Michael A.     DeVietro

Michael A. DeVietro Sr, 76, of Newtown, a retiree of the US Postal Service and St Vincent’s Medical Center, died on March 19.

A US Army Veteran of the Korean War, Mr DeVietro was a Newtown resident for 11 years.

Born and raised in Bridgeport, he was a son of the late Ferdinando and Stella Spinosa DeVietro.

He was predeceased by a brother, Angelo DeVietro, and a sister, Anna Sciarappa. Survivors include his beloved wife, Gloria Ozzi DeVietro; a daughter, Michele Robinson, and her husband, John, of Newtown; three sons, Fred DeVietro, and his wife, Carrie-Jo, of Beaverton, Ore., Michael DeVietro Jr of North Haven and David DeVietro, and his wife, Heidi, of Atkinson, N.H.; three sisters, Carmela DeVietro, Phyllis Cascella, and Antoinette Piantedosi, all of Bridgeport; a sister-in-law, Jean DeVietro of Bridgeport; nine grandchildren, Michael, Matthew, Lena, Nicholas, Angela, and Michael DeVietro and Alyssa, Drew, and Christopher Robinson; as well as several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services took place on March 23 from the Abriola Parkview Funeral Home, Trumbull, and at St Rose of Lima Church, Newtown, for a Mass of Christian Burial. Interment followed in Resurrection Cemetery, Newtown.

Those desiring can make memorial contributions to the American Diabetes Association CT Affiliate, 300 Research Parkway, Meriden, CT 06450. To light a virtual candle, visit www.abriola.com.

The Newtown Bee        March 25, 2005