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Joseph Fiorito Obituary
He was born Nov. 28, 1941, in Philadelphia, Pa., son of the late Joseph Nicholas Fiorito and Rose Marie Sciocchetti Fiorito. He was the husband of Karen Fronk Fiorito.
Mr. Fiorito graduated from Temple University and attended Millersville University. He was employed with Burlington Industries as a customer service supervisor. Mr. Fiorito served his country in the U.S. Army Reserves. A passion of his was playing golf and, in his younger years, playing basketball at Millersville University. Mr. Fiorito enjoyed spending time with his family, his fur baby, Daisy May, and grand fur babies.
Mr. Fiorito is survived by his wife of 38 years, Karen Fiorito; two sons, Joseph "Joe" Robert Fiorito Jr. (Paulette) and Mark Richard Fiorito; a daughter, Karen Marie Fiorito (Paul Glenn); sister, Linda Ostrowsky; two nephews, Jason Ostrowsky (Anne Tulloch) and Jeffrey Houston (Ashley); niece, Anna Houston; and sister-in-law, Marcia Houston (Jim).
He was preceded in death by his parents.
The celebration of life graveside service for Mr. Fiorito will be 11 a.m. Monday, Oct. 14, at Douglas Presbyterian Church Cemetery, officiated by Pastor Rob Jones.
The family will receive friends from 1 to 5 p.m. Monday, Oct. 14 at the home of Bob and Karen.
The family would like to thank Agape Hospice and Lancaster Grove for their wonderful care and compassion.
For those who wish, memorials may be made to Lancaster SPCA, P.O. Box 3042, Lancaster, SC 29721; or Douglas Presbyterian Church, 2325 Sunday Place, Lancaster, SC 29720.
An online guest register is available for condolences on the obituaries page at www.burgessfunerals.com.
Burgess Funeral Home and Crematory of Lancaster is caring for the family of Mr. Robert Fiorito.
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