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Fusco, Dominec Robert 1916-2005

FUSCO, MARINELLI, DECAPRIO, JOHNSON

Posted By: Debbie Nash (email)
Date: 1/26/2005 at 17:46:21

Dominec Robert Fusco
January 25, 2005

Dominec Robert Fusco, 88, of New Castle, Pa., died Sunday, Jan. 2, 2005, in Allegheny General Hospital, in Pittsburgh, Pa.

A funeral mass was held Jan. 6 at St. Camillus Church in New Castle. Burial was in Castle View Memorial Gardens in New Castle.

The family requests memorials to Fairfield Public Library.

Mr. Fusco was born Feb. 19, 1916, in New Castle, the son of Peter Fusco and Marianna Philomena Marinelli Fusco. He married Genevieve Justine DeCaprio Feb. 14, 1942, in New Castle.

He was a lifelong resident of New Castle and Neshannock Township. He attended New Castle Schools, graduating from New Castle High School in January 1934.

In 1941, he graduated from Slippery Rock University in Slippery Rock, Pa., with a bachelor of arts degree in education. He earned a master of arts degree in education, a guidance counselor certificate and a principal certificate from Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pa.

Mr. Fusco was an elementary school teacher in the Neshannock School System for 30 years.

During World War II, he served in the United States Army for four years. He was stationed in the Pacific theater of war and stateside at Fort Lee, Va.

He earned a Good Conduct Ribbon, an American Theater Ribbon, an Asiatic Theater Ribbon and a World War II Victory Medal.

Mr. Fusco was a member of the Lawrence County Retired Teachers Association, the National Teachers Association and St. Camillus Church. His hobbies included organic gardening, reading, and fixing small appliances.

Survivors include his wife; two children, Cheryl Fusco Johnson and husband David of Fairfield, Robert D. Fusco and wife Jean of Sewickley, Pa.; and four grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers; two sisters; and an infant grandson.

Courtesy of the Fairfield Daily Ledger Inc. 2005


 

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