Vincent J. Spiziri | Business owner, 93

Vincent J.Spiziri
Vincent J.Spiziri
Posted: September 28, 2011

Vincent J. Spiziri, 93, formerly of Wynnewood, a business owner and civic activist, died of cancer Sunday, Sept. 25, at Sunrise Assisted Living in Newtown Square.

Mr. Spiziri graduated from South Philadelphia High School and attended Drexel University before joining his father, Francis, at Spiziri Corrective Shoes in Center City. In 1979, he sold the store to Greiner & Saur Orthopedics in Philadelphia and then worked for that firm for several years.

After a brief retirement, he was a part-time clerk for a district judge in Lower Merion for 10 years until he was in his 80s, his son, Vincent Jr., said.

Mr. Spiziri married Rachel DellaPia in 1941. The couple moved to Wynnewood in 1948. For over 30 years, he was a volunteer with the Penn Wynne Overbrook Hills Fire Company. He served as president of the board for 19 years, until the late 1980s.

A lifelong baseball enthusiast, Mr. Spiziri met his wife when he chased a fly ball into a street in the South Philadelphia neighborhood where they grew up.

He was a Philadelphia Athletics fan until the team moved. He then became a Phillies fan and also followed the other Philadelphia sports teams, his son said.

In addition to his son, Mr. Spiziri is survived by daughters Kathryn Stevens and Annette Smiley; five grandchildren; and three great-granddaughters. His wife died in 2009.

A Funeral Mass will be said at 10 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 29, at Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church, 204 Haverford Ave., Wynnewood. Friends may call from 8:30 a.m. In 1954, Mr. Spiziri and his wife were founding members of the church, where he sang in the choir and was a eucharistic minister. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery in West Conshohocken.

Donations may be made to Penn Wynne Overbrook Hills Fire Company, 1400 Manoa Rd., Wynnewood, Pa. 19096.

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