TONY SPARACINO, SPARACINO MENS.(Sparacino Mens and Sparacino Shoes owner Anthony Galen Sparacino dies)(Obituary)(Brief article)

Daily News Record, March, 2007 by Koenig, Gillian

Byline: Gillian Koenig

NEW YORK - Services were held earlier this month for Anthony Galen Sparacino, an independent designer and owner of Philadelphia specialty retail stores Sparacino Mens and Sparacino Shoes.

Anthony, known as "Tony" by friends and family, died Feb. 28 after contracting pneumonia. He was 44.

"Tony leaves us his personable touch to family, friends and community," wrote Tony's brother, Frank, in an e-mail. "He was an inspiration of what vision, hard work and perseverance can accomplish, while along the way showing love to many, and incorporating fun into all of those things."

Sparacino brought fashion to Philadelphia men for more than two decades, first with Quantum Mechanics, a store that sold apparel and...