FRANCIS A."FRENCHIE" LAMANTIA 85 OF TORONTO,OHIO DIED TUESDAY DEC. 23, 2003 IN HIS HOME. HE WAS BORN AUG. 2, 1918 IN TORONTO; SON OF THE LATE AUGUST AND ROSE ( BADALI )LAMANTIA. HE WAS A SELF-EMPLOYED BARBER OPERATING FRENCHIE'S BARBER SHOP IN TORONTO FOR 57 YEARS. HE WAS A MEMBER OF ST. FRANCIS R.C. CHURCH IN TORONTO, THE TORONTO AMERICAN LEGION POST # 86 AND WAS A U.S. ARMY VETERAN OF W.W.II. IN ADDITION TO HIS PARENTS, FRENCHIE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY; TWO SISTERS;JOSEPHINE HANIS, MARY LAMANTIA, AND BY TWO BROTHERS; PHILLIP AND JOSEPH LAMANTIA. SURVIVING ARE; HIS WIFE; CHRISTINE (PAVIA) LAMANTIA, WHO HE MARRIED ON JULY 31, 1944, ONE SON; MICHAEL AND WIFE JENNIFER LAMANTIA OF WESTERVILLE, ONE DAUGHTER; DONNA AND HUSBAND RANDY STUTLER OF TORONTO, FIVE GRANDCHILDREN;CLINT STUTLER OF FINDLAY, OHIO; SCOTT AND STEPHANIE STUTLER OF TORONTO. JESICAH TOOPS AND JACOB WHAN BOTH OF WESTERVILLE. ONE GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTER; ABIGAIL TOOPS OF WESTERVILLE. THREE SISTERS; ROSEANN (CON) McLAUGHLIN OF TORONTO, CATHLEEN ELSON OF NEW PHILADELPHIA, OHIO AND THERESA (BEN) WIECLAW OF BRADENTON, FL. TWO BROTHERS; JOHN (EILEEN ) LAMANTIA OF TORONTO AND AUGUST (JOANN) LAMANTIA OF SAN BERNARDINO, CALF. FRIENDS AND FAMILY MAY CALL ON FRIDAY FROM 2-4 and 6-9 PM. AT THE J.E. FOSTER FUNERAL HOME, INC. 701 FINDLEY ST. TORONTO; WHERE BLESSING SERVICES WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY MORNING AT 9:30 AM., FOLLOWED BY FUNERAL LITURGY WITH MASS AT 10:00 AM. AT ST. FRANCIS CHURCH. MSGR. KURT KEMO WILL BE THE CELEBRANT AND BURIAL WILL FOLLOW IN TORONTO UNION CEMETERY. VIGIL SERVICE WILL BE FRIDAY EVENING AT 7:30 PM. FULL MILITARY GRAVESIDE SERVICE WILL BE CONDUCTED BY THE TORONTO AMERICAN LEGION. MEMORIAL DONATIONS MAY BE MADE TO : ST. FRANCIS CENTERAL SCHOOL, ST. FRANCIS CHURCH,or to the ALZHEIMER'S ASSOC. CONDOLENCES ONLINE TO THE FAMILY AT: www.jefosterfh.com 740-537-3900 OR 1-800-557-4318

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