Salvatore J. Fazio

Salvatore J. Fazio, 88, of Glastonbury died Tuesday, (October 15, 2002) in Hartford after a brief hospitalization. Salvatore was born February 28, 1914 in Bridgeport, to Joseph Fazio and Josephine (Scivto) Fazio who have both predeceased him. He is a graduate of Harding High School in Bridgeport where he was a varsity football player. He also graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 1937 from Bucknell University in Harrisburg PA, where he played football and was a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity on Scholarship. After college he worked in the Bridgeport school system as a biology teacher until the break of World War II and was one of the first volunteers for the Army. He was with the Army's 2nd Armored Division and was part of the Battle of the Bulge. His military awards include the Purple Heart, Silver Star, Bronze Star, the Belgium Forragerer, and a battlefield commission from General George Patton. After the war he worked for the Prison Association of Connecticut for five years and then worked as a parole officer for the State of Connecticut Correctional Department for over 30 years and retired in 1982. He is survived by his wife, Maria I. (Clementino) Fazio; a son, John Fazio and his wife, Renita of East Hampton; three daughters, Teresa Carson and her husband, David of Southington, Andria Blanton and her husband, Raymond of Aurora, CO, Macrina Mayes and her husband, Duane of Eagle River, AK; grandchildren; Eric, Sean, Mark, Alex, and Alicia Carson and Michael Fazio and also several nieces and nephews in the Hartford and Bridgeport area and many loving friends, Besides his parents Salvatore is predeceased by his son, Richard, and his brothers, Carl, Anthony and Vincent. The funeral will be held Saturday, October 19, at 9:15 a.m. from the Farley-Sullivan Funeral Home, 50 Naubuc Ave., Glastonbury followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. in Saint Paul Church, 2577 Main Street, Glastonbury. Burial will be in Mount Saint Benedict Cemetery, Bloomfield. Friends may call Friday, October 18, from 2-4 p.m. and 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the funeral home. Memorial donations may be made to The Bridgeport Boys Club, 102 Park St. Bridgeport, CT 06608 or Medical Missionaries of Mary, Inc. 179 Highland Ave. Somerville, MA 02143.