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May 8, 2009
Rosemarie (Piazza) DelVecchio, 66, of Old Forge, died May 8, 2009 in the Mercy Hospital in Scranton. She is survived by her husband, Anthony DelVecchio. They celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary on Aug. 3, 2008.
Born in Swoyersville, on Feb. 4, 1943, she was a daughter of the late John and Connie Iorio Piazza. She settled in Old Forge in 1976. She was educated in Swoyersville schools and was a graduate of the Empire Beauty School in Wilkes-Barre. She was a former self-employed licensed beautician and was a caregiver for many years for the late Mary Conon of Old Forge. She was a member of St. Lawrence O’Toole Roman Catholic Church, Old Forge.
She was preceded by a sister, Madeline Piazza.
Also surviving are a son, Brian DelVecchio and his wife, Maryellen, of Bloomsburg; two daughters, Lisa Schmidt and her husband, Robert, of Old Forge, and Lori McNally and her husband, Rick, of Taylor; two brothers, August Piazza and his wife, Corrine, of Pittston, and Anthony Piazza and his wife, Pam, of Jenkins Township; four grandchildren, Ashlyn and Connor McNally, Emily DelVecchio and Riley Schmidt.
The funeral will be Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. from the Thomas P. Kearney Funeral Home Inc., 517 N. Main St., Old Forge, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. in St. Lawrence O’Toole Roman Catholic Church, Main Street, Old Forge. Burial will be at Denison Cemetery in Swoyersville. Friends may call Monday from 5 to 8 p.m.
For directions or to send an online condolence, please visit www.KearneyFuneralHome.com .