Obituary of Alfonso Mancini

ALFONSO MANCINI - MASTER TAILOR Alfonso Mancini, 84, paseed away Friday June 3 surrounded by his loving family in his home, Alfonso was born June 8, 1926 in Lettomanopello, Italy in the Province of Pescara to the late Antonio and Griselda (Guisti) Mancini. Alfonso and his loving wife lea (Terzini) of 60 years emigrated to Vineland from Italy in September of 1957 where they resided together with their four children. Alfonso was trained as a master Tailor in Italy where he operated his own tailor shop. Upon arriving in Vineland, he was employed as a tailor at Bucks Custom Shop in Vineland, Bacon's and Rovner's Men's in Bridgeton and was finally the head tailor at Macy's Hamilton Mall until his retirement in 2003. Alfonso was known by many people in the area for his expertise with alterations. He also made many custom suits from his home for his own clients. Alfonso was a parishioner of Sacred Heart Parish for 53 years. Alfonso's passion was his devotion to his family, his trade, and the soccer club, Juventus. Alfonso made time to listen and watch Italian soccer and recorded the box scores every Sunday. One by one, his old friends from the old country would call or come over to learn of their team's results. Alfonso took great pride in his children, grandchildren and great granddaughter. Nonno was an inspiration and role model for his entire family and will be sorely missed.