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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>JOSEPH V. AGRIFOLIO<br />
Ex-boxer `could always make you smile'<br />
BY KATHLEEN FORDYCE<br />
kfordyce@herald.com<br />
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Joseph V. Agrifolio, a former boxer who relatives say could make anyone laugh, died of heart failure Friday in Inverness. He was 78.<br />
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Agrifolio, a father of five, boxed for six years while living in Newark, N.J., said son Mike Agrifolio, a systems editor for The Herald.<br />
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Although he was good at swinging his fists in the ring, his son said one of Agrifolio's greatest talents was making people laugh.<br />
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''He made a lot of little jokes. He wasn't the life of the party; he just always said funny things,'' Mike Agrifolio said. ``He could always make you smile.''<br />
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Agrifolio was born Dec. 6, 1925, in Newark, N.J. He began his boxing career at age 17.<br />
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Agrifolio -- his boxing name was Joe Griffo -- fought in many matches in Philadelphia, New Jersey and New York, including several in Madison Square Garden.<br />
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After boxing for six years, he became a cable splicer for Public Service Electric and Gas.<br />
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Agrifolio met his future wife while walking down a New Jersey street. He noticed a woman dressing a mannequin in a store window.<br />
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The gown didn't catch Agrifolio's eye but the woman, Erleen Seeley, did.<br />
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''He just went in and introduced himself,'' Mike Agrifolio said. ``It was very romantic.''<br />
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The couple married in 1955 and had five children.<br />
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They retired to Inverness, Fla., in 1987 to be close to their two grown sons who had moved down south.<br />
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Agrifolio soon fell in love with the Dolphins and became a big fan.<br />
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''He loved Dan Marino and Don Shula,'' Mike Agrifolio said.<br />
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Two years after moving to Florida, Erleen Agrifolio died.<br />
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In addition to his son Mike, Agrifolio is survived by sons John D. Ryder and Joseph V. Agrifolio Jr., daughters, Vikki L. Galasso and Joann Portella; his sister, Vivian LaManna and her husband; best friend, Thomas J. LaManna, and seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.<br />
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