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Mario Victor Luongo

Mario Victor Luongo, 58, of Wildway Road, Gladstone, died Saturday, Oct. 9, 2010, at Lynchburg General Hospital. He was the husband of Jayne Dunstone Luongo.

Born in New York, N.Y., on July 17, 1952, he was a son of Mary Josephine Catalano Luongo, of Manalapan, N.J., and the late Carmine John Luongo. Mario was co-owner and operator of JayMar Electric Company and retired from the Appomattox County School System. He was a volunteer high school and middle school wrestling coach for 10 years, an avid hunter and fisherman, and a member of the IBEW local #3 in New York.

In addition to his wife and mother, he is survived by two brothers and sisters-in-law, Domenick and Patty Luongo, of Brick, N.J., and Michael and Joanne Dominguez, of New Hyde Park, N.Y.; two sisters and brothers-in-law, Constance and Dennis McGilvray, of Manalapan, N.J., and Mary and Mike Schnur, of Charlottesville; mother-in-law, Helen Dunstone, of Appomattox; two brothers-in-law, Don Dunstone, of Huntsville, Ala., and Larry and Becky Dunstone, of Liverpool, N.Y.; and numerous nieces, nephews, grand-nieces and grand-nephews.

A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday,

Oct. 12, 2010, in Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, with Father Jim Gallagher.

The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. today, Oct. 11, 2010, at Robinson Funeral Home, and at other times at the home of Jayne's mother at 2625 Wildway Road, in Appomattox.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made to the Mario Luongo Memorial Scholarship Fund, c/o Jayne Luongo, 6872 Wildway Rd., Appomattox, VA 24522, or to a charity of your choice.

Robinson Funeral Home and Cremation Service is serving the family, and an online condolence may be sent at www.robinson

funeral.com.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by The News & Advance on Oct. 11, 2010.

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Cathy Harris-Vanleer

October 14, 2010

Mario had a kind soul and was always laughing.

Evelyn Renken

October 12, 2010

My you have comfort in knowing Mario is your Guardian Angel now.

Evelyn Renken

October 12, 2010

Take comfort in knowing that now you have a special guardian angel to watch over you.

Janet Applin

October 11, 2010

I am glad you were part of our lives.

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