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Joseph Giunta Obituary

Joseph T. Giunta Sr., 81, of Bloomsburg, and formerly of Forty Fort, died Thursday at Grandview Home Health under the care of Columbia-Montour Hospice, Danville.

Born in Philadelphia on Sept. 10, 1925, he was the son of the late Ernestus and Maria Santoro Giunta. He attended St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Bloomsburg.

He was a Navy veteran of World War II and the Korean Conflict and a former member of the Irem Shrine Center, Dallas. He was a member of the Washington Lodge 265 F&AM, Bloomsburg, and the Valley of Bloomsburg Scottish Right Consistory.

He was preceded in death by a brother, Raymond Gionta; sisters, Lena Fornito and Marie Amato.

Surviving are his wife of 53 years, Rosaire Ryan Giunta, Bloomsburg; daughters, Rosaire Hoffman, and her husband, Don, Lincoln, Mont.; Mary Trometter and her husband, Jeff, Williamsport; sons, Joseph Gionta, and his wife, Lynn, Mountain Top; Thomas Giunta and his wife, Sandy, West Pittston; grandchildren, Jennifer Pyle, Monica Pimely, Jessica, Stephanie and Alex Gionta, Phillip and Vincent Trometter and Abby and Anthony Giunta; great-grandchildren, Ryan and Justin Pimely; four sisters and one brother; several nieces and nephews.

A private funeral will be held from Richard H. Disque Funeral Home Inc., 672 Memorial Highway, Dallas, with the Rev. Thomas M. Cesarini officiating. Entombment will be in Chapel Lawn Memorial Park, Dallas.

Memorial donations may be made to the Bloomsburg Public Library, 225 Market St., Bloomsburg, PA 17815.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by Citizens Voice on Sep. 8, 2007.

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