JOSEPH VITO "UNCLE VITO" BARRAVECCHIO

BARRAVECCHIO
JOSEPH VITO "UNCLE VITO"
Age 72, a Moon Township resident for the past 30 years, formerly from Warren, Ohio for 16 years and originally from Revere, Massachusetts, passed away on Tuesday, January 20, 2015, at Heritage Valley, Sewickley. He was born in East Boston, MA on April 6, 1942, to the late Vito and Marie Josephine (Tedesco) Barravecchio. Beloved husband for 49 and a half years to Glenda (Howell) Barravecchio; loving father of Anthony Joseph Barravecchio (Caryn) and Michael Vito Barravecchio (Stephanie); cherished grandfather of five; brother of Joan Marie Barravecchio. Joseph was a member of St. Joseph Church. For over 50 years, he was a member of the Knights of Columbus, 3rd Degree both locally and in Warren, OH where he had been a Program Director and Grand Knight. Joseph's work was building bridges. From 1976-1984, he had worked at Valley Consolidated Industries in Warren, OH. In April 1984 until 1995, he had been employed by Colonial Iron Works in Oakdale and Canonsburg. From 1997 until 2009, he was employed by Bridges and Towers, Inc. in New Castle. His notable accomplishments were building the George Washington viaduct, Riverside in NY and the PNC Field Triple A Baseball Stadium of the Scranton/Wilkes Barre Railriders. Visitation Wednesday 6-9 p.m. and Thursday 2-4, 6-9 p.m. at COPELAND'S MOON TOWNSHIP, 981 Brodhead Road, where Prayers will be recited on Friday at 10:20 a.m., followed by a Mass at St. Joseph Church at 11:00 a.m. Father Richard Jones, officiating. Entombment will follow in Resurrection Cemetery. Family welcomes flowers or donations in his name to the American Heart Association.
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