John A. Bucci Sr.

John A. Bucci Sr.

John Bucci Obituary

Published by Legacy Remembers from Jan. 1 to Jan. 2, 2003.
ALBANY John A. Bucci Sr., 100 years old, died on Sunday, December 29, 2002 in the Hospice Inn at St. Peters Hospital. John was born on February 24, 1902, son of the late Thomas A. and Rose Venosa Bucci. He was employed by the Albany Times Union and at the age of 73 went to work for the Albany County Department of Aging. John suffered a stroke in 1993 and was forced to retire from active employment. John was husband of the late Lucy Sherry Bucci and the late Mary (Marion) Fitzgerald Bucci. Survivors include his daughter, Joan Morlock and her husband, Norbert; son, Edward J. Bucci and his wife Marge; grandchildren, Joanne Bucci Ross and her husband Alan, Patricia Bucci Ryan, Thomas A. Bucci and his wife Sheila and Nancy Morlock; great-grandchildren, Kristi Bucci, Karli Bucci and Casey Ryan; sister, Rose Houting; brother, James Bucci; and several nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his son, John A. Bucci Jr.; sisters, Mary Miller and Elizabeth Burke; brothers, Joseph, Ralph, Steven, Frank and William Bucci. Funeral services will be held on Friday at 8:15 a.m. from the Daniel Keenan Funeral Home, 490 Delaware Ave., Albany thence to St. Pius X Church, Loudonville where a Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 9:00 a.m. Relatives and friends are invited and may call at the funeral home on Thursday from 4-8 p.m. Interment will follow the Mass at Our Lady Help of Christians Cemetery, Glenmont. In lieu of flowers, those who wish may send donations to the Hospice Inn at St. Peters Hospital, 315 So. Manning Blvd., Albany, NY 12208.

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January 2, 2003

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January 2, 2003

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Michael Fitzgerald

January 2, 2003

Joan & Ed,

I am so sorry to have heard of the loss of your Dad. Uncle Burbee will always be in my memories and I will always remember how he use to love to tell the story of me falling asleep in the back seat of the car when I use to "help" him deliver the newspapers.

Love, Mike

Ralph G. Thompson

January 2, 2003

Tom,

Saddened by the news of your loss and wanting to express my sympathy toward you and yours with the hope that our Lord comforts you during your hour of need



Ralph G. Thompson

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