Angelo Anthony Rossi, 86

POLAND – Services will begin Monday morning at 9:30 a.m. at the Higgins-Reardon Funeral Home, Poland Chapel, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial celebrated at 10 a.m. at the Holy Family Church, for Angelo Anthony Rossi, 86, who passed away Thursday at the Hospice House.
Angelo was born Sept. 4, 1921 in Campbell, the son of Patsy and Lucy Cutrone Rossi.
After graduating from Campbell Memorial High School in 1940, he served in the U.S. Marine Corps during WWII. He served in the Pacific Theatre in Iwo Jima and Bougainvillea and was awarded two Purple Hearts. He then worked as a machinist at the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Corporation for more than 40 years before retiring in 1980.
He was a member of the Holy Family Church and a 3rd degree member of the Poland Knights of Columbus Council No. 4471. He was also a member of the Campbell VFW Post No. 560, the Campbell Italian American War Veterans and the disabled American Veterans.
Angelo is remembered by his family as a true family man who enjoyed photography, carpentry, gardening, making homemade pasta and baking pitzells. He especially enjoyed the tradition of celebrating St. Joseph’s Day and cheering on his Pittsburgh Steelers.
He is survived by his wife, the former Margaret Yuhas, whom he married Aug. 9, 1947; his seven children, Mark (Victoria) Rossi of Canfield, Patrick (Carolyn) Rossi of Mineral Ridge, Frank (Vanessa) Rossi of Poland, Anthony (Leeann) Rossi of Boardman, Maureen Culver Rossi of Poland, Joseph (Susan) Rossi of Salem and Angela (Kurt) McTigue of Poland; three sisters, Lucy “Pat” Masi of Campbell, Mary Lucido of Youngstown and Rose (Albert Michael) Teutsch of Campbell; 16 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers, Henry and Frank Rossi.
Friends may call from 3 to 7 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
The family has requested that material tributes take the form of donations to either the Hospice House or American Legion Post No. 560 in Angelo’s memory.
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