BRANSON MO NEWS: June 6, 1926 – January 1, 2018WYOMING, Iowa — Samuel Guzzo, 91, of Wyoming, passed away, surrounded by family, on Monday, January 1, 2018. Son of Sicilian immigrants Domenico Guzzo and Lena (Cusimano) Guzzo. Born in Streator, Illinois, on June 6, 1926, Sam was a 56-year resident of Wyoming, Iowa.
Visitation will be held Thursday, January 4, from 5-8 p.m. at Lahey Funeral Home in Wyoming. Funeral Mass will be held Friday, January 5, at 11 a.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Oxford Junction. Burial will be held at the Wyoming Cemetery.Sam was a proud WWII veteran, where he served as a Second Class Gunner’s Mate on the destroyer U.S.S. Kline. Favorite memories include trips to see the “Lawrence Welk Show” in Branson, Missouri, a trip to his parents’ hometown in Castledaccia, Sicily, Italy, and his Honor Flight to Washington, D.C.
Sam and Audrey Randolph were united in marriage on June 1, 1947, in Rock Island. Together, they were blessed with 10 children, Ann Osterkamp, Rosemary Hiatt, Priscilla (Charlie) Christie, Audrey Biere, Susan (Bill) Koranda, Samuel (friend Carol Hunt) Guzzo, Loretta (Jim) Risner, Anthony Guzzo, Christine (Peter) Vickery, Maria (Dennis) Boots, 19 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren.Preceded in death by his parents, Domenico and Lena; his wife, Audrey; brother, Joseph; son-in-law, Rick Biere; grandchildren, Theresa Grant, Dana Biere Lipski and Christopher Maier. Survived by siblings, Angeline (Don) Giammetta, Thomas Guzzo; sister-in-law, Joan Guzzo; James (Sharon) Guzzo, Tina (Don) Sonneville, Ida Rummans and Domenic Guzzo (David Stanforth).
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