Joseph R Furgiuele

Joseph R. Furgiuele, 93, of Wesbury, passed away on Wednesday, February 6, 2013, at Meadville Medical Center. He was born Feb. 26, 1919, in Mendicino, Italy, a son of Enrico A. Furgiuele and Amelia Greco Furgiuele. Joseph attended masonry school and was a brick and stone mason. He was a veteran of the Pennsylvania National Guard and the US Marine Corps. He attended the Church of the Nazarene in Coaltown. He was a member of the Order of Italian Sons and Daughters of America in Pittsburgh; he enjoyed traveling, gardening, farming, reading, crossword puzzles, and smoking his pipe. Most of all he loved spending time with his family and friends. He is survived by a daughter Sylvia Marzolf and her late husband Elmer of Haines City, FL; three sons Joseph Furgiuele and his wife Linda of Harmonsburg; Enrico Furgiuele and his wife Shelly of New Brighton; Gino Furgiuele of Slippery Rock; 12 grandchildren Joseph Furgiuele III and his wife Kristie, Sylvia Furgiuele-Taylor and her significant other John Jordan, Maria Wilcox and her husband Robert II, Renee Wilson and her husband Robert, Bruce Whitemore and his wife Chris, Sabrina Pierce, Chrissy Fredrick and her husband Dan, Nikki Burns and her husband Colin, Kim Furgiuele and her significant other Brian Cupp, Tyler Stadtfeld, Lori Giangiuli and her husband Rodney, Jeff Marzolf; 27 great-grandchildren Joseph Furgiuele IV, Nikki Hamm, Austin Taylor, Dakota Taylor, Cameron Jordan, Garrett, Patrica and Robert Wilcox, Dustyno Miller, Nikalena, Jobe and Elijah Wilson, Brianna Parks, Tyler Terrill, Joey Whitmore, Stephanie Pierce, Jeremy Gentile, Dakota and Hunter Elms, Jamison, Lochlan and Analise Burns, Braden Cupp, Cailyn Furgiuele, Justin, Ryan, and Marisa Giangiuli; three great-great-grandchildren Nina Elms, Fred Jr. and Gabby Lenk; two sisters Lucille Smith and her husband Jerry of Pittsburgh, Rose Mazur and her late husband Albert of Pittsburgh, two brothers Enrico Furgiuele and his late wife Mary of Westview, Anthony Furgiuele and his wife Janet of Westview; several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, three wives Patrica Mickinak Furgiuele, Florence Sandre Furgiuele Singer, and Sara Flack, two sisters Mary Petrocelly and Yolanda Segreti, one brother Vincent Furgiuele, a granddaughter Tina Maria Furgiuele, a grandson Ryan Stadtfeld. A Memorial Service will be held Saturday, February 16, at 1:00p.m., at the Unionville United Methodist Church, 1297 Rt. 68, Rochester, PA 15074 (724-843-0862), officiated by the Rev. Douglas Myers Jr. Please sign the guestbook at www.hatheway-tedesco.com. Arrangements are under the direction of Hatheway-Tedesco Funeral Home and Crematory, 614 Baldwin Street, Meadville.