Obituaries

A. Felix Calabrese                                    Date of Death: March 24, 2007

A. Felix Calabrese, 90, of Wintersville, died Saturday, March 24, 2007, at Trinity Medical Center West in Steubenville. He was born May 24, 1916, in Steubenville, Ohio, a son of Nicholas and Angelina Maria (Gabriele) Calabrese, who preceded him in death. He also was preceded in death by his wife of 44 years, Ann (Golec) Calabrese, by three brothers, Roscoe, Thomas and Victor Calabrese, Sr., and by two sisters, Florence Falletta and Elizabeth Cline. He is survived by his son, Charles, of Wintersville, by a sister, Margaret Zuk of Columbus, and many nieces and nephews. A graduate of Steubenville High School, he was a U.S. Army Air Corps veteran of World War II. He retired from the former Weirton Steel Corporation, after 45 years of service. He was an active member of Blessed Sacrament Parish in Wintersville, and assisted in the construction of the first parish church (now Sargus Hall) and the former Blessed Sacrament School. He served the parish as an usher for more than 50 years, most recently at the 4:30 p.m. Saturday Mass. Friends may call at the Dunlope-Shorac Funeral Home, 215 Fernwood Road, Wintersville, from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Monday. There will be a Vigil Service at the funeral home Monday at 3:45 p.m. Funeral Liturgy with Mass will be celebrated Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. at Blessed Sacrament Church with Monsignor Gerald E. Calovini presiding. Burial will follow at Mount Calvary Cemetery. A luncheon will follow at Blessed Sacrament’s Sargus Hall. Memorial contributions may be made to Blessed Sacrament Church, 852 Main Street, Wintersville, OH 43953