DELRAY BEACH — It is with a heavy heart that the family of Arthur Algonas of Delray Beach announces his passing on July 20. He fought a courageous fight against melanoma for three years.
Arthur was born July 25, 1941, in Neptune, N.J., and lived at the Jersey Shore until 1977 when he and his young family moved to Delray Beach. He was the founder and CEO of Delray Title and Abstract Company, founded in 1979. He worked arduously in seeing that his company be successful. He started in the title insurance industry in 1964, working for Chelsea Title in New Jersey. One of his biggest projects was doing searches on the Wetlands property where the Meadowlands now stands.
He loved the mechanics of cars and boats, and was an avid fisherman. He was a fantastic cook, having won the annual Delray Elks Chili Cook-Off three times. He was a past member of the Brick, N.J., Jaycees, Delray Kiwanis, Delray Sunrise Rotary and the West Palm Beach Fishing Club, and a St. Vincent Ferrer eucharistic minister.
For several years, Arthur coached T-ball and girl’s softball for the Delray National Little League. He was a member of the Delray Beach Elks Lodge 1770.
Arthur was the son of the late Charles and Elsie Algonas. He is survived by the love of his life, his sweetheart, his wife of 48 years, Susan (Vashlishan), their three daughters Colleen (Dan) Leonard, Nancy (Michael) Zammuto and Kelly Algonas; sisters, Elsie and Eileen, grandchildren Michaela, Hailey, Kelly, Joey, Lorelei, A.J. and Charley.
Once you met this wonderful man, you never forgot him.
— Submitted by the family
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