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Mammone was born Jan. 13, 1963, in Stamford, to Ernest L. and Anna Hearn Mammone Sr. He graduated Stamford High School, Class of 1981, where he played football and baseball. He also played baseball in Stamford's Babe Ruth League.
In his adult years, he played in the Norwalk Men's Softball League where he traveled as far as North Carolina to compete in tournaments. However his claim to fame was playing in the Men's Open Street Hockey League for the "Street Rats", winning a multi-state tournament held at Stamford Catholic High School.
Tony was a carpenter, having worked for his brother Jim and various Stamford contractors, namely; Bob Davis Contracting, Carpentry Unlimited, DanMar Construction and Architectural Aluminum and Glass. He had a love for Harley Davidson motorcycles, his Rottweiler Tyson, but mostly enjoyed watching his daughter Jade, who played competitive softball.
Besides his parents Tony is survived by his daughter Jade Mammone of Westport and her boyfriend David Sutton of Norwalk, and son Tristan Turner, of Michigan; brothers Ernest L. Mammone, Jr. and his wife Marguerite, James Mammone, his sisters, Terri Gruner and her husband Roy and Michelle Mammone, all of Stamford; as well as his former wife Diane Daniello of Westport.
He also is survived by his loving aunts, eight nieces and nephews, three great-nephews, one great-niece and several cousins. He was predeceased by his grandparents, aunts, uncles, nephew and cousins.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Mary's RC Church, 566 Elm St., Stamford. Interment will be private.
The Nicholas F. Cognetta Funeral Home & Crematory, 104 Myrtle Ave., Stamford, is honored to assist the Mammone family with arrangements. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to The Brain Trauma Foundation, 7 World Trade Center, 34th Floor, 250 Greenwich St., New York, NY 10007.
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