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Note: s a part of the 51s t Fighter Control Squadron, and worked as a signalman. In his group, t here were 6 signalmen, who worked in daily shifts for 8 hours a day, pa ired with another signalman, 7 days a week. He also had 1 cook and 1 ot her soldier. ********************************************************** ******* **** Albert F. Manauzzi , 85 Mr. Albert F. Manauzzi, age 85 , o f 84 Summit Ave., Ellwood City, passed away at his residence on Tuesday a t 7:40 pm. Albert was born on December 1, 1923 in Ellwood City to the l ate Salvatore Manauzzi and Natalina Conti Manauzzi. A member of the Lin coln High School class of 1943 Al joined the U.S. Army on March 23, 194 3 and served until February 6, 1946 as a Sgt. with the 51st Fighter Con trol Squadron in the Asiatic Pacific Theatre, and was in the battles of C entral Burma & India Burma receiving 2 bronze stars. Mr. Manauzzi was e mployed first by the National Plumbing and Fixtures Co. in Ellwood City f rom 1948 to 1967, then by the Matthews Conveyor Co in Ellwood City from 1 967 until 1976. After which, Al worked for the Pennsylvania Liquor Cont rol Board for 10 years retiring in 1976. Albert was a member of the Hol y Redeemer Church & the special Activities Group of Holy Redeemer Churc h, the S.O.I. # 608, American Legion Post 157, VFW Post 252, and a soci al member of the Saxons Club. Mr. Manauzzi is survived by his nieces a nd nephews. Along with his parents Al was preceded in death by four br others, Angelo, Alexander, William, & Vincent Manauzzi, and a sister St ella Lascuola. Visitation will be held on Thursday December 11, 2008 f rom 6 to 8 pm at the Samuel Teolis Funeral Home Inc.. Member of the Hol y Redeemer Special Activities Group are asked to meet at the Funeral Ho me on Thursday by 7:20 pm to conduct a service at 7:30 pm . A mass of C hristian Burial for Mr. Manauzzi will be held on Friday Decemeber 12, 2 008 at 10:00 am at the Holy Redeemer Church . Internment will follow at t he Locust Grove Cemetery. Those attending the funeral mass are asked to m eet at the Funeral Home on by 9:20 am as the procession to church will b egin to leave at 9:30 am. Members of the Veterans Honor Guard are asked t o meet at the cemetery on Friday by 10:45 am to conduct full military r ites. ***************************************************************** * *** Eulogy - By Jarrod W. Van Kirk "Hi, I am Jarrod Van Kirk, many of y ou don't know me, but Al was very important to my whole family. My gra ndpa Van Kirk died 44 years ago. My Grandma, Margaret Van Kirk, starte d to date Al 35 years ago, when I was just 1 year old. So, he has been a p art of my family for as long as I can remember. MY whole family thinks o f him as part of the family. So, I just wanted to share some of my fav orite memories of my "Grandpa Al". He was kind: He would play the war c ard game with me for hours at a time when I was a child. I remember him w alking us around the yard at our family cabin to pick-up sticks for a c amp fire. I remember him making me butter, peanut butter and marshmallo w sandwiches, and he always told me that the butter makes it better. I l earned what seemed like dozens of ways to play solitaire from him, and p laying them for hours on end. He was stubborn: I remember watching him r ake the cabin's front yard and throwing the grass clippings on the fire e very year until he was about 80. He did it because he felt that it nee ded to be done., regardless of what anyone else thought. He was very re ligious: No matter where he was, until the last few years, he went to c hurch regularly. He attended here in Ellwood, up in MI when visiting o ur family and even in Tidioute, PA while at the cabin. He never missed i t. How many of you here have bought raffle tickets from him for his chu rch? I know I did. Because of all of these reasons and many more, I wi ll always think of him as my Grandpa Al and I am going to miss him very m uch.
Note: Al and Grandma were never married. They dated and kept seperate house s for about 25 years. Al served in World War II in the Army-Air Force. H e served in India and Burma, but mostly Burma. He wa
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