ANTHONY SAPONARE was born September 14, 1917 in Camden to Rox and Elizabeth Saponare. He was their first child and eldest son. Following Italian tradition, he was named after his paternal grandfather, who had brought his family to America early in the 1900s. When the 1920 Census was taken the family had bought a home at 1006 South 4th Street. Rox Saponare was then working as a bolter at one of Camden's shipyards. 

Rox Saponare became a member of the Camden Police Department during the 1920s. By 1927 he had been promoted to detective. By April of 1930 he had been promoted to Sergeant, and was still serving in the Detective bureau. Rox and Elizabeth Saponare still lived at 1006 South 4th Street, and by then had four more children had been born, John, Dina, Frank, and Michelina. Sergeant Saponare's father Antonio and a nephew, also named Antonio, were then living at the South 4th Street  address with Rox Saponare and his family. 

The Saponare family resided at that address as late as 1936. By that time Rox Saponare had been placed in charge of the Fingerprint and Identification department 

of the Camden Police Department, a post he held until his retirement in the early 1940s. Detective William Deery succeeded him. 

The 1947 Camden City Directory lists the Rox Saponare family at to 562 Spruce Street. Anthony Saponare had joined the Camden Fire Department in the first quarter of 1942, and was by this time married. He lived at 835 South 6th Street. The Saponares lived at that address as late as October of 1959. They moved to 117 South 27th Street in East Camden during the 1960s. Rox Saponare passed away in September of 1965.

Anthony Saponare rose through the ranks of the Camden Fire Department. He was appointed to the Fire Department in 1942. He served as Captain with Engine Company 7, was in time promoted to Battalion Chief, and to Deputy Chief in December of 1968. By 1972 he was was serving as Deputy Chief in charge of Camden Fire Department support services. Chief Saponare was still serving in that post as late as the summer of 1977.

Anthony C. Saponare eventually moved to Haddonfield, New Jersey. He was a resident of that town when he passed away in February of 1990. He was survived by his wife, who joined him in December of 2005.

Younger brother Dr. Frank Saponare went into teaching and retired as Assistant Superintendent of the Camden City Schools. 

Another relative, also named Anthony Saponare, retired in 1989 from the Camden Police Department as Deputy Chief after 25 years of dedicated service. He went on to serve the Camden County Sheriff's Department as an Undersheriff for 12 years before becoming Chief of County Investigators with the Camden County prosecutor's office. In 2003 he was assigned by Camden County prosecutor Vincent Sarubbi to assist then Acting Chief Edwin Figueroa in implementing recommended changes in the administration of the Camden Police Department's daily operations.