PAUL TORTOMASI, 85, of NEPTUNE , died Wednesday, December 30, 2009 at the Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune. Mr. Tortomasi was a salesman for the Penn Furniture Company, Neptune before retiring. Mr. Tortomasi was a veteran of the United States Army, serving during World War II and the Korean Conflict and a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 2639, Neptune and the Sons of Italy . He was predeceased by his wife, Theresa Scicchitano Tortomasi in 1981, by his daughter Barbara Marie Procopio, by his granddaughter, Brianna Purgatorio, by his brother Vincent Tortomasi, and by his parents, Salvatore and Maria Louisa Tortomasi. Surviving are his son, Salvatore, with whom he lived, his daughters and sons in law, Georgina and Richard LaCour, of Neptune, Francine and Richard Simonsen of Wall Township, Jean and Ronald Potts, Mary and Robert Purgatorio and Rosalie and Felix Picone, all of Neptune and his sister, Anna Pizzitola and her family of Sicily. He was a loving grandfather to 13 grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. A funeral service will be held at the Ocean Grove Memorial Home, 118 Main Avenue, Ocean Grove on Monday morning, January 4 at 10:00 AM , with interment following at Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Neptune. Relatives and friends are invited to call at the funeral home on Sunday from 2:00 - 6:00 PM.