OBIT: Stephen GIRONDA, 2001, Jerome, Somerset County, PA
  
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  GIRONDA
  
    Stephen Gironda, 85, of Penn Avenue, Jerome, died Feb. 18, 2001, at
  Memorial Medical Center in Johnstown.  Born Jan. 22, 1916, in
  Macdonaldton.  Son of Vito and Maria (Surano) Gironda.  Preceded in death
  by parents; special niece, Cynthia Downie, Oct. 15, 1980; infant sister,
  Theresa; sister, Vitina; and brothers, Joseph and Frank.  Survived by wife
  of 60 years, the former Beatrice Downie; and children, Charles Raymond
  Gironda, married to Kathleen Agnello, Ebensburg; Mary Catherine "Sis"
  married to David Barabas, Jerome; Michael J. Gironda, married to Patricia
  Uschak, Jeannette; and Robert E., Westmont; 11 grandchildren; 11
  great-grandchildren (soon to be 12); and sisters, Rose Vizzini, Laurel View
  Village, Davidsville; Lucy, wife of Louis Mastrocola, Syracuse, N.Y.; and
  Pauline, wife of Samuel J. Stumpo, Johnstown.  A graduate of Johnstown High
  School.  Member of St. Anne's Catholic Church, Davidsville; St. Anne's
  Council, 8979, K. of C.; Conemaugh Township and Boswell Area Historical
  Societies; and the Board of Directors of People's Bank and Trust Company,
  Jennerstown, for 20 years.  16-year member of the Connumach Lions Club,
  having served as secretary/treasurer from 1989 to 1993.  Charter member of
  the Conemaugh Township Rotary Club (1973, 1983) and the Somerset County
  Economic Development Council (formerly Development Authority) for 40 years,
  where he was a past president.  Past member for 12 years of the Somerset
  County Tax Appeal Board.  Charter member and served as president for 24
  years of the Jerome Volunteer Fire Company.  Former owner/operator of the
  Jerome Theater and Recreation Center for 25 years.  Conemaugh Township
  supervisor from 1945 to 1981 having served as secretary/treasurer for 30
  years.  Instrumental in providing community/fire/police protection and in
  the formation of the township's water authority.  Recipient of the
  Conemaugh Township Rotary Community Citizen's Award (1975).  Inducted into
  the Pennsylvania Voter's Hall of Fame in 1986 for 50 consecutive years of
  voting, now 64 consecutive years.  Friends received from
  7-9 p.m. Tuesday and 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Wednesday at the Hoffman Funeral
  Home, Route 403 and Church Road, Davidsville, where Lions memorial service
  will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday and vigil for the deceased will be held
  Wednesday afternoon.  Funeral Mass at 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Anne's
  Church.  Rev. Father Michael Lewandowski, OFM Conv., Celebrant.  Entombment
  All Faith Mausoleum, Windber.  In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to
  the Jerome Volunteer Fire Department, Jerome, 15937.
  
  Daily American, February 20, 2001
  
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