John Mele Obituary Fort Myers, FL, Death And Funeral Details

May 2024 · 2 minute read
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John Mele Obituary, Death –  John F. Mele Altamont—Dr. John F. Mele, 93, died July 18, 2023, surrounded by his adoring family. Carol L. Mele, John’s wife, died. John is survived by his daughter, Suzannah J. Mele; sons, John A. (AnnaRita) Mele and George J. Mele; grandkids, Maria Christina (Andre) Assmann, Jessica (Robert) Dittmer,

Kyle Roche, Gianluca A. Mele, and Arianna J. Mele; and four great-grandchildren John is survived by longtime pals Judy (Bob) Babiarz, Tom (Ginny) Tomasco, Tom (Carol) Hirchburg, and niece Joanne (Erich) Gordon. John was the son of Italian immigrants Joseph and Josephine Mele of Hartford, Connecticut. John is Adelaide and Mary Mele’s brother.

In Hartford, Connecticut, John was born on November 9, 1930. John graduated high school from Loomis Chaffee Prep. He graduated from the University of Connecticut with a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and Physics. After graduation, John received a full scholarship to the University of Bologna Medical School in Italy and graduated in 1959. John did his nephrology internship and residency at John Hopkins and Penn. John had an impressive medical career. Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune, New Jersey, employed one of the nation’s earliest nephrologists. The hospital is when John met his adored wife, Carol, a dialysis nurse.

John ran a thriving Manasquan private practice in addition to working at the hospital. Carol helped John manage the practice while at the hospital. After John’s success at Jersey Shore Medical Center, the federal government urged him to set up dialysis in St. Thomas, U.S.V.I., and the Caribbean. Before dialysis equipment became prevalent, patients could only have peritoneal dialysis. He taught many medical students as a professor. His students became teachers and professors, passing on his expertise to many others who graduated and cared for thousands of patients.

According to Tom Tomasco, a close friend and former student, “The best quote from Dr. Mele” was, “If you can’t get it done by walking you better start running.” John taught medical students to arrive early and prepare all labs and clinical information for his rounds. The University of Connecticut’s Dr. John and Carol Mele Scholarship Fund was established by John and Carol. This endowment awards scholarships to undergraduate health care students. John’s medical legacy will live on through this endowment.

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