dear friends whom he considered family. A Memorial service will be held Wednesday, Aug, 14, at 11:30 am in Sisk Brothers Funeral Home, 3105 Whitney Ave., Hamden.