OBIT: Carmelo "Charlie" RIPOSO, 1975, of interest in Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed and proofread by John C. Oester. Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ RIPOSO Carmelo "Charlie" Riposo, 81, House 89, East Third St., Gray, died May 17, 1975, at Somerset Community Hospital. Born March 23, 1894, in Alino Marina, Sicily, a son of Peter and Maira Sentinere Riposo. Preceded in death by parents, an infant son, three sisters and three brothers. Survived by his widow, the former Grace D'Arrigo and these children: Mary, wife of Edward Lawrence, Mrs. Jennie McGlaughlin, Josephine, wife of Vincent Borelle, and Anthony, married to the former Mildred Knight, all of Akron, Ohio; Pete, married to the former Janet Adams, Johnstown RD 4; and Carmela, wife of William Widmyer, West Bloomfield, Mich; nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. He was a stepbrother of Agatino in Sicily. Member of UMW of A., retired employe of Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company, Gray. He was a retired resident of Gray since 1933. Mr. and Mrs. Riposo celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary March 14, 1975. Friends were received Sunday evening and will be received Monday (today) at Joseph G. Hoffman Funeral Home, 409 Main St., Boswell, where rosary and vigil service will be held at 7 p.m. Monday. Mass of Christian burial at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. John's Church, Acosta, with the Rev. J. Joseph Strittmatter officiating. Interment, Husband Cemetery. Somerset American, May 19, 1975 [R651]