Philip J. Falcone, Jr., a former supervisor in Penn Mail Services, died March 22, 2024. He was 85.

Mr. Falcone was raised in the Garret Hill section of Rosemont, Pennsylvania. He graduated from West Catholic High School and went on to serve with distinction in the U.S. Navy.

Mr. Falcone worked for Penn Mail Services from 1982 until his retirement in 2006. He started as a mail carrier, then became supervisor of bulk mail in 1986. Early in his Penn Mail Services career, he was dedicated to handling all of the mail for College Hall, which had its own mail room at the time. He was promoted to supervisor of Penn Mail Services in 1987.

He was a dedicated supervisor in Penn Mail Services, where his diligence and leadership were evident to all who worked alongside him. In an Almanac cover story, he was pictured helping to sort nearly 16,000 admissions decision letters to the prospective class of 2000 (Almanac April 9, 1996). Mr. Falcone also served as a 2005 Penn’s Way volunteer coordinator (Almanac October 5, 2004).

He is predeceased by his wife, Lynne Falcone, who retired from Wharton Entrepreneurial Programs in 2005.

A funeral mass took place on March 27. He is survived by his children, Kristina Clark (Greg), Kimberly Staub (Patrick), Kelly Butkus (Edward), and Christopher Falcone (Susanne); grandchildren, Gregory (Alexandra), Raymond, Joanna, James, Michael, Victoria, Mia, Jaclyn, Rebecca, Matthew, and Sophia; a sister, Regina McCaw; sisters-in-law, Joan and Barbara Falcone; brother-in-law, Jeff McCaw; and numerous nieces and nephews.