Jan 1, 2003 2 min read

Emilio (Emil) Paci, 91, of Nemacolin, Pa., died at 5:45 a.m., on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2003, at his home after a brief illness. He was born Aug. 23, 1912, in Ascoli-Picceno, Italy, a son of the late Luigi and Josephine Furmani Paci.

Mr. Paci was a 1934 graduate of Mapletown High School and resided at Nemacolin, since 1940. He retired in 1979, as a foreman for the Buckeye Coal Company, at Nemacolin, where he had been a member of the mine rescue team. Mr. Paci was a member of Our Lady of Consolation Parish at Nemacolin since 1940, and was a member of U.M.W.A., Nemacolin Local 6290. He enjoyed woodworking, gardening and fishing.

On June 24, 1936, he married Helen E. Temo, who survives. Also surviving are two sons, Thomas E. Paci and his wife, Barbara of Clarkston, Mich., and Emil L. Paci Jr., and his wife, Sandra of Troy, Mich.; three daughters, Emily H. Hritz and her husband, John of Bonita Springs, Fla., Patricia A. Paci and her husband, Michael Conrad of Chesterland, Ohio, and Cynthia M. Madich and her husband, Gary of Westerville, Ohio; nine grandchildren, Thomas Paci Jr., Christina Paci, John Hritz Jr., Robert Hritz, Emily Ann Hritz, Renee McDonnell, Johnna Deering, Anna Madich and Joseph Madich; seven great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Dominic Paci and two sisters, Giovana Conti and Adella Minerd.

Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m., on Friday in the YOSKOVICH FUNERAL HOME, Martin J. Yoskovich, Funeral Director, 300 South Vine St., (Route 88), Carmichaels, Pa., where a blessing service will be held at 10:30 a.m., on Saturday, Jan. 3, 2004, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 11 a.m., at Our Lady of Consolation Parish, Nemacolin, with the Rev. John M. Bauer as celebrant. Entombment will follow at the mausoleum at Greene County Memorial Park. A Parish Vigil will be held at 3:45 p.m., on Friday in the funeral home. The family suggests that memorial contributions be made to the American Cancer Society. For additional information and to sign the online guest book, please visit www.legacy.com.