Giuseppe Ricciardi, 53, husband Billie Jo Ricciardi, died on October 28, 2013 in Italy. Born in Liberi Caserta, Italy on August 27, 1960, he was the son of Eugenio and Maria (Petrillo) Ricciardi.
He had resided in Meriden and attended Orville H. Platt High School. Mr. Ricciardi was employed by New Britain Transportation as a school bus driver before starting his own business in 2009. He was a parishioner of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church and a member of the Bocci Club and the American Legion.
Besides his wife, he is survived by two sisters, Gina Simone and her husband Joseph of Southington and Angelina Stevens and her husband Rex of Meriden; two brothers, Philip Ricciardi and his wife Patricia of New Britain and Raffaele Ricciardi and Joann Bryce of Tamarac, FL, and his nieces and nephews, Rosanna Keniston of Colorado, Anthony Izquierdo and Michael Izquierdo, both of North Carolina, Eugenio Ricciardi and Alexander Ricciardi, both of New Britain and Raffaele Ricciardi of Florida.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend a Mass of Christian Burial to be held on Monday, November 11, 2013 at 10 am at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel church. Everyone is asked to meet directly at church. Entombment will be in Sacred Heart Cemetery Mausoleum. Friends may call at The John J. Ferry & Sons Funeral Home, 88 East Main Street, Meriden on Sunday, November 10, 2013 from 4 to 8 pm.