Thomas P. "Tommie" Bozella, 89, Gallitzin, died Wednesday at Altoona Regional Health System, Altoona Hospital Campus.
He was born in Gallitzin, son of the late Ralph and Carmella (Capotosti) Bozella. He married Josephine Skupien on Sept. 3, 1956.
Surviving are his wife; a daughter, Andrea (George) Pyo of Cresson; three grandchildren: Amber (Anthony) Lipple and George T. and Maria Pyo; a great-granddaughter, Caroline Lipple; four sisters-in-law: Rose Grillo Skupien of Cresson, Peggy Skupien of Gallitzin, Ruth Skupien of Gallitzin and Della Skupien of Duncansville; and numerous nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by a son, Special Agent Denis Bozella, in 1989; two brothers: Alfred and William; five sisters: Ester Dallesandro, Clara Ross, Catherine Zandy, Mary Fabbri and Josephine Sprouse; and brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law: Frank (Dorothy) Skupien, Charles (Wanda) Skupien, John (Elda) Skupien, Julius Skupien, Leo Skupien, Joseph Skupien, Louise (Dail) McAleer and Michael (Alice) Koeck.
Tommie was a 1942 graduate of Gallitzin High School. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran of WWII, and he worked as a foreman for Conrail, retiring in 1983. He was a member of St. Demetrius Chapel, and he also belonged to the Gallitzin American Legion and was a former member of Gallitzin VFW.
Tommie enjoyed golfing and bowling.
Friends will be received from 2 to 5 and 6 to 9 p.m. today at Gibbons Funeral Home, 301 Church St., Gallitzin, where a vigil service will be held this afternoon. A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 15, 2011, at St. Demetrius Chapel, the Rev. Albert Ledoux as celebrant. Committal will be at St. Mary Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the Denis T. Bozella Memorial Scholarship Fund, 6 Country Club Road, Cresson, PA 16630, in Tommie's memory.
Altoona Mirror
He was born in Gallitzin, son of the late Ralph and Carmella (Capotosti) Bozella. He married Josephine Skupien on Sept. 3, 1956.
Surviving are his wife; a daughter, Andrea (George) Pyo of Cresson; three grandchildren: Amber (Anthony) Lipple and George T. and Maria Pyo; a great-granddaughter, Caroline Lipple; four sisters-in-law: Rose Grillo Skupien of Cresson, Peggy Skupien of Gallitzin, Ruth Skupien of Gallitzin and Della Skupien of Duncansville; and numerous nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by a son, Special Agent Denis Bozella, in 1989; two brothers: Alfred and William; five sisters: Ester Dallesandro, Clara Ross, Catherine Zandy, Mary Fabbri and Josephine Sprouse; and brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law: Frank (Dorothy) Skupien, Charles (Wanda) Skupien, John (Elda) Skupien, Julius Skupien, Leo Skupien, Joseph Skupien, Louise (Dail) McAleer and Michael (Alice) Koeck.
Tommie was a 1942 graduate of Gallitzin High School. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran of WWII, and he worked as a foreman for Conrail, retiring in 1983. He was a member of St. Demetrius Chapel, and he also belonged to the Gallitzin American Legion and was a former member of Gallitzin VFW.
Tommie enjoyed golfing and bowling.
Friends will be received from 2 to 5 and 6 to 9 p.m. today at Gibbons Funeral Home, 301 Church St., Gallitzin, where a vigil service will be held this afternoon. A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 15, 2011, at St. Demetrius Chapel, the Rev. Albert Ledoux as celebrant. Committal will be at St. Mary Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the Denis T. Bozella Memorial Scholarship Fund, 6 Country Club Road, Cresson, PA 16630, in Tommie's memory.
Altoona Mirror
Thomas P. "Tommie" Bozella, 89, Gallitzin, died Wednesday at Altoona Regional Health System, Altoona Hospital Campus.
He was born in Gallitzin, son of the late Ralph and Carmella (Capotosti) Bozella. He married Josephine Skupien on Sept. 3, 1956.
Surviving are his wife; a daughter, Andrea (George) Pyo of Cresson; three grandchildren: Amber (Anthony) Lipple and George T. and Maria Pyo; a great-granddaughter, Caroline Lipple; four sisters-in-law: Rose Grillo Skupien of Cresson, Peggy Skupien of Gallitzin, Ruth Skupien of Gallitzin and Della Skupien of Duncansville; and numerous nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by a son, Special Agent Denis Bozella, in 1989; two brothers: Alfred and William; five sisters: Ester Dallesandro, Clara Ross, Catherine Zandy, Mary Fabbri and Josephine Sprouse; and brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law: Frank (Dorothy) Skupien, Charles (Wanda) Skupien, John (Elda) Skupien, Julius Skupien, Leo Skupien, Joseph Skupien, Louise (Dail) McAleer and Michael (Alice) Koeck.
Tommie was a 1942 graduate of Gallitzin High School. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran of WWII, and he worked as a foreman for Conrail, retiring in 1983. He was a member of St. Demetrius Chapel, and he also belonged to the Gallitzin American Legion and was a former member of Gallitzin VFW.
Tommie enjoyed golfing and bowling.
Friends will be received from 2 to 5 and 6 to 9 p.m. today at Gibbons Funeral Home, 301 Church St., Gallitzin, where a vigil service will be held this afternoon. A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 15, 2011, at St. Demetrius Chapel, the Rev. Albert Ledoux as celebrant. Committal will be at St. Mary Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the Denis T. Bozella Memorial Scholarship Fund, 6 Country Club Road, Cresson, PA 16630, in Tommie's memory.
Altoona Mirror
He was born in Gallitzin, son of the late Ralph and Carmella (Capotosti) Bozella. He married Josephine Skupien on Sept. 3, 1956.
Surviving are his wife; a daughter, Andrea (George) Pyo of Cresson; three grandchildren: Amber (Anthony) Lipple and George T. and Maria Pyo; a great-granddaughter, Caroline Lipple; four sisters-in-law: Rose Grillo Skupien of Cresson, Peggy Skupien of Gallitzin, Ruth Skupien of Gallitzin and Della Skupien of Duncansville; and numerous nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by a son, Special Agent Denis Bozella, in 1989; two brothers: Alfred and William; five sisters: Ester Dallesandro, Clara Ross, Catherine Zandy, Mary Fabbri and Josephine Sprouse; and brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law: Frank (Dorothy) Skupien, Charles (Wanda) Skupien, John (Elda) Skupien, Julius Skupien, Leo Skupien, Joseph Skupien, Louise (Dail) McAleer and Michael (Alice) Koeck.
Tommie was a 1942 graduate of Gallitzin High School. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran of WWII, and he worked as a foreman for Conrail, retiring in 1983. He was a member of St. Demetrius Chapel, and he also belonged to the Gallitzin American Legion and was a former member of Gallitzin VFW.
Tommie enjoyed golfing and bowling.
Friends will be received from 2 to 5 and 6 to 9 p.m. today at Gibbons Funeral Home, 301 Church St., Gallitzin, where a vigil service will be held this afternoon. A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 15, 2011, at St. Demetrius Chapel, the Rev. Albert Ledoux as celebrant. Committal will be at St. Mary Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the Denis T. Bozella Memorial Scholarship Fund, 6 Country Club Road, Cresson, PA 16630, in Tommie's memory.
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