HAPPY 90th BIRTHDAY Joseph Colonna

HONOREE

Residence: Austintown

Date of birth: Aug. 5, 1929, in Younstown

FAMILY

Parents: Pasquale and Marie Antoinette Colonna

Siblings: Tony, Frank and Phil Colonna; Rose Fusco, Mary Ferraro, Carmel Colonna, Jenny Trebella, Teenie Phillips and Clara McCaughtry, all deceased

Spouse: Helen Tavolario Colonna

Children: Joseph (Patty) Colonna of Hubbard; Theresa (Patsy) Iudiciani of Columbiana; Denise Sybelnik of Austintown; and Diane (Tom) Walters of Canfield

Grandchildren: Six

Great-grandchildren: Six

BACKGROUND

Education: Graduated from Chaney High School in 1949

Employment: Worked as a boilermaker at US Steel and a millwright at General Motors

Memberships: Founding member of Immaculate Heart of Mary in Austintown

Military service: U.S. Army Paratrooper 11th Division Airborne

ADDITIONAL INTERESTS

Other information/lifestyle: Inducted into Chaney High School’s Sports Hall of Fame for football in 1990, enjoys gardening and woodworking

CELEBRATIONS

Date and location: His children hosted a family dinner at Michael Alberini’s Restaurant in Boardman