John R. Goffredo

John R. Goffredo, 84 of Roseto, passed away peacefully on August 13, 2021, surrounded by his family.

John was born on November 19, 1936, to the late Rose S. and John Goffredo. John was a life-time resident of Roseto and graduated from Bangor High School in 1954.

John worked with his brothers, the late Michael S. Goffredo, Louis Goffredo and their sister Antoinette Goffredo at the family business, John Goffredo & Sons, Inc.

John served in the United States Army for six years and was honorably discharged in 1963. He was a lifelong member of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church where he was conferred as a Fourth Degree Knight of Columbus, in the Father DeNisco Council, #3862, Bangor.

John is survived by His loving wife, Veronica (nee Zanette), and his children, Mary Rose (Eddie) Farrell, the late John David Goffredo and his wife Lisa, Ann L. Borell (Eric), Thomas C. Goffredo and his wife Jill, Catherine L. Goffredo, Peter A. Goffredo and his wife Beth. 

John was the beloved “Pop Pop” to his eleven grandchildren, Talia Mazza (Justin), Taylor Goffredo, Carly Borell, Grace Borell, Emily Borell, John Andrew Goffredo, Isabella Goffredo, Julia Goffredo, Peter Thomas Goffredo, Anna Goffredo, Matthew Goffredo and great-granddaughters, Mila Rose Mazza and her new baby sister, Lucia Belle Mazza. John is also survived by his brother, Louis and his wife Dotty Goffredo, sister, Roseann Lopiano and sisters-in-law, Jean Goffredo, Rose E. Messino and Charlene Zanette, and brother-in-law, Anthony Zanette. 

Both John and Veronica were staunch believers in family, and they maintained the weekly tradition of hosting the entire family for “Sunday Dinner”.  These lively dinners often consisted of homemade macaronis and meatballs in “Gravy” along with John’s sprinkling of holy water on all members of his family for their protection. John’s wife and children plan to continue Pop’s time-honored tradition of Sunday Dinner for years to come.

There will be viewing hours ONLY, Wednesday, August 18, 2021, beginning at 5 PM until 8 PM at the Ruggiero Funeral Home, LLC, 126 E. Pennsylvania Avenue, Pen Argyl.  A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated, Thursday, August 19, 2021, at 11 AM at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Catholic Church, 3rd and Garibaldi Avenues, Roseto.  There will be a Eulogy at 10:45 AM at the church.  Interment will be in Our Lady of Mt. Carmel New Catholic Cemetery.

Online condolences may be offered at www.ruggierofuneralhome.com.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations may be made to either Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, 560 N. 6th Street, Bangor, PA or St. Luke’s Hospice-Development, 801 Ostrum Street, Bethlehem, PA 18015