Joe was 2 months away from his 94th birthday.He lived a long,productive life.He was a quiet humble guy of few words.A tough little wiry Italian guy,a real hard worker.He retired back in 1990 but continued to to a night clean-up job untill he was about 87yrs old just to get out of his house.He lost his wife in 96 and his son in 97 so my wife was his only surviving relative,she was devoted to him and they did a lot the past 20 years together.He will be missed.
He was a WWII veteran,no combat but he was in the Army Air Corp,he was in the 64th Fighter Wing as a supply clerk,served in Italy mostly.He didn't say much about it,but we found a lot of interesting documents including his discharge papers,paybook,and many interesting photos.