Robert F. Desanzo, Sr. Obituary (1925

Robert F. DeSanzo, Sr., 89, of West Mayfield, died Thursday, December 4, 2014 in his home. Born February 2, 1925 in Racine, he was the son of the late Bert and Violet Straley DeSanzo. He was a member of St. Monica Parish on College Hill and had retired from the Jack Landsbach Trucking Company. He was a World War II combat veteran having served onboard the U.S.S. Intrepid in the U.S. Navy in the Pacific Theater. He was a member of the West Mayfield Vets Club and the Beaver Falls American Legion. The family would like to thank Grane Hospice for all of their loving care and support and especially Val and Cassie. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers, two sisters, and his son-in-law, Martin Schriver. He is survived by his wife of 67 years, Minnie Pellegrini DeSanzo, four daughters and sons-in-law, Connie and Raymond Kane, Chippewa Twp., Marsha and Terrance McConnell, Patterson Twp., Roberta and Renald Bartoe, Patterson Twp., Robin and Robert Steklachick, Chippewa Twp., a son Robert F. DeSanzo, Jr., West Mayfield, six grandchildren and their spouses, Robert and Jennifer Kane, Jill and Shane Rushman, Michael Karpinski, Lindsay and Aaron Komlos, Lauren Bartoe, Marty and Brandice Schriver, nine great-grandchildren, and a sister, Leona Mitchell. Friends will be received Monday from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. in the Hill & Kunselman Funeral Home, www.hillandkunslman.com., 3801 Fourth Ave., College Hill, Beaver Falls, where prayers will be recited on Tuesday at 9:20 a.m. followed by a Mass of Christian burial at 10 a.m. in St. Monica Parish on College Hill. Interment will follow in the National Cemetery of the Alleghenies. Memorial contributions may be made, if desired to Wounded Warrior Project, P.O. Box 758517, Topeka, KS 66675.