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In Memory of
Nunzio
Vocatura
Vocatura
2016
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Obituary for Nunzio Vocatura
Nunzio Vocatura, Jr., of Westerly, passed away at The Westerly Hospital on Monday, June 27, 2016. He was predeceased by his wife of 52 years, Nancy (Delmonte) Vocatura who passed away on Feb. 5, 2014.
He was a son of the late Margaret and Nunziato Vocatura, Sr.
Nunzio is survived by two stepsons, Michael Rosso (Jaime) and Robert Rosso (Zallee); five grandchildren, Robin Panciera (Danny), Thyra Fusaro, Tyrisha Rosso, Michael Rosso (Lisa) and Brian Rosso (Talia); as well as four great grandchildren. He also leaves a sister Virginia (Vocatura) Smith of Westerly; a brother Fred Vocatura of Westerly and Deerfield Beach, FL; and several nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by two brothers, Joe and Peter Paul Vocatura and a half-sister Jane Gabrielle, all formerly of Westerly.
Honorably discharged from service on the USS Franklin in the US Navy during WWII, he then attended a trade school for carpentry under the GI Bill in Peoria, IL. After graduation he worked various construction jobs. “Nuns” retired from the Barney Construction Co. at the Pfizer facility in Groton, CT.
Visiting hours will be held on Thursday from 4-7pm at Gaffney-Dolan Funeral Home, 59 Spruce St., Westerly. Relatives and friends are also invited to attend a Mass of Christian Burial to be celebrated on Friday at 10am in St. Pius X Church, 44 Elm St., Westerly. Interment with Full Military Honors will follow at St. Sebastian Cemetery, Westerly. For online condolences please visit www.gaffneydolanfuneralhome.com
He was a son of the late Margaret and Nunziato Vocatura, Sr.
Nunzio is survived by two stepsons, Michael Rosso (Jaime) and Robert Rosso (Zallee); five grandchildren, Robin Panciera (Danny), Thyra Fusaro, Tyrisha Rosso, Michael Rosso (Lisa) and Brian Rosso (Talia); as well as four great grandchildren. He also leaves a sister Virginia (Vocatura) Smith of Westerly; a brother Fred Vocatura of Westerly and Deerfield Beach, FL; and several nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by two brothers, Joe and Peter Paul Vocatura and a half-sister Jane Gabrielle, all formerly of Westerly.
Honorably discharged from service on the USS Franklin in the US Navy during WWII, he then attended a trade school for carpentry under the GI Bill in Peoria, IL. After graduation he worked various construction jobs. “Nuns” retired from the Barney Construction Co. at the Pfizer facility in Groton, CT.
Visiting hours will be held on Thursday from 4-7pm at Gaffney-Dolan Funeral Home, 59 Spruce St., Westerly. Relatives and friends are also invited to attend a Mass of Christian Burial to be celebrated on Friday at 10am in St. Pius X Church, 44 Elm St., Westerly. Interment with Full Military Honors will follow at St. Sebastian Cemetery, Westerly. For online condolences please visit www.gaffneydolanfuneralhome.com
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