OBIT: Joseph J. PERIGO, Sr., 1993, Boswell, Somerset County, PA
  
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  PERIGO
  
  Joseph J. Perigo Sr., 67, of 217 Mississippi St., Boswell, DOA, Jan.
  24, 1993, at Mercy Medical Center.  Born July 9, 1925, in Jenners. Son
  of Angelo and Sebastianna (Calderone) Perigo.  Preceded in death by
  parents; sister, Josephine "Jay" Donia, and brothers, Frank and John.
  Survived by his wife, the former Ethel Ravenscraft, and two children;
  Joseph J. Jr., married to Erma Mattaliano, and Stacy, wife of Kenny
  Miller, both of Boswell; also four grandchildren, Jeffrey, Melanie
  and Jody Perigo, and Billie Jo Miller.  Brother of Catherine, widow of
  Stanley Vish, Boswell; Cannel, married to Nora Mull, Stoystown, and
  Dominic, married to Helen Bateman, Kennett Square.  Also
  sisters-in-law, Rose Perigo, Puerto Rico, and Ann Perigo, Aurora,
  Ohio, and mother-in-law, Mabel Ravenscraft.  Member of St. Joseph's
  Catholic Church, Boswell, and church choir, Jenner Rod & Gun Club,
  Boswell Post 461 American Legion; Sugar Bush Antique Car Club and Rio
  Antique Club.  Honorary member of Wills Grange and recipient of 1981
  Community Citizen Award. Antique dealer.  Employed by IU8 for 32 years
  and selected as Man of the Year in 1989.  Devoted to helping
  handicapped children and was "Santa Claus" in the Boswell area for
  many years. Navy veteran of WWII.  Served on U.S. Rocky Mount and
  attended numerous ship reunions.  Retired PIAA official and former
  agent for Farmers & Traders Life Insurance Company.  Friends were
  received Monday evening and will be received from 2 until 9 p.m.
  Tuesday at Hoffman Funeral Home, Main Street, Boswell, where wake
  service will be held at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.  Mass of Christian Burial
  at 11 am. Wednesday at St. Joseph's Church, with Rev. Father Harold
  N. Biller officiating.  Interment, Mount Carmel Cemetery.
  
  Daily American, January 26, 1993
  
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