Ottavio Luchetti Obituary

February 1, 2012

Ottavio Luchetti, 80, of Pittston, passed away Wednesday evening, February 1, 2012 at the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. Born in the Keystone Section of Plains Township, on April 6, 1931, he was the son of the late Ottavio and Teresa Cardoni Luchetti. He was a graduate of Plains High School and served for four years in the U.S. Air Force in Germany during the Korean Conflict. In his younger days, he was an upholster working for Craft Associated. Later, he worked for Beltrami and Pagnotti Enterprises and assisted in the Knox Mine Disaster Clean-Up Effort of 1959. He retired after 30 years of service as a heavy machine operator with Blue Coal/Lucky Strike Coal Company. He was a member of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Pittston. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his siblings, Jennie Santucci, Emma Luchetti, Rose Luchetti, Louis Luchetti, Julia Vinciotti, Dora Payson and Margaret Smith. Surviving are his wife of 50 years, Charlotte Latsko Luchetti; children, Col. James M. Luchetti, M.D., U.S. Army, Norfolk, Virginia; Mia M. McLean and her husband, Joseph, Pittston; and Mark A. Luchetti and his wife Gigi, West Chester; his two beloved grandchildren, Anna and Erin Luchetti; and numerous nieces and nephews. A Memorial Mass will be celebrated on Monday, February 6, 2012 at 9:30 a.m. in St. Joseph Marello Parish at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, 237 William Street, Pittston. The family will receive friends and relatives in the church from 8:30 a.m. until the time of Mass. Interment will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Carverton. Memorial donations may be made to Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church Building Fund. Funeral arrangements are entrusted to the Peter J. Adonizio Funeral Home, 251 William Street, Pittston. Online condolences may be made to www.peterjadoniziofuneralhome.

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Published by Times Leader on Feb. 5, 2012.

Memories and Condolences
for Ottavio Luchetti

10 Entries

Susan Parrick

February 10, 2012

Mia, My thoughts and prayers to you, Joe, and your family on the loss of your Dad. May you find comfort in the many beautiful memories you shared together.

February 6, 2012

Mark and family so sorry for your loss. Zimmerman family

Barbara Ternosky

February 6, 2012

Mia , my thoughts and prayers to you and your family on the loss of your Dad. Barbara Ternosky

Josie and Bill Howley

February 6, 2012

Mia and Joe
So sorry to hear about your Dad. May you find comfort in the memories you have of him.

February 6, 2012

Mia, My deepest sympathies to you and your family in the passing of your Dad. You will be in my thoughts and prayers during this most difficult time.

Theresa Licata - Hanover Twp.

Father Paul McDonnell, OSJ

February 6, 2012

Charlotte, my prayers are with you during this time of loss of your dear husband. I am forever grateful for your prayers and support of the Oblates Seminary. I will have all the Oblate Fathers remember Ottavio in our Mass and prayers today as we are gathered for our General Chapter in northern Italy. May he rest in peace and may God grant you the comfort and peace that comes only from Christ, our Risen Lord!

Dan Linski

February 5, 2012

Our condolences go out to the entire Luchetti family for their loss. Ottavio is a perfect example of the greatest generation. I am sure he will be missed greatly.

carol trebunak

February 5, 2012

to the luchetti family, sorry to learn adout the death of another luchetti family. My thoughts are with all of .Charlotte you losted you best friend,all my prayers are with you. To this children rembered all the family times good and bad and laugh about all. Teddy was a good person and I'm glad to remember good times with all the family. You have a wonderful family from the great grandparents to the children tothe new children and etc. I'll rember him happy and the good looking guy from my childhood.He's in heaven and the luchetti family is having a good party.so please except my sorry for all.

carol trebunak (baran)

Cheryl Tokach

February 5, 2012

Mia -I am so sorry to hear about the loss of your father. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family during this difficult time...

teresa luchetti

February 4, 2012

I will fondly remember my uncle for always checking up on me when i would be going through a difficult time, how proud he was of me having a good jobas a nurse, how he approved of all the renovations we did on the homestead, especially the kitchen; he would just come and look around and shake his head and say, "they did a nice job", many times during his visits wewould discuss how it was growing up, how nona cooked, how "pa" and him went for walks in the woods, how my dad was a hard worker, how it was when he visited oyr relatives in Italy when he was stationed there.

I knew he liked his glass of water with ice (cold), he expected taffy if u went to the shore, he only liked specific brands and specific foods, he liked to cook, he expected a phone call every so many weeks to check in. On that note my heart is very sad, because i didn't get to make that monthly phone call recently and now thank God I will use all these great memories and talk to him up in heaven.
I will miss you Uncle Ted, and i love you and i realize why u went so suddenly... because you didn't like too much fanfare, Aunt Charlotte and the kids and the rest of your family and friends will hopefully take solace that you passed suddenly on a very ordinary day, doing very ordinary things, just like you would want it

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