Domenico G. DelGizzi, passed away suddenly, in Fairfax, Virginia, while visiting his son. The husband of the late Giovanna “Jennie” (Guarnieri), he was 78 years old.
Born in Ortona Dei Marsi Abruzzo, Italy, he was the son of the late Rosaria (Paragone) and Michele DelGizzi.
Mr. DelGizzi retired in 1978 from Belotti Oldsmobile, of Somerville, where he worked for many years as a auto mechanic. Devoted to his family, community and church, Domenico was a college graduate, a Sr. Volunteer at the Medford Police Department, a member of the St. Mark Society at the Sacred Heart Church in Boston, and a Medford resident for over 25 years.
Surviving are four daughters, Rosemarie and Dora DelGizzi, Joanne Dirito and her husband Camerino all of Medford, Geraldine Marotta and her husband John of Alpharetta, Georgia, a son Ronald DelGizzi and his wife Denise of Springfield, Virginia. Also ten loving grandchildren.
His funeral will be held from the Dello Russo Funeral Home, 306 Main St. Medford, on Friday, February 28, at 9 a.m. Followed by a funeral mass celebrated in the Sacred Heart Church, North Square, Boston, at 10. Services will conclude with burial at Oak Grove Cemetery, Medford. Visiting Hours at the funeral home on Thursday, February 27, from 2-4 & 7-9.