Al DIMARCO

DIMARCO, VICOLI, CREGLOW, BACCANALE, MATALONI, NELSON, DANEHY

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 9/16/2006 at 21:16:21

Al DiMarco

Al DiMarco, 79, of Bella Vista, Ark., died Monday, Dec. 15, 2003, at Northwest Medical Center of Washington County in Springdale, Ark. He was born Aug. 7, 1924, in Mason City, Iowa, to Alfonso DiMarco and Mary Guistina Vicoli DiMarco. He graduated from Mason City High School in 1942 and attended Creighton University in Omaha, Neb., for one year. He dropped out of school to join the U.S. Marines in 1943, serving for three years in the South Pacific. He entered the University of Iowa in 1946 and was the quarterback for the 1947-1948 football team. He married Mitzi Ann Creglow on Dec. 28, 1948. He began his teaching career in Eagle Grove, Iowa, in 1950. Five years later, he moved to Dowling High School, a Catholic parochial school in Des Moines, Iowa. He spent the next 33 years at Dowling, teaching economics and business, and coaching football, basketball, baseball and track. In November 1987, he was inducted into the Iowa Football Coaches Hall of Fame, and he and his wife were recognized as co-teachers of the year by the National Catholic Education Association. Also in 1987, he and his wife moved to Bella Vista and joined St. Bernard Catholic Church, where he served on the Parish Council and was a member of the Men's Club and the Parish Golf League. He was preceded in death by four brothers, Rocco DiMarco, Richard DiMarco, Jim DiMarco and Nick DiMarco; and two sisters, Autilia Ottie Baccanale and Lucia Mataloni. Survivors include his wife, Mitzi DiMarco; three sons, Dan DiMarco of Apple Valley, Minn., Dennis DiMarco of Denton, Texas, and Jerry DiMarco of Bozeman, Mont.; a daughter, Mary Florence DiMarco of Egan, Minn.; two sisters, Julia Nelson of Clear Lake, Iowa, and Teresa Danehy of Arleta, Calif.; two brothers, Levi DiMarco of Mason City, Iowa, and Gus DiMarco of Clear Lake; and seven grandchildren. Visitation will be from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 22, at the Bella Vista Funeral Home and Crematory, with a rosary said at 7 p.m. A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 23, at St. Bernard Catholic Church in Bella Vista with Father Joseph J. Enderlin. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Dowling High School, 1400 Buffalo Road, West Des Moines, IA 50265-9.

Benton County Daily Record (Arkansas) 20 Dec 2003