Anthony Provitola

It is with deep sadness that the family of Anthony Italo Provitola announce his passing on Monday, November 10, 2025 at Orlando Regional Medical Center. Anthony was born on August 27, 1939 in Brooklyn, New York to his parents Anthony Provitola and Anna Siedlecki.

Anthony graduated from Northport High School-Long Island New York in 1956. After graduation he entered St. Bonaventure University in Olean, New York. After his freshman year, Anthony enlisted in the United States Air Force and attended Army Language School as a student of the Korean language. While studying at the language school, Anthony had the opportunity to take entrance exams to the three military academies for each branch of the service and passed all of them. After several months of duty in Korea he was transferred back to the United States. Upon learning that if he were to accept his scholarship he would have to repeat his freshman year of college, he did not accept and was honorably discharged a few months later.

Anthony returned to St. Bonaventure for another year and then transferred to the University of Florida where he met his future wife, Kathleen Mattingly and subsequently earned his BS in Physics in January 1962. After graduation, Anthony entered graduate school at the University of Virginia with the goal of earning his doctorate in Theoretical Nuclear Physics. After his first semester of graduate school Anthony married Kathleen Mattingly at the recently constructed St. Peter Catholic Church in DeLand, FL. After their marriage they returned to Charlottesville, VA.

In January of 1963, he left the program and became an employee of the Naval Ordinance Laboratory in Tacoma Park, Maryland and subsequently entered Stetson Law School in St. Petersburg, FL in September of 1963. He graduated from Stetson Law School in January 1966 and became employed in his father-in-law’s law practice in DeLand. In 1968, Anthony became a sole practitioner and practiced law in DeLand with a focus on General Practice, Workmen’s Compensation, Trial Practice and Personal Injury. In the late 1990s Anthony refocused his practice to Patent Law.

Anthony was also involved in his community and helped reestablish a program for high school students in Catholic education at St. Peter Catholic Church. When the parish adopted the church council form of governance, he was elected President. Anthony also participated in a campaign to alter the current county commissioner form of government to a county council form of government.

Anthony was preceded in death by his parents and is survived by his wife Kathleen, his sister Gloria Provitola, New York, NY and his ten children: Coleen McCray (Gordon), Clemmons, NC; Julie Provitola, Lakeland FL; Mark Provitola (Veronica), Melissa, TX; Theresa Provitola, Vancouver, WA; Damion Provitola (Laura), Port Orchard, WA; Laurel McAtee (Robert), Charlotte, NC; Blaise Provitola (Julie), Mandeville, LA; Mary Provitola, Jupiter, FL; Delia Provitola-Giuranna (Marco), Florence, Italy; Kathleen Scott (Brian), Greenville, SC and his ten grandchildren: Andrew, Ashley, Maxim, Madeline, Blaise, Jr., Rocco, Magnus, James, Samuele and Miriam.

A funeral mass will be held Friday, November 21st at 1 PM at St. Peter Catholic Church in DeLand, FL. Following the mass there will be a private family burial at Oakdale Cemetery immediately followed by a reception at St. Theresa Hall at St. Peter Catholic Church. Memorial donations may be made to the St. Peter Catholic School Scholarship Fund.