From the Staten Island Advance
Staten Island, NY
6 Oct 2007

DANIEL MENICHELLA, 65

   Textiile [sic] executive retired only last week
   Saturday, October 06, 2007

   STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Daniel A. Menichella, 65, of Scotch Plains,
   N.J., a textile executive and native Staten Islander, died Thursday
   at home.

   Born in New Brighton, he also lived in New Dorp and Dongan Hills
   before settling in Scotch Plains 31 years ago.

   Mr. Menichella's career in the textile industry spanned 45 years. He
   had worked for Greenwood Mills, Spring Industries and Joshua L. Bailey
   Inc. before retiring last week as vice president of Raytex Travis,
   Woodbury, N.Y.

   He was a graduate of New Dorp High School.

   In his leisure time, Mr. Menichella enjoyed playing golf, dining out
   and spending time with his family and friends.

   He was a parishioner of Immaculate Heart of Mary R.C. Church, Scotch
   Plains, where he served as an usher.

   Surviving are his wife of 43 years, the former Mary Ann Lake; his
   daughter, Danielle Allen; two sisters, Grace Acquafredda and Patricia
   Brennan, and a granddaughter.

   The funeral will be Monday from the Memorial Funeral Home,
   Fanwood, N.J., with a mass at 10 a.m. in Immaculate Heart of Mary
   Church. Entombment will follow in Woodbridge Memorial Gardens.