‘The kind of teacher you don’t forget’

Former Lawrence Junior High School principal Anthony Capobianco died on May 4. He was 76.

Capobianco grew up in Inwood and graduated Lawrence High School in 1953. He went on to receive his master’s at Hofstra University before pursuing a career in education.

He met his wife, Marion, during their years at Lawrence High School and the two married in 1959 before moving to Malverne in 1970.

Prior to his retirement in 1990, Capobianco was a Social studies teacher and then principal at the junior high school, which was later renamed Lawrence Middle School.

Cliff Richner, co-publisher at Richner Communications, had Capobianco as a Social studies teacher. “He was young, handsome and hip and all the kids related to him,” Richner said. “I owe my love of politics and public affairs, in part, to him. He was the kind of teacher you don’t forget.”

According to Marion, Capobianco was involved with the United Cerebral Palsy Association of Nassau County and the Town of Hempstead’s Anchor program, a summer program for handicapped children. He was also a passionate golfer and member of the Peninsula Golf Club in Massapequa.

“He was a devoted husband and father,” Marion said.

Capobianco is survived by his wife Marion, daughter Lisa, brothers Conrad and John, and sisters-in-law Ellen, Eileen and Leah. His brother Joseph predeceased him.

Funeral services were held at Malverne Funeral Home Anthony J. Walsch & Son on May 5 and 6. He was interred at Pinelawn Memorial Park in Farmingdale.