Obituaries:  Joseph D. Along, Sabine Parish       A-452
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., May 24, 1984
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Joseph D. Along

  Joseph D. Along, (Lt. Col. Ret., USAF), 67, of Cortland, N. Y.,
died April 25, 1984, in the Cortland Memorial Hospital, after a
long illness.

  He was born Dec. 21, 1916, in Cortland, the son of Salvadore and
Mary Schembri Along, and was a life resident of the area.

  Col. Along graduated from St. Mary's High School, and SUNY,
Cortland. He completed graduate work at Ohio State University,
where he received his Master's Degree in the field of Accounting
and Business Administration. He also attended George Washington
University, under the Manpower Program, and many service schools.

  Cpl. Along retired in August 1967, after 27 years of service
with the U. S. Air Force. After military retirement, he taught
6th grade at Homer Elementary School, then became the bursar at
TC3, and most recently at SUNY, Cortland, from which he retired
in September 1981.

  A communicant of St. Anthony's Church, he was a member of the
Alumni board of SUNY, Cortland, Cortland American Legion Post,
Cortland VFW, T.R.O.A., and the New York State Retired Teachers
Association.

  His first wife, Willie Mae Hardin, a native of Sabine Parish,
died in 1973.

  Surviving are his wife, Kathryn Johnson Along of Cortland; his
son, Michael Along of Harnell; two daughters, Marylee Williams of
Rochester, Jacqueline Carr of Federalsburg, Md.; three step
children, Terry K. Perfetti of Groton, Thomas J. Perfetti of
Vail, Colo., Gregory R. Perfetti of Raleigh, N. C.; eight
grandchildren; his mother, Mrs. Mary Along of Cortland; two
sisters, Mrs. John (Teresa) Zampino of Cortland, Mrs. Robert
(Carmel) Fisher of Cinnaminson, N. J.; several aunts, uncles,
nieces, nephews, and cousins.

  A Mass of Christian Burial was conducted Saturday at 10:30 a.m.,
in St. Mary's Church. Interment was in St. Mary's Cemetery.

  Memorial gifts may be made to the American Cancer Society.