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Barry Lesizza Obituary
Barry was born on Sept. 20, 1943, in Hartford, and raised in Ellington until he settled in Vernon for most of his life. He relocated to Roanoke in 2005 where he retired and enjoyed his later life with his loving wife, Yvonne Doiron Lesizza.
The son of Stanley and Harriett (Busher) Lesizza, Barry graduated from Ellington High School and immediately entered into service in the United States Navy. Stationed on the USS Saratoga, he proudly served his country during the Cuban missile crisis until his honorable discharge in 1964. After this, his path in life led him to meet Yvonne, the love of his life, and they married on June 24, 1967. Barry's experience gained serving in the Navy as an HVAC mechanical engineer, led him to a career in HVAC estimating. When not working, he found his true enjoyment in music, restoring vintage LP albums, fishing, and researching anything involving model trains with his grandson, the apple of his eye. His wife, Yvonne (Doiron) Lesizza, his daughter Lesly (Lesizza) Connolly, and his grandson, Sean Alan Connolly, are here enjoying the memories of his infectious laugh, incredible sense of humor, and are comforted knowing how he touched the lives of his closest friends and those he met through the years.
We would like to thank the Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital's 6 Mountain ICU staff for their loving care of Barry and our family during our brief time there.
Funeral services and burial will be private.
In lieu of flowers or donations, we would like to ask you to be kind to one another. Never take for granted that there will be a tomorrow. Always try to pay it forward, and do something for someone else without expecting anything in return Barry exemplified this mantra, and it would please him to know that this continues in his memory.
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Memories and Condolences
for Barry Lesizza
PETER TERMINE
January 4, 2023
Barry you may be gone but will never be forgotten
Dan Clark. Cousin
January 14, 2022
My condolences to you all
PETER TERMINE
January 14, 2022
I worked with Barry for years at Yankee sheet metal and Palmer sheet metal Barry always made us laugh and always had a positive attitude he will be missed by all who knew him.
Ken and Luanne Lasnier
January 14, 2022
Barry was a beautiful person and someone I was proud to say was my Uncle. Never a frown, always a smile and a laugh that was so contagious it would take your breath. He loved his beautiful family, Aunt Yvonne, cousins Lesly and Sean whom we offer our sincere sympathies.
We loved to talk of our sea service days, his Navy and me Marine. He will never be forgotten!
Semper Fi, Uncle Barry.
Margaret Clark
January 13, 2022
Dear Yvonne. Lesley, and Sean,
I did not see very much of Barry as an adult, but I aways remember him smiling and laughing. So, I was very touched to see that he lived his whole life just as I would have imagined he might if I had tried to predict the future. I know he will be sorely missed. I so appreciate your request to be kind to someone. That was the second reminder I have had in two days in the context of an obituary, and I am to make my kindness contribution.
Cousin Margaret Clark
Richard & Lynn Paseka
January 13, 2022
Yvonne and Family
So very sorry to learn of Barry's passing. May your hearts be filled with wonderful memories of joyful times together. Wishing you peace and comfort during this time of sorrow.
Cathryn Girard
January 13, 2022
Dear Yvonne, Lesley and Sean: To read of Barry's death is a gut punch. He is one year older than I, and since I had no girl Lesizza cousins around my age, I teamed up with Barry and Robert Goryns, another of our cousins, to plot, scheme, seek out adventure, and generally get into mischief at all the Lesizza Family gatherings on Gilbert Street in East Hartford (the dike and the CT River called to us always), and at the Busher Family Homestead in Rockville. Little did we know what glorious times these were, and the fleetingness of our childhoods. So, what we have is great memories to get us through these days of sadness. He was a wonderful man, cousin, husband, dad and granddad. We are all better fo having known him.
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