Michael J. Mazzeo

Michael J. Mazzeo, of Dothan, Alabama, passed away December 9, 2015. He was 79 years old.

He was born November 8, 1936 in Buffalo, New York to the late Joseph and Anna Ziccardi Mazzeo.

After high school he served in the United States Navy aboard the USS Clarence K. Bronsom, and eventually was stationed in Indian Head, Maryland.  He was honorably discharged September 1962.  Next, he worked for the Federal Government in Washington D.C. until his retirement in December 1980.  He was a devoted Christian, and later, when he and his wife Ida Mae moved to Dothan, they became members of Rainbow Meadows Baptist Church.

In addition to his parents, he was pre-deceased by his grandmothers Caterina Mamone Mazzeo and Angela Petti Ziccardi and his sister Kathleen Visco.

Survivors include his wife, Ida Mae Mazzeo; children Michael J. Mazzeo, Jr., Brenda Grimsley and Larry Burcham Paula; grandchildren Madelyn E. Mazzeo, Aaron Gartlin Suzanne, Patrick Gartlin Anna, Misty Cherry Michael, and Kristy Barefield Patrick; great-granchildren Reese Barefield and Madelyn Cherry; and aunts Marianne Visco & Connie Mazzeo, both of Buffalo, New York.

Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, December 13, 2015 at the Sunset Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Don Clark officiating. Burial with military honors will follow in Sunset Memorial Park with Robert Byrd directing. The family will receive friends from 1-2:00 p.m. prior to the service at the funeral home.

Pallbearers will be Michael J. Mazzeo, Jr., Larry Burcham, Aaron Gartlan, Michael Cherry, Patrick Barefield, Travis Long and Nick Bass.