John B. Borelli, 90, of Nashwauk, died Friday, July 29, 2005, in Evergreen Terrace Nursing Home in Grand Rapids. He was born in Hibbing on Sept. 30, 1914, to Samuel and Serephina Borelli.
He graduated from Hibbing High School and served in the U.S. Air Force during World War II. While in the service, he was a hydraulics instructor at Kessler Field in Biloxi, Miss. He had worked for Remington Hardware and retired from Abe Matthews Engineering Company in Hibbing. He was a member of St. Cecilia's Catholic Church, Swan Lake Country Club, the American Legion Post 307 in Nashwauk, the Nashwauk Retirement Club, and was a past member of the NRA. He was an avid outdoorsman and a fly rod expert who gave fly fishing lessons. At one time he owned his own airplane and had held a private pilot's license.
John is survived by numerous nieces and nephews; great- nieces and nephews, and great-great-nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents; and brothers: Joe, Frank and Albert Borelli.
He graduated from Hibbing High School and served in the U.S. Air Force during World War II. While in the service, he was a hydraulics instructor at Kessler Field in Biloxi, Miss. He had worked for Remington Hardware and retired from Abe Matthews Engineering Company in Hibbing. He was a member of St. Cecilia's Catholic Church, Swan Lake Country Club, the American Legion Post 307 in Nashwauk, the Nashwauk Retirement Club, and was a past member of the NRA. He was an avid outdoorsman and a fly rod expert who gave fly fishing lessons. At one time he owned his own airplane and had held a private pilot's license.
John is survived by numerous nieces and nephews; great- nieces and nephews, and great-great-nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents; and brothers: Joe, Frank and Albert Borelli.
John B. Borelli, 90, of Nashwauk, died Friday, July 29, 2005, in Evergreen Terrace Nursing Home in Grand Rapids. He was born in Hibbing on Sept. 30, 1914, to Samuel and Serephina Borelli.
He graduated from Hibbing High School and served in the U.S. Air Force during World War II. While in the service, he was a hydraulics instructor at Kessler Field in Biloxi, Miss. He had worked for Remington Hardware and retired from Abe Matthews Engineering Company in Hibbing. He was a member of St. Cecilia's Catholic Church, Swan Lake Country Club, the American Legion Post 307 in Nashwauk, the Nashwauk Retirement Club, and was a past member of the NRA. He was an avid outdoorsman and a fly rod expert who gave fly fishing lessons. At one time he owned his own airplane and had held a private pilot's license.
John is survived by numerous nieces and nephews; great- nieces and nephews, and great-great-nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents; and brothers: Joe, Frank and Albert Borelli.
He graduated from Hibbing High School and served in the U.S. Air Force during World War II. While in the service, he was a hydraulics instructor at Kessler Field in Biloxi, Miss. He had worked for Remington Hardware and retired from Abe Matthews Engineering Company in Hibbing. He was a member of St. Cecilia's Catholic Church, Swan Lake Country Club, the American Legion Post 307 in Nashwauk, the Nashwauk Retirement Club, and was a past member of the NRA. He was an avid outdoorsman and a fly rod expert who gave fly fishing lessons. At one time he owned his own airplane and had held a private pilot's license.
John is survived by numerous nieces and nephews; great- nieces and nephews, and great-great-nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents; and brothers: Joe, Frank and Albert Borelli.
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Date of Burial
08/02/2005
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