VINCENT JOSEPH DEMICHELE

April 9, 2006

Vincent Joseph DeMichele, 85, died of natural causes March 21, 2006, at his residence in Palmer.

A private memorial service was held March 21, 2006, in San Diego, Calif.

He was born Dec. 8, 1920, in Italy. He was a carpenter in New York, Arizona, and California, and was a member of Unity Church of Anchorage.

His family said, &#8220He was born in Italy and moved to New York in 1921. He married our mother in 1942. He served in Germany during the war. He loved to fish and watch baseball. He loved the water and spent a lot of time on boats in San Diego. In 1997, he came to Alaska to visit his three sons, and got married to his second wife, Jackie Sewell. He was the best father anyone could ever want. He would put others before himself. All who knew him knew he was true. He will be missed by many. He will be forever in our hearts.”

Arrangements by Valley Funeral Home and Crematory.