Edward Joseph Vetrone, 93, of West Grove, died Monday, Feb. 23. He was the husband of Anna Margaret Dreger Vetrone, who died in 2011 and with whom he shared 69 years of marriage.
H was born in Philadelphia, Nov. 4, 1921, son of the late Ernest Vetrone and Edith Myers.
Ed &and Ann eloped prior to his deployment to the European theater. Ed was a combat photographer in WWII from November 1942 to October 1945. He was assigned to the 165 Signal Photo Company. His battles and campaigns were in Normandy, Northern France, Ardennes, Rhineland and Central Europe. His decorations and citations were the Bronze star, Good Conduct Medal, Purple Heart and European African Middle Eastern ribbon with five battle stars and one arrowhead.
When he returned from the war he worked for Philly Blue Print then onto Gulf Oil Refinery until his retirement in 1983.
Ed’s hobbies were the flying airplanes, playing harmonica, carpentry, motorcycles, rebuilding engines, fishing, boating, traveling and spending winters in South Padre Island, Texas. He also loved watching Eagles football. Let’s not forget his cooking and eating skills. He made friends everywhere he went and develop long lasting friendships. He was a kind person, well loved, generous to a fault. His smile was infectious. He will be missed greatly by everyone he touched.
He is survived by two sons, Joseph E. Vetrone of West Grove, and Edward G. Vetrone and his wife Loretta of Orlando, Fla.; one sister, Edith Fulgium of Norwood; three grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
He was predeceased by two sons, Thomas and Ernest Vetrone, and three brothers, Ernest, Jack and Robert Vetrone.
You are invited to visit with his family and friends from 9 to 11 on Friday morning, Feb. 27, at Assumption BVM Church, 300 State Road in West Grove. His Funeral Mass will follow at 11 a.m. Burial will be at Holy Cross Cemetery in Yeadon.
In lieu of flowers, donations on memory of Ed can be made to the Wounded Warrior Project, P.O. Box 758517, Topeka, KS 66675
Online condolences may be made by visiting www.griecocares.com
Arrangements by the Foulk & Grieco Funeral Home, West Grove.
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