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FURGIONE Joseph Charles
Birth:          8 Jan 1919 Hammonton, N.J.
Death:          1 Jul 2003 Elkins, Randolph Co., W.Va.
Burial:         West Va. Nat'l Cemetery, Grafton, Taylor Co., W.Va.

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1920 in Winslow, Camden Co., N.J.
1930 in Hammonton, N.J.
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Joseph Charles Furgione, 84, of Philippi, formerly of Cleveland, Ohio, died early 
Tuesday morning, July 1, 2003, in Davis Memorial Hospital, following an extended 
illness.
He was born Jan. 8, 1919, in Hammonton, N.J., a son of the late Charles Pasquale 
and Mary Antoinette (Cione) Furgione.
His wife, Patty "Elsie (Sutton) Furgione, preceded him in death.
Survivors include one daughter, Lana Jo Shockey and husband, Larry, Philippi; three 
grandchildren, Tanya Slaton, Fredericksburg, Va., Gil Joseph Blake, Philippi, and 
Sherry Kay Furgione, Morgantown; three great-grandchildren, Michael Brent Slaton, 
Daniel Joseph Blake and Joseph Montana Slaton; two brothers, Anthony Furgione, 
Chesilhurst, N.J., and Robert Furgione, Mays Landing, N.J.; three sisters, Helen Capri, 
Edgewater Park, N.J., Alice Bastein, Thorofare, N.J., and Mary Lou Wigginton, 
Deptford, N.J.
He was preceded in death by one son, Joey Furgione; one granddaughter, Theresa 
Illene Daugherty; and his former wife, Madalyn T. (Campbell) Furgione Anderson.
Mr. Furgione retired as a printer-typesetter for the Cleveland Plain Dealer Newspaper. 
He had also worked for several area publishers including Barbour Publishing Co., 
Clarksburg Publishing Co. and the Fairmont Times-West Virginian.
Mr. Furgione was a veteran of World War II, serving with the U.S. Army. He was 
involved in the Invasion of Normandy and the Battle of the Bulge. On Sept. 9, 2001, 
he received the Medal of Freedom from the French people. He was a member of the 
American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars in New Jersey.
Friends may call at Stemple & Forman Funeral Home in Philippi from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. 
Friday and from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m. Saturday, when Mr. Furgione will be moved to the 
Philippi United Methodist Church, where friends may call from noon until 1 p.m. when 
funeral services will be conducted by the Rev. Gary Rapking. Interment will follow in 
West Virginia National Cemetery near Grafton. Stemple & Forman Funeral Home is 
entrusted with arrangements 
W.Va. Marr Idx on ancestry

Parents
FURGIONE Pasquale Charles (12 Sep 1893 - 1 Aug 1982)
CIONE Antonia (Mary) (19 May 1897 - 1 Sep 1967)

Siblings
FURGIONE John (15 Sep 1917 - 28 Aug 1921)
FURGIONE Joseph Charles (8 Jan 1919 - 1 Jul 2003)
FURGIONE Anthony Gerald (28 Dec 1920 - 5 Apr 2014)
FURGIONE Helen (1923 - 12 Jun 2017)
FURGIONE Robert A. (8 Dec 1925 - 15 Jun 2009)
FURGIONE Alice ()
FURGIONE Mary Louise (22 Jun 1935 - 16 Nov 2007)

Marriage To CAMPBELL Madalyn T. () m. 1943 Barbour Co., W.Va. Notes Children by CAMPBELL Madalyn T.
FURGIONE Joey () FURGIONE Lana Jo ()
Marriage To SUTTON Patty ("Elsie") () m. Notes
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