MARCARIO, Silvio Joseph

Wickenburg Funeral Home & Crematory, Wickenburg, Arizona Silvio Joseph Marcario July 5, 1931 - December 6, 2014 Silvio J. Marcario, age 83, passed away December 6, 2014 in Sun City West, Arizona. Silvio was born July 5, 1931 in Bayonne, New Jersey. He was a veteran serving in the U.S. Airforce. Following his military service he attended law school recieving a degree for Loyola University. He practiced law most of his life. Retiring to Arizona in the 1990s settling in Wickenburg. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona Wednesday, December 31, 2014 Silvio was born on July 5, 1931, in Bayonne, N.J. to Rose and Marco Marcario. He died Dec. 6, 2014, quickly and without pain (for which we are grateful), but the sudden loss left a giant hole in the hearts of his loved ones. Just a few days before he died he played tennis and the day before, he worked on his violins. Silvio is survived by four children Frank (Robin), Anita, Mark and Rose; two grandchildren Dominic and Gianna; five brothers Joseph, Nicholas, Lawrence, Mark and Vincent; and his long-time friend and life partner Nancy London. Graduating early from high school in Staten Island, N.Y., Silvio enlisted in the Air Force at the age of 17. After the military, he started college, leading to a law degree from Loyola University in Los Angeles. He practiced criminal defense law in the LA metropolitan area until retirement. Although Silvio enjoyed the work and was an excellent trial attorney, he and his partner (law and life), Nancy, decided to retire earlier than usual to pursue other interests and to have adventures. Silvio remodeled houses, then built one almost by himself, from drawing the blueprints to hammering every nail (rough and finished carpentry) and doing the electrical system. He designed and built a kayak, laboriously making hundreds of thin strips of wood to epoxy to the frame. The two paddled on many lakes and down rivers in Oregon and California in that kayak. Music and art were always important in Silvio’s life. At various times he enjoyed photography, oil painting and sculpting, but his real love was music. He began with the mandolin in school, then the classical guitar, violin, viola and cello. About 25 years ago he started on his career as a luthier (a maker of stringed instruments). Ten years ago he was featured in the Community Profiles section of the Sun (May 5, 2004). Silvio was an avid skier and tennis player. He also hiked, watched birds, camped in a mountain for days with a mule carrying supplies, rode a horse into a wilderness, hiked up an extinct volcano, across a glacier, to find and protect a two-inch endangered plant, and stood on the shore of an Everglades lake and watched an alligator rise out of the water and grab a heron. Silvio and Nancy moved to Wickenburg in 1994. He immediately joined the group of local tennis players, playing three times a week for over 20 years. He also joined the community orchestra and played one of his own violins in each of the three years the orchestra and community choir performed Handel’s “Messiah.” He enjoyed hiking in the beautiful desert, watching the spectacular sunrises and sunsets, the night skies and the moon phases, the desert animals and the birds at the Hassayampa River Preserve. Silvio had a great sense of humor (sometimes very subtle), a quick wit, and enjoyed repartee with everyone. He could be social with people, but he was also quiet. He was a loner and a maverick, a thinker and a doer, he was musical and artistic, but practical and realistic. He was the last of the Renaissance men.