Joseph Pucciariello

Joseph Pucciariello, 74, passed away Thursday, July 21, 2016. Funeral: 11:30 a.m. Friday in Mount Olivet Chapel. Interment: Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Mount Olivet. Memorials: In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Disabled Veterans. Joseph was born Nov. 20, 1941 in Brooklyn, N.Y., to the late Joseph Anthony and Marie Rita Gallo Pucciariello. Joseph was of Italian decent. He served and retired from the Navy 1958-1977. Also, serving in the Vietnam War 1966-1967. He served on the USS Enterprise, USS Keppler, USS William V Pratt and USS Basilone ships. He was a member of the Highway to Heaven Biker Church. Joseph was preceded in death by his parents; and brothers, Nicholas and Robert. Survivors: wife of 36 years, Shirley; sister, Angela and husband, Johnny Scialdone; daughters, Donna Marie and husband, Gene Emili of Brighton, Tenn. and Melissa Ann and husband, Jeff McCurry of Crowley; sons, Joseph Anthony and wife, Tina Pucciariello of Atoka, Tenn., Donald Robert Pucciariello of Yuba City, Ca., Eric Michael and wife, Najila Pucciariello of Rural Hall, N.C. and Russell Wayne Hardman of Irving; 18 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.