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Joseph Victor Plescia

FUNERAL HOME

Nicoletti, Culjis & Herberger Funeral Home

5401 Folsom Blvd

Sacramento, California

Joseph Plescia Obituary

Proudly born in Sacramento to Sicilian immigrants on October 6, 1923, Joe Sr. came from humble beginnings. He experienced life ranging from having his first family Christmas Tree at the age of 15 as a result of saving money from a boyhood job, assisting his father with selling vegetables out of his father's truck (the scale still hangs in the garage), picking wild cardoni in the fields that once surrounded Sacramento, to serving in the Navy during WWII, to being co-founder of the then Capital City Boxing Club, gas station owner, Kraft Food salesman, and ultimately building a successful bar with his wife Nancy Jo, son Joe Jr., and daughter-in-law Donna. He was known for his feisty, demonstrative personality and his love for rolling the dice - - literally and figuratively. In his sunset years, Joe Sr. enjoyed spending time with the co-patriarch of the family Michael Plescia and attending the Arbereshe picnics. Joe Sr. passed at home in the presence of Nancy Jo and Joe Jr., who are the reason for his years of health and happiness. Joe Sr. is now reunited with his dearly departed daughter Carol Lee Boman, his sister Vera Fracchia, brother George Zarzana, and parents Mary and Andrew Plescia. Joe Sr. is survived by wife Nancy Jo, son Joe Jr. (Donna), and son- in-law Dana Rumburg, grand-daughters Michelle Harris (Troy), Marie Davis (Arnel), and Jennifer Plescia, along with ten great grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews. For family and friends a celebration of life luncheon will be held at the Dante Club, 2330 Fair Oaks Blvd., on Friday, January 8 at 12:30 p.m. to honor the 92 years of Joe Sr.'s full life. In lieu of flowers, remembrances may be made to the Wounded Warriors Project, PO Box 758517, Topeka, KS, 66675.

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Published by The Sacramento Bee on Jan. 5, 2016.

Memories and Condolences
for Joseph Plescia

19 Entries

Diane Hernandez

October 13, 2024

Condolences to Joe (Joey) Jr. and family on the loss of your father. Sincerely, Diane (Wilcoxon) Hernandez and Julie Lockner.

Dennis colar

February 24, 2016

For joe plescia sr

dennis colar

February 24, 2016

Dear plescia family..we are saddened to hear that joe sr passed away...all our love and respect...dennis colar and the colar family...

February 17, 2016

Dear Nancy - I send my deepest sympathy to you and all of the Plescia family.
I am so sorry for your loss.

Janet & Lynn Welch

January 10, 2016

sry joe and family for the passing of your farther he was a good man heart ofgold.love tom and joAnn Francesconi.

Elaine Zarzana

January 10, 2016

Sending love at this time of loss. I will always remember visiting Uncle Joe. I will especially remember his feisty sense of humor and his love for his family.

Rusty Crocco

January 10, 2016

Joe I'm sorry to hear about your Dad.Best wishes to you and all your family.

Joan Santos

January 10, 2016

Joe, I'm sorry to hear about your Dad's passing.He was a great humble man. God bless your dad and he rest in peace. My condolences to the family. Joan Santos

Jack Jenkins

January 9, 2016

Dear Joe,
So sorry to hear of your father's passing. My sympathies to you and your family.

Jim Zarzana

January 9, 2016

Aunt Nancy, Cousin Joe and Donna, I'm sorry I could not be there for Uncle's service. We will miss him very much. I am hoping the Italian Sausage in Heaven is up to his standards. I'm also glad our daughter, Elaine, got to meet him at your home in Sacramento. Best wishes and all our love, Jim and Marianne

Feliz Crandall

January 8, 2016

Dear Nancy, Joey, Donna, Jennifer, Michelle and Marie I was sorry to learn of your loss. Pops was a good man with a great heart. Erin and I have treasured memories of him and know first hand of his generosity. He was an icon and will be sorely missed.

Julie Fackrell

January 7, 2016

Nancy Jo: I was so sorry to read of Joe's passing. Please accept my condolences for all your family and know that I am thinking of you and you are in my prayers. Julie (Milling) Fackrell

Ron Cristoni

January 7, 2016

Nancy Jo, Joe Jr., Donna, Jennifer, We are so sorry for your loss. We will always remember Joe Sr. when we stop in at the Club Raven. The Cristoni's

Sally King

January 6, 2016

Dear Plescia family,
so sorry to hear of Joe Sr's passing. I know he's in a better place now.
I will always appreciate how he treated my daughter, Kate (Jennifer's best friend from first grade) like family.
There were many occasions when we all celebrated some event together and Kate and I felt like we were part of the family.
Joe will be greatly missed but I know his memories will forever remain in your hearts.
Sally

Jim Musillani

January 5, 2016

Mary Jo and Joey: I am so sorry to read of Joe's passing. Joe and my Dad were close friends that shared many things together.
I enjoyed the times we spent playing golf or just talking.
God bless Joe and may he rest in peace.

Nick Cullincini

January 5, 2016

Senior will be missed by many. I remember his great smile. I was only a kid but I also remember the Capitol City Boxing Club and the great fights that Joe Sr promoted.

Joe Jr, I still have the autographed picture of "Stan The Man" that your dad (and you) gave me 25 years ago. May your memories (and you have a lot of them!) bring you comfort.

Deepest condolences to the entire family.

Jennifer Plescia

January 5, 2016

I feel like my words diminish and shrink the love I feel for my Pops and fail to capture the essence of who he was as a man, husband, friend, (grand)father, and the other roles and relationships he had in his life. His charismatic personality just filled a room and his dreaded passing just overwhelms my heart with grief. I have so many wonderful memories and for that I am grateful.

A few of those memories

I, six or seven years old at that time, am sitting in the back middle seat of his then brown Cadillac. Pops is barreling south bound down Alhambra between the Lime Light and now Safeway. His right arm across the bucket seat. Joe Brusca in the passenger seat. And, my pops, is completely turned around talking to me, not watching the road. No wonder my family knows Gunther so well. We all learned how to drive from Pops.

Pops would call my father every day to collaborate on the puzzle published in the Sacramento Bee.

Without fail, Pops would knock something over at the dinner table because he always talked with his hands.

At the ripe age of, again, six or seven, Pops taught me how to play Liar's Dice and how to flip the dice when know one was looking.

His laugh.

His story about how his mother would tell him he has the most beautiful feet in the world.

And, always letting me crawl into his lap for snuggles and a hug.

Pops will always be in my heart.

January 4, 2016

Dear Family,
Our deepest sympathy. You are all in our thoughts and prayers.
Sincerely, Leif and Sonia Windtberg

Russ Crocco

January 3, 2016

Uncle Joe,
You will certainly be missed, one of a kindest & fun person that I have ever had the honor to know. God Bless you & your family
Sincerely, Russ Crocco

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