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Birth:          5 Sep 1936 
Death:          14 Mar 2015 

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1940 in Philadelphia, Pa.
obit of Joseph A. Voci, Jr.
Louis Voci Sr., 78, circulation supervisor for Daily News and Inquirer
IF YOU WANTED to see a face light up with a happy smile, all you had to do was say 
the words "Lou Voci' to anyone who had known the man even slightly. 

Lou Voci was a single-copy supervisor for theDaily News andInquirer for more than 30 
years, a man known for his devotion to his job, his meticulous attention to detail and a 
friendly nature that endeared him to everyone he met. 

"Everybody loved Lou," said Bob Palmo, retired regional manager in the newspapers' 
circulation department and Lou's onetime boss. "Mention his name to anybody who 
knew him, and people just smile." 

Louis Voci Sr., who was renowned as a man who loved life and all the goodies he 
could cram into it, a passionately devoted family man and possibly the world's foremost 
fan of Frank Sinatra, died Saturday of complications of prostate cancer. He was 78 
and lived in Washington Township, N.J. 

Lou's job was to supervise the truck drivers who delivered the newspapers, and they 
had the highest respect for his professionalism and the way he solved any problem 
that reared its head. 

For a time, Lou was also in charge of the "hawkers," the men who took bundles of 
both theDaily News andInquirer to highways and intersections to sell to passing 
motorists. 

After Lou retired in 2002, the company hired him back in 2004 as the "weekend 
opener" at the Schuylkill Printing Plant outside Conshohocken. 

What the job meant was that Lou would arrive at the plant at 10 p.m., make sure 
everything was ready for efficient delivery of the newspapers, and leave at 5 in the 
morning. 

At least, those were supposed to be the hours. But Lou would invariably show up at 7 
p.m. because he wanted to get a head start on the job. 

The extra hours didn't cost the company anything because they were Lou's way of 
making sure the work was done right, that the newspapers would get to their 
destinations as quickly and efficiently as Lou could make them. 

"He loved that job," Bob Palmo said. "It gave him something to do. He looked forward 
to the weekends." 

Unfortunately, the company did away with that position in 2010 as a money-saving 
move. 

"Lou was heartbroken," Bob said. 

As a fanatic of Frank Sinatra, Lou had set up the basement of his Jersey home as a 
kind of shrine to the singer. He had some 50 or 60 photos and clippings of Sinatra on 
the walls, Bob said. 

For his wife's 60th birthday, Bob hired Benny Marsella, a renowned Sinatra 
impersonator, to entertain guests at his South Philadelphia home. 

"Lou was there," Bob said. "He sat next to Benny and he was just beaming. I never 
saw anybody beam like that." 

Lou's love of life extended to food. When he was working as the opener at the 
Schuylkill Printing Plant, Bob would bring him dishes from home, including his wife's 
mussels and shrimp scampi, and a biscotti that was unlike any other biscotti. It would 
be filled with vanilla and chocolate pudding and a squirt of rum, and topped with Cool 
Whip and cherries. Lou, of course, loved it. 

Lou was born in Philadelphia to Guiseppe and Mildred Voci. He graduated from Bok 
Vocational High School. For a time, he worked with his brothers in a family clothing-
manufacturing business before getting a job at theInquirer as a truck driver. He was 
later promoted to supervisor. 

"He was a simple man," said his daughter Lorri Brandolini. "He didn't say much. He 
was a man of few words, but he would give you a look and you knew you'd better 
behave." 

Lorri, who works at the Deptford Mall, said a group of retired men who worked with 
Lou at the newspaper plant meet every Wednesday at the food court and talk about 
the old days. 

"I would say to them, 'Well, have you solved all the problems?' They are all happily 
retired, and now they're going to have to get along without my father." 

In a condolence message left with funeral director Egizi, of Turnersville, N.J., Linda 
Berlin, of Franklin Township, said: "Lou will be sadly missed. He always enjoyed a 
good laugh. Lou had a way of making everyone feel important and cared for." 

Besides his daughter, Lou is survived by another daughter, Kimberly DiGregorio; a 
son, Louis Voci Jr.; a sister, Nettye Garbarino; three brothers, Samuel, Anthony and 
Ronald Voci; four grandchildren; and his former wife, Joan Muzzo. 

Services: Mass of Christian Burial 10:15 a.m. tomorrow at St. Charles Borromeo 
Church, 176 Stagecoach Road, Washington Township. Friends may call at 8:30 a.m. 
Burial will be at Manahath Cemetery, Glassboro, N.J.
Philadelphia Daily News (PA) - Thursday, March 19, 2015

Parents
VOCI Giuseppe A. (Joseph A.) (21 Jan 1895 - 19 Oct 1947)
RODIA Mildred Carmela ("Millie") (8 Mar 1905 - 12 Aug 2000)

Siblings
VOCI Rose Jean (27 Jan 1924 - 28 Dec 1990)
VOCI Frank (9 Apr 1925 - 31 Aug 1999)
VOCI Antoinette ("Nettie") ()
VOCI Joseph A. (29 Mar 1929 - 27 Aug 1994)
VOCI Domenic Alphonso (3 May 1931 - 13 May 1977)
VOCI Samuel S. ()
VOCI Louis (5 Sep 1936 - 14 Mar 2015)
VOCI Anthony ()
VOCI Ronald ()

Marriage To ----- Joan ()
    m.  

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Children by ----- Joan 
VOCI Lorri ()
VOCI Louis ()
VOCI Kimberly ()

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