Albert J. Piccioni

Albert J. "Pidge" Piccioni, 77, of Pottsville, died Tuesday morning at home. He was born December 7, 1934 in Pottsville, son of the late John and Mary Guiardi Piccioni. Pidge attended Pottsville High School and was a self-employed truck driver prior to retiring. He was a member of the former St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church, Pottsville, and the former Amor Fraterno Club. Pidge was preceded in death by his wife the former Katherine "Kitty" Uller on November 16, 2009: 3 brothers, Angelo, John, and Henry Robert; a sister, Theresa Gerace: Surviving are 3 daughters, Ann Melocheck, and her husband Sam, Pottsville: Kathy Piccioni, Harrisburg: Sue Griffin and her husband Jack, Pottsville: 3 sons, David, Orwigsburg: Michael, Elizabethtown: Anthony, Middleport: a brother, Mark, Pottsville: 11 Grandchildren, 3 great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Services will be held 11:00 A.M. Friday from James E. Humphrey Funeral Home, Pottsville, with Deacon John E. Quirk officiating. Family and friends are invited to call at the funeral home from 6:00 P.M.-8:00 P.M. Thursday evening and from 10:00 A.M. until the time of services Friday. The family would prefer no flowers. Interment will be in St. Joseph Cemetery, Pottsville.