June 15, 1916 – February 10, 2008
John Stallone Jr., 91, of Bryan passed away on Sunday, February 10, 2008, at St. Joseph Manor. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, February 13, at Hillier Funeral Home. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, February 14, at the funeral home chapel with Monsignor John McCaffrey of St. Joseph Catholic Church officiating. Burial will follow at Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Bryan. John was an avid fan of major league baseball and football. He was a first generation American; his parents emigrated from Campobello, Sicily, Italy, to the United States in the early 1900s. John served his country with honor in the U.S. Army during World War II and the Korean War, and then, in peacetime, retired after 20 years service at the rank of sergeant major (E9). He was preceded in death by his brothers, Anthony, Dominic, Jasper, Joseph and Nicola, and parents, John Sr. and Antonia Stallone. Survivors include his wife, Antonetta M. Stallone of Bryan; sons, John N. and wife, Janet, of Bryan and Robert M. and wife Patti, of Oxnard, Calif.; and grandchildren, Adrienne Visher of Stow, Ohio, and Nicholas Stallone of Kent, Ohio. The Stallone family wishes to recognize and gratefully thank the caregivers at St. Joseph's Manor and Hospice Brazos Valley for their compassionate and skillful care.
June 15, 1916 – February 10, 2008
John Stallone Jr., 91, of Bryan passed away on Sunday, February 10, 2008, at St. Joseph Manor. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, February 13, at Hillier Funeral Home. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, February 14, at the funeral home chapel with Monsignor John McCaffrey of St. Joseph Catholic Church officiating. Burial will follow at Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Bryan. John was an avid fan of major league baseball and football. He was a first generation American; his parents emigrated from Campobello, Sicily, Italy, to the United States in the early 1900s. John served his country with honor in the U.S. Army during World War II and the Korean War, and then, in peacetime, retired after 20 years service at the rank of sergeant major (E9). He was preceded in death by his brothers, Anthony, Dominic, Jasper, Joseph and Nicola, and parents, John Sr. and Antonia Stallone. Survivors include his wife, Antonetta M. Stallone of Bryan; sons, John N. and wife, Janet, of Bryan and Robert M. and wife Patti, of Oxnard, Calif.; and grandchildren, Adrienne Visher of Stow, Ohio, and Nicholas Stallone of Kent, Ohio. The Stallone family wishes to recognize and gratefully thank the caregivers at St. Joseph's Manor and Hospice Brazos Valley for their compassionate and skillful care.
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