VIRGIL J. "ZIP" GILLETTE, 87 OF WEIRTON DIED FRIDAY JAN. 18, 2008 IN CALCUTTA HEALTH CARE CENTER, EAST LIVERPOOL, OH. HE WAS BORN JUNE 18, 1920 IN STEUBENVILLE. HE IS THE SON OF THE LATE PATSY AND PALMA GIAMPA GILLETTE, ZIP IS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS BROTHES, ANTHONY, PETE, VICTOR, RAMO AND JAMES AND 1 SISTER, MAGGIE D'ALOISE. SURVIVNG ARE HIS WIFE, JOSEPHINE CAPRARESE GILLETTE WHOM HE MARRIED DEC. 18 1942. 1 SON, THOMAS (PAULETTE) GILLETTE OF EAST LIVERPOOL,OH. VIRGIL, RETIRED IN 1987 FROM WEIRTON STEEL, BOP, GRADUATED FROM CCHS CLASS OF 1940, WAS ELECTED FIRST PRESIDENT OF CCHS ALUMNI CLUB, FORMER MEMBER AND PRESIDENT OF THE BETA AND THETA CHI ALPHA FRATERNITIES, FORMER MANAGER OF THE LITTLE LEAGUE YANKEES, FORMER MANAGER OF THE BABE RUTH LEAGUE WENHAMS TRANSIT,FORMER PRESIDENT AND COMMISSIONER OF BABE RUTH BASEBALL LEAGUE , FORMER COACH OF BASEBALL AND FOOTBALL AT HOLY NAME CATHEDRAL, STARTED THE HOLY NAME CATHEDRAL YOUTH CENTER, MEMBER ,KNIGHTS OF COLUMUS, AMERICAN LEGION POST 33, WEIRTON STEEL 25 YR. CLUB AND I SU STEEL WORKERS UNION. CALLING HOURS ARE MONDAY 4-6 PM AT THE MOSTI FUNERAL HOME, SUNSET CHAPEL, 4435 SUNSET BLVD. STEUBENVILLE. A FUNERAL LITURGY WITH MASS WILL BE CELEBRATED 9:30 AM TUESDAY AT BLESSED SACRAMENT CATHOLIC CHURCH, WINTERSVILLE. MSGR. GERALD CALOVINI, CELEBRANT. BURIAL WILL BE PRIVATE IN MT. CALVARY CEMETERY. THERE WILL BE A VIGIL SERVICE MONDAY AT 5:00 PM. OFFER CONDOLENCES, WWW.MOSTIFUNERALHOME.COM
VIRGIL J. "ZIP" GILLETTE, 87 OF WEIRTON DIED FRIDAY JAN. 18, 2008 IN CALCUTTA HEALTH CARE CENTER, EAST LIVERPOOL, OH. HE WAS BORN JUNE 18, 1920 IN STEUBENVILLE. HE IS THE SON OF THE LATE PATSY AND PALMA GIAMPA GILLETTE, ZIP IS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS BROTHES, ANTHONY, PETE, VICTOR, RAMO AND JAMES AND 1 SISTER, MAGGIE D'ALOISE. SURVIVNG ARE HIS WIFE, JOSEPHINE CAPRARESE GILLETTE WHOM HE MARRIED DEC. 18 1942. 1 SON, THOMAS (PAULETTE) GILLETTE OF EAST LIVERPOOL,OH. VIRGIL, RETIRED IN 1987 FROM WEIRTON STEEL, BOP, GRADUATED FROM CCHS CLASS OF 1940, WAS ELECTED FIRST PRESIDENT OF CCHS ALUMNI CLUB, FORMER MEMBER AND PRESIDENT OF THE BETA AND THETA CHI ALPHA FRATERNITIES, FORMER MANAGER OF THE LITTLE LEAGUE YANKEES, FORMER MANAGER OF THE BABE RUTH LEAGUE WENHAMS TRANSIT,FORMER PRESIDENT AND COMMISSIONER OF BABE RUTH BASEBALL LEAGUE , FORMER COACH OF BASEBALL AND FOOTBALL AT HOLY NAME CATHEDRAL, STARTED THE HOLY NAME CATHEDRAL YOUTH CENTER, MEMBER ,KNIGHTS OF COLUMUS, AMERICAN LEGION POST 33, WEIRTON STEEL 25 YR. CLUB AND I SU STEEL WORKERS UNION. CALLING HOURS ARE MONDAY 4-6 PM AT THE MOSTI FUNERAL HOME, SUNSET CHAPEL, 4435 SUNSET BLVD. STEUBENVILLE. A FUNERAL LITURGY WITH MASS WILL BE CELEBRATED 9:30 AM TUESDAY AT BLESSED SACRAMENT CATHOLIC CHURCH, WINTERSVILLE. MSGR. GERALD CALOVINI, CELEBRANT. BURIAL WILL BE PRIVATE IN MT. CALVARY CEMETERY. THERE WILL BE A VIGIL SERVICE MONDAY AT 5:00 PM. OFFER CONDOLENCES, WWW.MOSTIFUNERALHOME.COM
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