Former colleagues and local nonprofit won't let Fox Chapel woman's husband be forgotten

Joshua Axelrod
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Jun 2, 2022
Anthony DeAngelis was a lot of things. He was witty and fun; a tinkerer who loved taking things apart and putting them back together; the kind of guy people sought advice from; an anime lover and avid gamer; and, most importantly, he was a loving husband and father to his wife, Katherine DeAngelis, and son, Dino.

“Even on his worst days, he was better than most people I’ve ever met,” Ms. DeAngelis, 39, of Fox Chapel, told the Post-Gazette. “He was so open-hearted, vulnerable, very generous. ... He was extremely principled, somebody who really lived their life by a code and was very uncompromising in that code.”

They had been married for about eight years when Mr. DeAngelis was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma in early 2018. He died in January 2020, but not before getting to attend Dino’s second birthday party in November 2019 at the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh. It was thrown by the nonprofit One Day to Remember, which plans outings for the children of parents with incurable diseases and gave Mr. DeAngelis one last perfect day with his family.

Mr. DeAngelis was employed by Development Dimensions International, a Pittsburgh-based organization that helps businesses “hire, promote and develop exceptional leaders,” according to its website. His former colleagues wanted to ensure he would never be forgotten. So, they spent the last year raising $14,000 for One Day to Remember in Mr. DeAngelis’ name. They presented the check to Ms. DeAngelis and One Day to Remember leadership late last month.

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Rachelle Thomas (L, holding check), executive administrator for Development Dimensions International, presented Rachel Antin (R, holding check), founder and executive director of One Day to Remember, with a $14,000 check DDI raised for Ms. Antin's organization in honor of their late colleague, Anthony DeAngelis.