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JOSEPH D.
Passed on January 15, 2020. Husband of Linda (nee Ciavardone), a love affair that lasted 50 years. Beloved father of Christian (Ann Marie) Russell and Allison (Perry) Colangelo. Adored by his grand-children Ava and Gabrielle. Viewing Saturday 9:00 A.M. at St. Paul's Church, 9th and Christian Sts. Funeral Mass 10:00 A.M. Interment private.
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len caprisecca
January 12, 2021
I ATTENDED NIAGARA U FOR ONE YEAR,AND JOE AND I BECAME GREAT FRIENDS FOR THAT YEAR.WE HAD SO MANY LAUGHS AND GOOD TIMES...I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO SPEAK TO JOE OVER THE PHONE A CFEW MONTHS BEFORE HE PASSED.......JOE I WILL NEVER FORGET YOU EVEN THOUGH IT SEEMS LIKE FOREVER I FEEL THAT I SAW YOU YESTERDAY BUDDY.......GOD BLESS YOU JOE....ONE OF MY ALLTIME FAVORITES.........SEE YA BUDDY
FRANK MALETTA
November 6, 2020
RIP Joe!!
January 20, 2020
I AM SO GLAD I SPOKE TO YOU ON THE PHONE THAT DAY.OUR DAYS AT NIAGARA U TOGETHER WERE UNFORGETTABLE.THE FUN AND GOOD MEMORIES WE HAD.SINCE I HEARD THE NEWSALL THOSE MEMORIES KEEP RUNNING THRU MY MIND.I SENT YOU A TEXT AT XMAS,AND I FELT SOMETHING WASNT RIGHT SO I SAID FROM MY HEART ILL NEVER FORGET YOU. ILL SEE YOU WHEN I SEE YOU JOE.GOODBYE BUDDY
Charles Lanzalotti
January 18, 2020
Farewell Brother Joe! You Were A Wonderful Person And A Great Basketball Player! Glad Our Paths Crossed In Life! Hope To See You Some Day In Paradise!
Chalie Lanzalotti
1965 BISHOP NEUMANN HS CITY CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM
TOM 'PEPE' PAPAVERO
January 18, 2020
JOE - 1965 CITY CHAMPIONSHIP GAME VS LINCOLN HS @ THE PALESTRA
TOM 'PEPE' PAPAVERO
January 18, 2020
JOE RUSSELL - 1965 BISHOP NEUMANN HS VARSITY BB TEAM
TOM 'PEPE' PAPAVERO
January 18, 2020
1965 BISHOP NEUMANN HS VARSITY BB TEAM
TOM 'PEPE' PAPAVERO
January 18, 2020
Carol Roccia
January 17, 2020
To Linda and family - so sorry for your loss. Joe was a nice guy. May he rest in peace.
George Deal
January 17, 2020
Joe, we will miss you! As a teenager in South Philly in the mid 1960s you were viewed as a legend, an Icon! You played on one of the greatest high school basketball teams in the history of Philadelphia Basketball, the 1965 Bishop Neumann Pirates. You were one of the fiercest competitors I have ever seen play basketball. You could shoot, pass, rebound, dribble and play defense better than almost anyone in the 1960s. Your basketball IQ was off the charts. On Saturday afternoons at 16th and Jackson playground, you would play half court, four on a team and if someone was lucky enough to get on your team, they played all afternoon, never losing. I will never forget you Joe Skins!
"Capt Bob" Lewandowski
January 17, 2020
I met Joe "JR" when I was a young Fireman when we were both "Shanghai'd" to E69/L26 in the early eighties. He was good firefighter and an even better person. He opened up "his mother's" home to me, inviting me over for "macaroni dinner". That's when I was informed that all shapes of pasta are macaroni and bread had a hard crust; sliced bread was "American bread". They were some DELICIOUS Italian dinners. We both did get to serve at busier fire companies and had outstanding careers. JR always bragged about his family and how very proud he was of his children. Rest in peace, JR. I speak about of you often.
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