Joseph Rocco Decaminada, 65, attorney, insurance exec

Joseph Rocco Decaminada

Joseph Rocco Decaminada was born June 6, 1959, in Astoria, Queens, to Joseph Pio and Genevieve Decaminada. He was raised in Brooklyn until he moved to Scarsdale at the age of 16.

He later moved to Goldens Bridge to start a family, where he remained until his death. 

Decaminada received a Jesuit education from Fordham Preparatory School in the Bronx, Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Mass., and Creighton University School of Law in Omaha.

Upon returning to New York, he began a prolific career as an attorney and insurance executive. 

After working as an associate at a New York City law firm, he accepted a role at American International Group, where he would become an executive. He retired from AIG in September 2021. 

He is survived by his wife, Eileen Susan of Goldens Bridge, his son, Joseph Daniel of Stamford, Conn., his daughter, Amanda R. of Goldens Bridge, his son, Eric Charles of Brooklyn, and his mother, Genevieve M. of Somers. He was predeceased by his daughter, Chelsea Marie, in 2019.

Friends and family are invited to call at Clark Associates Funeral Home, located at 4 Woods Bridge Road, Katonah, Thursday,  Jan. 2, from 4 to 8 p.m. 

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at Saint Joseph’s Catholic Church, located at  95 Plum Brook Road, Somers, on Friday,  Jan. 3, at 10 a.m. Burial will follow at St. Joseph’s Cemetery, Somers.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Chelsea Decaminada Memorial Duke Engage Fellowship, at https://dukeengage.duke.edu/decaminada-fellowship/.