Anthony Correia

July 6, 1940 - May 26, 2021

Anthony or Tony or Billy Correia, however you know him, one-time trainer and breeder par excellence of German Shepherd dogs, avid fisherman with a penchant for the tall-tale, UFO enthusiast, part-time weatherman, encyclopedia of all WWII battles, and overall outspoken know-it-all set sail on his final party boat to the sky, May 26, 2021. Anthony Tony Billy was born in the sleepy little hamlet of Jersey City, NJ. The eighth child of Annie (Sims) and George Correia, Anthony Tony Billy learned that telling a good joke and having a great smile gets you to the front of the food line fast. Always having a steel trap for a mind except for the freshman year Algebra class that he failed (and “forgot” to share with his children), he turned his ability to captivate large clans into a lifetime career in sales. Anthony Tony Billy attended Jersey City State College, where his sly grin, tanned cheeks, and elfish ears drew the attention of a one Barbara Cieslik. Barbara’s thick, long brown hair, long, lean legs, and sweater-model physique captured the attention of many a fine suitor. Still, the relentless, long-winded fart jokes, excessive showboating of back-handsprings, exhaustive re-telling of World War II minutia, and overall gaseousness of Anthony Tony Billy’s Portuguese beans & rice addiction knocked her out. When she awoke, she realized that she was married with a child and another on the way. Over the next thirty-two years of wedded unconsciousness, they garnered together three children, 1,025,798 dogs (mostly German Shepherds), and 814 friends. Barbara decided to retire from the exhausting life of a reality-show producer in 1997. Anthony Tony Billy moved on as a one-man show for the next 24 years. He continued to hone his ability to finesse the rules of all games in his favor. His opossum-like ability to feign deafness (Whaaaat?) aided in his pursuit of victory. Anthony Tony Billy is survived by and has handed off the torches of his success to his children: To his number one son Tony – he left a great smile that hides his uncanny ability to scare little children into submission with just “The Look.” To his favorite albeit only daughter Lisa (Steve Rudolph), his innate ability to sell ice to an Eskimo in Winter. And to his golden child Paul (Tania Diaz), the ability to communicate to all beings on earth and beyond, including Area 51. Anthony Tony Billy is also survived by his amazing granddaughters, whom the family is concerned may have inherited his love of the flimflam, Brianna Rudolph, Ava Correia, and step-granddaughter Tenesha Diaz. Anthony Tony Billy also leaves behind his loving sisters Dottie Amin and Big Red Betty, aka Anne Franklin, and brother Stanley “I feed the squirrels” Correia. SERVICE Thursday, June 3, 2021 Silverton Memorial Funeral Home – Toms River, NJ 10:00am – 11:30am INTERMENT Bound Brook Cemetery – Bound Brook, NJ 1:00pm – 1:15pm Virtual viewing via ZOOM https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8190302306... To enter the Meeting the Code is: BigTonyC In lieu of flowers, the family kindly requests that you don your favorite flannel shirt and down vest, your best War Dogs baseball cap, crack open a cold one or two, and kiss your dog in his memory. A donation to the COPD Foundation or the American Heart Association in his name would also be truly appreciated.