Born in Ambler, he was a son of the late Pasquale and Maria LaRuffa Pugliese.

He was a graduate of Ambler High School , Class of 1957.

Mr. Pugliese worked for 30 years as the director of finance for Richfoods, formerly of Blue Bell; Sysco Food Service in Philadelphia for five years; and most recently for U.S. Food Service in Bridgeport, N.J.

Mr. Pugliese enjoyed his time with his family, traveling, bowl­ing, golfing and summers at the shore.

He is survived by his wife, Virginia B. (Bean) Pugliese ;two sons, Stephen and his wife, Beryl, and Rick and his wife, Diana, all of Lansdale; two daughters, Cindi Veverka and her husband, Craig, of Collegeville, and Natalie Schneller and her husband, Chip, of Melbourne, Fla.; five grandchildren: and two brothers, John of Ambler and Pasquale of Collegeville. He was predeceased by a brother, Dominic S. Jan. 31.

Services were March 6 at the Anton B. Urban Funeral Home, Ambler, with a funeral Mass at St. Joseph 's Church, Ambler. Entombment was in George Washington Memorial Park , Plymouth Meeting.

Remembrances in his name may be made to American Cancer Society, 700 Horizon Circle Suite 201 , Chalfont , PA 18914 or the American Heart Association, 625 West Ridge Pike, Building A Suite 100, Conshohocken , PA. 19428­1190.