Obituary of Eugene S. DeOrazio

NORWOOD - Funeral services for Eugene S.DeOrazio of 31 Prospect Street, Norwood; will be held Monday at11Am at St. Anthonys Church in Schenectady New York .Friends may call at the Bond Funeral Home in Schenectady at Broadway & Guilderland Avenue Sunday from 4-7. Burial will be in St. Cyril's Cemetery, Rotterdam. Mr. DeOrazio died Thursday at the Canton-Potsdam Hospital. Local arrangements are with the Buck Funeral Home in Norwood. Surviving:Daughters-Paula & Frederick Kokosa; Schenectady;Jeanne DeOrazio and Fiance Burt Draper; Louisville,KT. ; Denise & Michael diVincenzo; Norwood; 10 Grandchildren; Lorinda & Erik Gandrow,Aimee & Companion Kris Elliot,Frederick Kokosa & fiance Kelly Pierce, Heather Koksa & Fiance Richard Robles; all of Schenectady;Nicole Brown Squire & Husband Robert of Miami Beach, Florida' Danielle Brown of Louisville, Kt.;Ralph Tessitore Jr.& wife Sarah , Saratoga,NY,Paul diVincenzo, Princeton,NJ;Adam diVincenzo and David diVincenzo; both of Norwood; A great grandchild ; Kyle DeOrazioof Louisviile, KT. He was pre-deceased by a daughter Bonnie Tessitore in 1983 and by Brothers Joseph, Theodore,William,Thomas, and Russell DeOrazio and by Sisters Francis Rossi, Anna Defelice, Julia Tedesco, and Dorothy Torrise. Born in Schenectady,NY on 10/28/1917, son of Adam & Philomena DeOrio DeOrazio, he married Elizabeth Szabo on July 21, 1945. She died on August 30, 1992..He Graduated from Draper High School in 1936, played 3 varsity sports; soccer,baseball, and basketball and was awarded an athlethic scholarship upon graduation. After graduation,he spent 2 years in the Civil ConservationCorps, serving in NY and Oregon.He was a WW II Veteran. On line condelenses may be made at www.buckfuneralhome.com