Tuesday, January 16, 2018

In Memoriam: Joseph J. Sedita, State Supreme Court Justice and Brother of Former Mayor



World War II veteran Joseph J. Sedita was more than a respected city and State Supreme Court judge, according to those who knew him. He was a compassionate man whose outreach to those with mental health and addiction issues was as admired as was his expertise in matrimonial law.

Judge Sedita, brother of late Buffalo Mayor Frank A. Sedita, died Saturday, eight months after the death of his wife. He was 99.

"He told me many times, 'I love you son, but I want to be with your mom,' " said his son Joseph V. Sedita. "And now he is. She was the great love of his life. If there was anything that really lit him up, it was her."

A Buffalo native, Judge Sedita came of age in the 1930s, during the Great Depression. He graduated from Grover Cleveland High School and took postgraduate courses in typing and shorthand, which served him well his entire life, said his son.

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Source: The Buffalo News (via Empire Report New York) 

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