Peter J. Di Iorio, Jr., 79, died Thursday, November 1, 2012 at Home and Hospice Care of RI Inpatient Center in Providence. He was the husband of Dorothy (Petorelli) DiIorio.
Born in Providence he was a son of the late Peter J. and Domenica (Iacobucci) DiIorio. He had lived in Johnston for 36 years after moving from Cranston in 1976. He was the owner of the former Odyssey Jewelry Inc. in Johnston.
Besides his wife he is survived by his children: Joseph DelSanto and his wife, Carol, of Morreville, NC, formerly of Scituate, Deborah Perdomo and her husband, Wilfredo, of Morreville, NC, formerly of Oceanside, CA and Ronald DiIorio and his wife Karla, of Morreville, NC, formerly of Johnston, his eight grandchildren: Shaun Gehring and his wife, Stephanie, Jonathan DelSanto and his wife, Jillian, Stefanie, Sabrina and Ryan DiIorio and Laura DelSanto, a great granddaughter, Savannah Gehring, and his brother Robert DiIorio. He was the brother of the late Gerald DiIorio.
Funeral service to which relatives and friends are invited will be held Tuesday at 4:30pm in the ANDERSON-WINFIELD Funeral Home, Route 44 at Greenville Common, Greenville, RI. Burial will be private. Please omit flowers.