James Sciortino

James J. Sciortino VIRGINIA BEACH - James Joseph Sciortino, 65, of the 2400 block of Tanning Reeve Way, died Monday, Nov. 2, 2009 in a local hospital. He was a native of Brooklyn, N.Y., and was the son of the late Salvatore and Mary Richard Sciortino. He was a resident of Virginia Beach since 1965. He served his country in the United States Navy and was a Vietnam veteran. He later was a Merchant Marine with the Military Sea Lift Command. Mr. Sciortino owned and operated the All Pet chain of pet stores and the Beach Board House surf shop. He formerly owned Sciortino Enterprises and was an honored member of the Virginia Beach Police Department and the Fraternal Order of Police He was a Roman Catholic and a Eucharistic minister and CCD teacher. He was the president of the St. Gregory the Great Men's Club for several years, and was an avid fisherman and surfer. He is survived by his wife of 39 years, Kathleen Rose Kelley Sciortino of Virginia Beach; his daughter, Maria Virgilio and her husband Daniel of Aldie, Va.; his sons, James Patrick Sciortino and his wife Melissa of New Windsor, N.Y., and Anthony Sciortino of Leesburg, Va.; his sister, Annemarie Chrusciel of Virginia Beach; and his brothers, Joseph Sciortino of Virginia Beach and Paul Sciortino of Apex, N.C.; his grandsons, Nolan and Tristan Sciortino; many nieces and nephews. The Mass of Christian burial will be held Friday, Nov. 6, in St. Gregory the Great Roman Catholic Church at 11 a.m. with entombment in St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery. The Rosary will be recited in the Laskin Road chapel of H.D. Oliver Funeral Apts. Thursday at 7 p.m. followed by a visitation with the family. Memorial donations may be made to the Wounded Warriors Fund at woundedwarriorfund.org. Online condolences may be sent to the family at hdoliver.com.