Agresta, Rudolph J, age 85 of River Edge and born and raised in Hoboken died Tuesday, May 31, 2011. Beloved husband of Marie (nee) Locilento. Devoted father of Dr. Rudolph Agresta and his wife Patricia, Joseph Agresta and his wife Janis, and Nicholas Agresta and his wife Melissa. Loving grandfather of Patrick, Joseph, Timothy, Angelene, Emily Rose, Elizabeth and her husband Salvatore, Katherine, Thomas, Grace Ann, Meredith, Lauren, Hope and Matthew. Dear great-grandfather of Mia Rose. Rudy will also be missed by his many loving nieces, nephews, other family members and friends. In his early years, Rudy was an accomplished professional musician having played with Louie Prima, Perry Como, Buddy Rich, Stan Kenton, and Jimmy Durante and NBC Radio. Later he enjoyed a professional career, teaching music in Hudson County and later Bergen County. As a WWII US Army Veteran served at the Battle of the Bulge. He was also a longtime parishioner of St. Peter’s in River Edge. Funeral service Saturday, 9AM from the Volk Leber Funeral Home, 268 Kinderkamack Rd., Oradell. Then to St. Peter’s RC Church for a 10AM Mass of Christian Burial. Entombment to follow at Garden of Memories Mausoleum. Family and friends are invited to visit Friday, 2-4 & 7-9PM. In lieu of flowers donations in his name may be made to the St. Judes Children’s Hospital, P.O. Box 1000, Dept. 142, Memphis, TN 38148 or to the Padre Pio Foundation 463 Main St., Cromwell, CT 06416.