Joseph A. Szalay Jr.

JOSEPH A. SZALAY Jr. WENT HOME TO BE WITH THE LORD ON Sunday, SEPTEMBER 19, 2021 AT 88 YEARS OLD. BORN MARCH 22, 1933 IN BUFFALO NEW YORK … THE ONLY CHILD OF JOSEPH A. SZALAY AND AGNES {NUSSALL} SZALAY.

JOSEPH A. SZALAY JR GREW UP ON A FARM, HE GRADUATED FROM ROYALTON HARTLAND CENTRAL SCHOOL IN 1950 ,…MARRIED HIS WIFE THE LATE CAROL {COON} SZALAY IN APRIL 1955 AND WENT ON TO JOIN HIS FATHER IN OPERATING A DAIRY FARM IN GASPORT, THEN MIDDLEPORT UNTIL 1973, AT WHICH TIME HE SOLD OUT AND WENT TO WORK AT CJ PERRY JOHN DEERE DEALER AS A SALESMAN UNTIL RETIREMENT AND THEN PART TIME TILL THEIR CLOSING IN 2001, THEN HELPING HIS SON IN THE CAR BUSINESS .JOSEPH WAS A MUSICIAN , PLAYING THE ACCORDIAN AND HAMMOND ORGAN FOR CLUBS AND WEDDINGS FOR YEARS AND FOUNDED THE DANCE BAND “THE TUNE DUSTERS” HAVING PERFORMED AT THE EAGLES HALL FOR 6 YEARS STRAIGHT…HE PURCHASED A PLACE AT THE 1000 ISLANDS WHERE HE LOVED TO GO AND FISH FOR MANY YEARS, HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE EAGLES AND PAST MEMBER AND PRESIDENT OF THE JUNIOR WILSONS IN MEDINA , AN AVID CARD PLAYER AND HORSESHOE THROWER.

HE WAS THE HUSBAND OF THE LATE CAROL J. SZALAY, AND THE FATHER OF THE LATE PATRICIA { DAN} KELYMAN…SURVIVED BY 3 CHILDREN… A SON..PASTOR JOSEPH A. SZALAY III { CINDI}, 2 DAUGHTERS ..CATHERINE {JOHN} ZAGMESTER AND MARY CAPPER, GRANDCHILDREN , DAN, JASON KELYMAN OF FLORIDA , MELISSA{ RICHARD} TIDWELL, JENNIFER SZALAY{ WILLIAM STEAR}, CASSANDRA {JOSH} LIUZZI, DONNA{LISA}BOWER , DONNA{RICH} FAVALORO, MARY GRACE ZAGMESTER, NICHOLAS ZAGMESTER,JAMIE CAPPER OF CANADA AND SURVIVED BY 15 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN….HE IS SURVIVED BY A DEAR COMPANION THERESA BOYCE.

CALLING HOURS WILL BE 10-12 PM ON FRIDAY , SEPTEMBER 24TH AT COMMUNITY FELLOWSHIP CHURCH 3146 JOHNSON CREEK RD MIDDLEPORT NY WITH PASTOR JOSEPH A. SZALAY III CONDUCTING A MEMORIAL SERVICE AT NOON FOLLOWED WITH A DINNER, BURIAL WILL BE IN SACRED HEART CEMETARY MEDINA ….MEMORIALS AND DONATIONS CAN BE SENT TO COMMUNITY FELLOWSHIP CHURCH MIDDLEPORT NY.

Arrangements where entrusted to the Bogan & Tuttle Funeral Home, 226 Pearl St. Medina, NY 14103. Please light a candle or share a memory of Joseph at: www.bogantuttlefunerals.com

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