Watertown Daily Times (NY) - Tuesday, March 8, 2005
A prayer service for Joseph Colombo, 92, Artz Road, will be at 9:45 a.m. Thursday at Scanlon Funeral Home, followed by a funeral Mass at 10:30 a.m. at St. Stephen's Church, both in Croghan, with the Rev. Leo A. Wiley, pastor, officiating. Spring burial will be in St. Stephen's Cemetery.
Mr. Colombo died Sunday in Lewis County General Hospital, Lowville, where he had been a patient since Feb. 11.
Mr. Colombo retired from Latex Fiber Industries, Beaver Falls.
He attended St. Stephen's Church, was a member of McDonald's Breakfast Group, Lowville, which met almost daily for the past 10 years, and was a lifelong Democrat.
Born Feb. 28, 1913, in Wheeler, Ky., son of Francisco and Maria Rigney Fillippini Colombo, he attended school in Liggett, Ky.
He went to work in 1925 at the company general store in Liggett and in 1929 in the coal mines at Harlan, Ky. He moved with his family in the early 1930s to Lewis County, where they built a home and farm on Artz Road. In the late 1930s, he dug by hand the cellar of their house and then for many years operated and managed the family farm.
He married Theresa M. Generous on Jan. 1, 1940, at St. Peter's Church, Lowville. She died Nov. 27.
In 1936, he went to work for UniRoyal, later Latex Fiber Industries. He was eventually in charge of training new employees in the stock-materials preparation department. He became a shift foreman and beater room engineer, retiring in September 1978 as a supervisor after 41 years of service.
During his employment at Latex Fiber Industries, he was instrumental in bringing in the International Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers Union, which was affiliated with the AFL-CIO and of which he was president. He received the 1964 Latex Fiber Industries Man of the Year Award.
Also, for many years, he and his brother, Eatro "Tory," operated Colombo TV Sales and Service, where they sold and serviced Zenith televisions and equipment.
He enjoyed Grand Prix auto racing and traveling with his wife to Oswego as fans of super-modified sports car racing. He also enjoyed caring for and feeding stray animals, politics and reading.
Surviving besides his brother, of Castorland, are two daughters and their husbands, a sister, Caroline Maciejko, Croghan, three grandchildren and two nephews.
A prayer service for Joseph Colombo, 92, Artz Road, will be at 9:45 a.m. Thursday at Scanlon Funeral Home, followed by a funeral Mass at 10:30 a.m. at St. Stephen's Church, both in Croghan, with the Rev. Leo A. Wiley, pastor, officiating. Spring burial will be in St. Stephen's Cemetery.
Mr. Colombo died Sunday in Lewis County General Hospital, Lowville, where he had been a patient since Feb. 11.
Mr. Colombo retired from Latex Fiber Industries, Beaver Falls.
He attended St. Stephen's Church, was a member of McDonald's Breakfast Group, Lowville, which met almost daily for the past 10 years, and was a lifelong Democrat.
Born Feb. 28, 1913, in Wheeler, Ky., son of Francisco and Maria Rigney Fillippini Colombo, he attended school in Liggett, Ky.
He went to work in 1925 at the company general store in Liggett and in 1929 in the coal mines at Harlan, Ky. He moved with his family in the early 1930s to Lewis County, where they built a home and farm on Artz Road. In the late 1930s, he dug by hand the cellar of their house and then for many years operated and managed the family farm.
He married Theresa M. Generous on Jan. 1, 1940, at St. Peter's Church, Lowville. She died Nov. 27.
In 1936, he went to work for UniRoyal, later Latex Fiber Industries. He was eventually in charge of training new employees in the stock-materials preparation department. He became a shift foreman and beater room engineer, retiring in September 1978 as a supervisor after 41 years of service.
During his employment at Latex Fiber Industries, he was instrumental in bringing in the International Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers Union, which was affiliated with the AFL-CIO and of which he was president. He received the 1964 Latex Fiber Industries Man of the Year Award.
Also, for many years, he and his brother, Eatro "Tory," operated Colombo TV Sales and Service, where they sold and serviced Zenith televisions and equipment.
He enjoyed Grand Prix auto racing and traveling with his wife to Oswego as fans of super-modified sports car racing. He also enjoyed caring for and feeding stray animals, politics and reading.
Surviving besides his brother, of Castorland, are two daughters and their husbands, a sister, Caroline Maciejko, Croghan, three grandchildren and two nephews.
Watertown Daily Times (NY) - Tuesday, March 8, 2005
A prayer service for Joseph Colombo, 92, Artz Road, will be at 9:45 a.m. Thursday at Scanlon Funeral Home, followed by a funeral Mass at 10:30 a.m. at St. Stephen's Church, both in Croghan, with the Rev. Leo A. Wiley, pastor, officiating. Spring burial will be in St. Stephen's Cemetery.
Mr. Colombo died Sunday in Lewis County General Hospital, Lowville, where he had been a patient since Feb. 11.
Mr. Colombo retired from Latex Fiber Industries, Beaver Falls.
He attended St. Stephen's Church, was a member of McDonald's Breakfast Group, Lowville, which met almost daily for the past 10 years, and was a lifelong Democrat.
Born Feb. 28, 1913, in Wheeler, Ky., son of Francisco and Maria Rigney Fillippini Colombo, he attended school in Liggett, Ky.
He went to work in 1925 at the company general store in Liggett and in 1929 in the coal mines at Harlan, Ky. He moved with his family in the early 1930s to Lewis County, where they built a home and farm on Artz Road. In the late 1930s, he dug by hand the cellar of their house and then for many years operated and managed the family farm.
He married Theresa M. Generous on Jan. 1, 1940, at St. Peter's Church, Lowville. She died Nov. 27.
In 1936, he went to work for UniRoyal, later Latex Fiber Industries. He was eventually in charge of training new employees in the stock-materials preparation department. He became a shift foreman and beater room engineer, retiring in September 1978 as a supervisor after 41 years of service.
During his employment at Latex Fiber Industries, he was instrumental in bringing in the International Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers Union, which was affiliated with the AFL-CIO and of which he was president. He received the 1964 Latex Fiber Industries Man of the Year Award.
Also, for many years, he and his brother, Eatro "Tory," operated Colombo TV Sales and Service, where they sold and serviced Zenith televisions and equipment.
He enjoyed Grand Prix auto racing and traveling with his wife to Oswego as fans of super-modified sports car racing. He also enjoyed caring for and feeding stray animals, politics and reading.
Surviving besides his brother, of Castorland, are two daughters and their husbands, a sister, Caroline Maciejko, Croghan, three grandchildren and two nephews.
A prayer service for Joseph Colombo, 92, Artz Road, will be at 9:45 a.m. Thursday at Scanlon Funeral Home, followed by a funeral Mass at 10:30 a.m. at St. Stephen's Church, both in Croghan, with the Rev. Leo A. Wiley, pastor, officiating. Spring burial will be in St. Stephen's Cemetery.
Mr. Colombo died Sunday in Lewis County General Hospital, Lowville, where he had been a patient since Feb. 11.
Mr. Colombo retired from Latex Fiber Industries, Beaver Falls.
He attended St. Stephen's Church, was a member of McDonald's Breakfast Group, Lowville, which met almost daily for the past 10 years, and was a lifelong Democrat.
Born Feb. 28, 1913, in Wheeler, Ky., son of Francisco and Maria Rigney Fillippini Colombo, he attended school in Liggett, Ky.
He went to work in 1925 at the company general store in Liggett and in 1929 in the coal mines at Harlan, Ky. He moved with his family in the early 1930s to Lewis County, where they built a home and farm on Artz Road. In the late 1930s, he dug by hand the cellar of their house and then for many years operated and managed the family farm.
He married Theresa M. Generous on Jan. 1, 1940, at St. Peter's Church, Lowville. She died Nov. 27.
In 1936, he went to work for UniRoyal, later Latex Fiber Industries. He was eventually in charge of training new employees in the stock-materials preparation department. He became a shift foreman and beater room engineer, retiring in September 1978 as a supervisor after 41 years of service.
During his employment at Latex Fiber Industries, he was instrumental in bringing in the International Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers Union, which was affiliated with the AFL-CIO and of which he was president. He received the 1964 Latex Fiber Industries Man of the Year Award.
Also, for many years, he and his brother, Eatro "Tory," operated Colombo TV Sales and Service, where they sold and serviced Zenith televisions and equipment.
He enjoyed Grand Prix auto racing and traveling with his wife to Oswego as fans of super-modified sports car racing. He also enjoyed caring for and feeding stray animals, politics and reading.
Surviving besides his brother, of Castorland, are two daughters and their husbands, a sister, Caroline Maciejko, Croghan, three grandchildren and two nephews.
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