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Submitted by Alfonse Ciaccio class of 1975 <ac4u2c@hotmail.com> on 23/Aug/2025
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   I have been married Jill for 45 years. When I was asked recently how this happened, I replied " Hey, it's not my fault! Jill does not believe in divorce; however, she has no problem with believe murder! Lol! Jill, was a Physical Therapist Assistant for 30+ years. She and I retired in 2021. She joyfully spends her days, seeing our granddaughter, and making our house a home. Me? Like Fred Sandford in "Sanford and Son", I just stay out of the way! After all, I might get asked to do something! Lol!

We have three children, Joel (age 43, the bassist in the US Army Concert band in Washington D.C., our eldest daughter, Anna, who lives 3 miles from us and who is a jazz singer, model and entrepreneur. She owns a European boutique here in Oakmont, "Urbanna". After living in North Central Pa (Canton) for 32 years, we moved to Pittsburgh in 2021 in order to be near our daughter Anna, her husband Nick and now our granddaughter, Sofia, who just turned one years old. What a little baby sweetheart! Our youngest, Lara, is a violinist, who lives in Maine with our grandson Desman. He is an "all boy" ten-year-old. He even won the school district chess tournament. He is and always will be his pop-pops buddy. I was a professional musician for many years until 2018, when my progressive neurological disease, took my ability to either fret a guitar, finger pick, or grip a pick.. My side man wok allowed me to play on many records, which were all performed live or radio and television. After reviewing the television spots, I now know what my mother meant when she said that I "had a face for radio!" LOL! I recorded and produced my own CD, "Pieces of My Heart", a solo jazz guitar album. I was told by the distributor, that my album actually went ZINK (lol!) and that one of the Amazon 5-star raters gave the endorsement that my CD makes a great coaster for drinks. I have been studying the Renaissance lute and guitar since 2018 due to the progression of my disease; I love these instruments and the study of the musical period and the culture from which they arose. This music is starkly beautiful, requiring an angelic touch and on the strings. The lute is a very consoling instrument. I have had the wonderful privilege playing for patients in the palliative care units of hospitals, people on the doorstep of entering the Prescence of the Holy One. I have two degrees (BA Music, A.A.S. in Business Accounting, many law courses and the courses necessary to allow me to receive a "Librarian Certificate" This certificate allowed me to run the little library in our old home town, the Green Free Library in Canton, Pa. I love books.. "Kindles" and "Nooks, not so much. I love the feel of a book, the print, even the smell. I also love research. I have heled many students in the area of answers and annotation. Study, with wonder is everything to me.
I wish you all well, and pray for Jesus, the Lord of Heaven and earth, to watch over you, until we can meet again.

Love,
Alfonse 

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