John Bruno, Sr. Passes Away June 10, 2015

John Bruno, Sr. and his grandchildren Emily and John Gamber.

John Currie Bruno, Sr. passed away Wednesday, June 10, 2015 after a fifteen-year battle with Parkinsons disease. Celebrating John Sr.’s life are his loving wife of 57 years, Alfrieda (Steiner) Bruno (Wellsville, PA); daughter and son-in-law, Cheryl (Bruno) and Doug Gamber (Wellsville, PA); cherished grandchildren, Emily and John; sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Anna Marie and Floyd Gillott (North Huntingdon, PA) and Mary Ann and Bill Steiner (Rome, GA); many nieces and nephews, cousins and friends. Read the full obituary here.

Cheryl Gamber (John Bruno, Jr.’s sister), Cheryl’s daughter Emily, and Joe Paterno at the New Castle Country Club in 2001.

Phillip Foreman of the Foreman Group of companies represented the Foreman Foundation Board at the viewing and funeral, expressing condolences to, and sharing memories with Cheryl (Bruno) and Doug Gamber, as well as Alfreida Bruno. John Bruno, Sr.’s family expressed their thanks to Phillip and the entire Foreman Foundation Board.

The Foreman Foundation was created in memory of John’s son, John Jr., whose life was taken by melanoma cancer at the age of 27.