Attorney Armond V. Rossi, 85

POLAND – There will be a Mass of Christian Burial held on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008, at 10:30 a.m. at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Youngstown with the Very Rev. Msgr. Michael J. Cariglio officiating, preceded by a 9:30 a.m. prayer service held at the Rossi & Santucci Funeral Home, 4700 Market St. in Boardman, for Attorney Armond V. Rossi, 85, renowned area funeral director, who was peacefully called home on Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008 from complications of diabetes with his beloved family by his side.
The legacy that was started and the lives he has touched over the years with his caring and dedication to the tri county community will live on in the hearts of all.
Armond was born June 8, 1923 in Youngstown, and was a lifelong area resident. He was the son of the late Louis Rossi Sr. and Isabella (Guglielmo) Williams.
He followed in the family business to continue the tradition and legacy with his brother, Louis Rossi Jr., as a funeral director and embalmer with the Rossi Bros Funeral Home up until 2007. He then was an employee but mostly a mentor to Chelsey Santucci, his two nephews, Louis and Joseph Rossi and the entire staff of the Rossi & Santucci Funeral Home on Market Street, to help carry on the traditions, caring service and love he has been accustomed to all his life.
Armond was a proud graduate of East High School, received his bachelor’s degree from Youngstown College, his funeral directors and embalmers degree from Cleveland College of Mortuary Science, where he was president of his class, and a law degree (LLD) from Youngstown State University.
Armond was extremely active with the community, where he belonged to and was past president of the Tri County Funeral Directors Association, Ohio Funeral Directors Association, National Funeral Directors Association, Arco Club, Amerital Club, Youngstown Sons of Italy Lodge No. 858, Julian Altier Lodge I.O.S.O.I. Alphi Phi Delta Alumni, Youngstown State University Alumni, YSU Penguin Club as a Trustee, Mahoning County Bar Association, Ohio State Bar Association, ITAM Post No. 3, Wolves Club Den VI, Latin Culture Foundation, Knights of Columbus 3rd. and 4th. Degrees Council No. 3144, Firefighters Pension Board and the Cardinal Mooney Hall of Fame Committee and Athletic Boosters.
The honors that Armond has received were having the highest GPA in embalming school up until 1947, being honored for being the first chairman of The Diagnostic & Evaluation Clinic, named “Cook of the Week” by The Vindicator for his Italian cuisine, honored for his countless work with the Wolves Club, and has been named “Man of the Year” by Ciao Productions, and was “Italian Business Man of the Year” from the Greater Italian Fest.
Armond was a lifelong active member of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Youngstown, where he was an usher, on the finance committee, parish council, vestibule club and festival committee. He was a U.S. Army Air Corps veteran of WWII.
He was extremely proud of his roots from the East Side of Youngstown and his Italian background which was Alvignano, Caserta and Tursi and Colobraro, Matera Italy.
He leaves his wife and sugar of over 67 years, Alice M. Sakovich, whom he married in 1941; his three children, Adrian A. (Mary) Rossi of Columbus, Armond A. (Jane) Rossi of Frostburg, Md., and Anne Marie Jarrett of Baton Rouge, La.; five grandchildren, Alex (Lindsey), Adam, Cecilia, John Rossi and Aaron (fiancée, Kristin Walther) Jarrett; two great-grandchildren, Mia and Dominic; a sister, Elvera Cannatti; and two nephews, Joseph (Marcella) Rossi of Canfield, and Louis (fiancée, Jody) Rossi of Youngstown; along with a host of cousins and friends.
Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Louis Rossi Jr.; an aunt, Marie Williams; and an uncle, Patrick L. Williams.
Friends may call on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2008, from 1 to 8 p.m. and on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008, from 8:30 to 9:25 a.m., all at the Rossi & Santucci Funeral Home, 4700 Market St. in Boardman.
Entombment will take place at Calvary Cemetery, with full military honors provided by the Trumbull County American Legion Post.
In lieu of flowers, material contributions can be made to Hospice of the Valley, 5190 Market St., Youngstown, OH, 44512 or the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Education Fund, 343 Via Mt. Carmel, Youngstown, OH 44505 in Armond’s name.