Carl Massini
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Carl Massini, 93, of Carnegie, died Monday morning, November 13, 2017, in Family Hospice and Palliative Care, Mt. Lebanon.
He was born April 15, 1924, in Vesta Six, a son of the late Nicola and Olivia DeCarolis Massini.
He resided in Vesta Six until five years ago, when he and his wife Eleanor moved to Carnegie to be near their children.
Mr. Massini was a 1942 graduate of Centerville High School.
A veteran, he served in the U.S. Army Air Force as a sergeant with the 877th Air Engineering Squadron 459th Group for three years, with two overseas, during World War II.
Mr. Massini operated a beer distributor business for seven years before being injured and taking a civil-service position with the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue. He retired with 34 years of state service April 1, 1986.
He was active in music as an accordion and keyboard player for 70 years in local bands, including The Debonairs, The Fantastics, The Bobby Day Trio and others, as well as being a soloist.
Mr. Massini was a longtime member of St. Katharine Drexel Parish, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 47, Uniontown, American Legion Post 705, Centerville, Sons of Italy Frank Ricco Lodge 731, Brownsville, Uniontown Elks, American Federation of Musicians Local 592 and Denbo-Vesta No. 6 Volunteer Fire Department.
He married Eleanor Sikora of Maxwell October 29, 1955, and they recently celebrated their 62nd wedding anniversary.
Left to cherish his memory are his wife, Eleanor; children Nick Massini (Cindy Traficante) of Mars, Annette Marodi (Alex) of Pittsburgh and Carl John Massini (Maria Iducovich) of McDonald; six grandchildren, Nicolette Penska (Adam), Luke Marodi, Rachel Kittka (Ben), Hannah Iducovich, Anna Marodi and Leah Marodi; a great-grandson, Brayden Penska; sisters Inez Frund (Austin) of Florida and Elizabeth Haught of Michigan; and several nieces and nephews.
Deceased, in addition to his parents, are two sisters, Ida Pedicino and Anita Massini, and a brother, John Massini.
Friends are welcome from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday in Thompson-Marodi Funeral Home Inc., 809 Main Street, Bentleyville, 724-239-2255. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, November 16, in St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish, 330 Third Avenue, Carnegie. Everyone is to meet at the church. Interment will follow in National Cemetery of the Alleghenies, Cecil Township, with military honors by the U.S. Army.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Alzheimer’s Association Greater Pennsylvania, 2595 Interstate Drive, Suite 100, Harrisburg, PA 17110 (www.alz.org) or Washington Area Humane Society, P.O. Box 66, Eighty Four, PA 15330 (www.washingtonpashelter.org).
Visit www.thompson-marodi.com to leave a condolence message, order flowers and share photos.