Joseph P. Cuva 1943-2024
CAMPBELL — Joseph P. “Joe” Cuva, 81, passed away peacefully, Thursday, Nov. 28, 2024, at St. Elizabeth Boardman Hospital.
Joe was born Sept. 3, 1943, in Youngstown, a son of Joseph Sr. and Anna Tovarnak Cuva.
He was a 1961 graduate of Campbell Memorial High School. Following graduation, he enrolled in Brevard Junior College in Florida for two years, where he learned the trade of becoming a plumber, and pipefitter welder. Following graduation from trade school, Joe began working for Plumbers and Pipefitters Union Local 295 in Daytona Beach, Florida. His work took him all over the United States. After his time in Florida from 1961 to 1979, he continued working in his trade in the Youngstown area. In the early 1990s, Joe began working for Youngstown Steel Door, where he remained until his retirement in 2000.
Joe was a parishioner of the Basilica of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Youngstown.
He loved to go camping. In his younger years, he enjoyed bowling, deer hunting and fishing in Florida on the ocean.
Joe is survived by his loving wife, the former Elaine Colucci, whom he married Aug. 20, 1983. He also leaves his daughters, Kimberly Woodall of North Carolina and Joanna Vann of Florida; and his son, Micheal Pratt of Florida. He also leaves his grandchildren, Travis, Matthew, Brandy, Preston, Tatum, Tyler, Micheal Jr., Christopher and Alyssa; 17 great-grandchildren; his brothers, Rocco Cuva of Jupiter, Florida, and Mark and Mary Lou Cuva of Tallmadge; and many nieces and nephews whom he greatly loved.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his brother, David Cuva; his daughter, Kelly Cuva; and his sister-in-law, Carol Cuva.
Calling hours will be 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024, at the Wasko Funeral Home in Campbell, where prayers will be offered at 9:30 a.m., followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. at the Basilica of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Youngstown, officiated by the Very Rev. Msgr. Michael J. Cariglio Jr.
Joe will be laid to rest in St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Cemetery in Lowellville.
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