James F. Alessio

James F. Alessio
James F. Alessio, 74, of 422 Barkeyville Road, Pine Township, Mercer County, died at 9:55 p.m. Saturday at Butler Memorial Hospital following a long illness.
Born Aug. 9, 1929, in Volant, he was a son of Paul and Maria Femia Alessio Sr.
Mr. Alessio was a longtime resident of Grove City. He retired in 1991 from Cooper Energy Services in Grove City, where he was a machinist for 43 years.
He was a member of the Church of the Beloved Disciple, Grove City.
Mr. Alessio was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War.
He held memberships in the Grove City Knights of Columbus Council 3658, where he was a past grand knight, and the V.F.W. Post 519 of Grove City.
He was an avid fisherman, hunter and gardener.
He is survived by a daughter, Mary Alessio of Grove City; two sons, Vincent Alessio and Joseph Alessio, both of Grove City and a granddaughter. Also surviving are 10 sisters, Rose Lewis of Jacksonville, Fla., Tressa Bellissimo of Ellwood City, Catherine Yonchak of Chesterland, Ohio, Ervia Martini of Coatsville, Esther Koonan of Rockville, MD, Sylvia Lynch of Silver Springs, MD, Julia Alessio of Fredericksburg, Va., Mary Hendrickson of Las Vegas, Virginia Alessio of Wheatland and Edith Yount of Peoria, Il; three brothers, Frank Alessio and Paul Alessio Jr., both of Grove City and John Alessio of Minnesota.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Lena JoAnn Lovaglio, who died April 30, 1998, and whom he married June 25, 1955.
Also preceding him in death was a brother.
ALESSIO - Friends of James F. Alessio, who died Saturday, April 3, 2004, will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at CUNNINGHAM FUNERAL HOME, 306 Bessemer Ave., Grove City. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Church of the Beloved Disciple, Grove City, with Monsignor Edward Zeitler, church pastor, officiating. Burial will be in the Crestview Memorial Park.