Submitted by: Dan Rich
July 7, 1921-Sept. 10, 1994
South Bend Tribune 9/12/1994
SOUTH BEND - Joseph Acito, 73, of 31st Street, died at 5:45 a.m. Saturday in St. Joseph's Medical Center of natural causes.
Mr. Acito retired in 1987 from RACO Inc. after 31 years of service in stock control.
He was born July 7, 1921, in South Bend and was a lifelong area resident.
On Feb. 7, 1953, in Warsaw, he married Lillian Rose Priest. She survives with three daughters, Deborah L. Acito of Bloomington, Ind., Nancy C. Toth of Seattle, and Gail A. Kusmiez of North Liberty; four grandchildren; two sisters, Rose Terry of South Bend and Mary Piazza of Davenport, Iowa; and a brother, John of South Bend. He was a veteran of World War II.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Hollis-Orvis-Palmer Funeral Home.
Burial will be in Riverview Cemetery, where military services will be conducted.
Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday in the funeral home, where a rosary will be at 6 p.m.
Memorial contributions may be made to any charity.