Joseph S. Spitale

August 27, 1954 - February 26, 2020

Those we love don’t go away, they walk beside us every day. Unseen, unheard, but always near, so loved, so missed, so very dear ~Joseph S. Spitale, 65, of Tioga Center and formerly of Lockwood passed away on Wednesday, February 26, 2020 at the Robert Packer Hospital following a brief period of declining health. Joe was born on August 27, 1954 in Elmira, NY a son of the late Joseph and Ruth Stella (Burnett) Spitale. He was a 1972 graduate of Waverly High School. Many will remember Joe as a soft-spoken gentle man ~ for many years, Joe delivered the Owego Pennysaver throughout Tioga County with his sister Linda. Joe enjoyed listening to country music, drinking coffee, watching wrestling, playing with the dogs and cats. Although his greatest enjoyment was being around family especially his nieces and nephews. Joe will be missed by his sister and brother-in-law: Linda and Otis Gleason; his brother: Daniel Spitale of Lockwood; his nieces and nephew: Stephen M. Pardoe, Jr., Mary M. Rogers, Debbie M. Pardoe; great nieces and nephews: Austin, Shaleen, Romen, Isaac (Brooke) and their daughter Maddilyn. Joe was welcomed into heaven by his parents Joseph and Ruth Spitale, his nephew Terry Bridge and friend Jim Rogers, Sr. Family and friends are invited to attend a period of visitation on Monday, March 2nd from 10 to 11 am at the Sutfin Funeral Chapel, 273 S. Main St., Nichols. A memorial service and celebration of his life will follow at 11 am with Pastor Jon Austin of the Lounsberry United Methodist Church. A luncheon and time of sharing will follow the memorial service from 12 - 3pm at the Nichols Presbyterian Church, Main Street, Nichols. Joseph will be laid to rest beside his parents in the Lockwood Cemetery. Memories and condolences may be shared by visiting his guestbook at www.sutfinfuneralchapel.com