Cirillo

Paul R. Cirillo, 78, of Hermitage passed away at 11:10 p.m. Monday in his home after a four month illness.

Mr. Cirillo was born Oct. 18, 1934, in Denver, Colo., a son of the late Peter and Pauline Benson Cirillo.

He was a graduate of West Sunbury High School and completed various banking courses at Penn State University; Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pa.; and the Mellon Bank concentrated course in banking. He received a graduate certificate from the University of Wisconsin Graduate School of Banking in 1965.

Paul entered banking in 1954, with the Grove City National Bank, which merged with Northwest Bank in 1968. Following the merger, he held positions of manager and installment lending officer with the Grove City office; commercial and mortgage lending officer with the Mercer office; and commercial lending officer at the Meadville office. He then became manager of the Emlenton office until 1973, when he opened the McDowell National Bank in Grove City.

Paul joined Interstate Chemical in 1979 as executive vice-president and remained there until his retirement in 2012 at age 77.

Paul was an active member of the Church of Notre Dame, Hermitage. He served on the board of directors for the American Institute of Banking, the Grove City Community Chest, the Boy Scouts of America, the Grove City Industrial Development Board and the former Bashline Hospital, Grove City.

Surviving are his wife, the former Rose M. Pry, who he married Sept. 24, 1953, in St. Paul’s Church, Butler; six sons, Richard Cirillo and his wife, Kathleen, of Mercer, Joseph Cirillo of Sharon, William Cirillo and his wife, Margaret, of Fort Mill, S.C., Thomas Cirillo and his wife, Lori, of Hermitage, David Cirillo and his wife, Laura, of Champion, Ohio, and Ronald Cirillo and his wife, Melanie, of Orlando, Fla.; 18 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; a daughter-in-law, Ruth Cirillo of Sharon; a brother, Joseph Cirillo and his wife, Pat, of Slippery Rock; and a sister, Carla Hart and her husband, Alden, of Greenville, N.C.

In addition to his parents, Paul was preceded in death by a son, Kenneth Cirillo, who passed away in 1999.

Paul was an extremely dedicated worker at everything he did. However, his favorite times were when he and a lot of his family were together at his cottage in the woods.

CIRILLO — Calling hours for Paul R. Cirillo, who passed away Monday, Aug. 5, 2013, will be from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday in the J. Bradley McGonigle Funeral Home, 1090 E. State St., Sharon.

A Mass of Christian burial will be at 11 a.m. Friday in the Church of Notre Dame, Hermitage, with the Rev. Jeffery Noble, pastor, as celebrant. Interment will be in St. Rose Cemetery, Hermitage.

Friends may e-mail condolences by visiting www.McGonigleFuneralHomeandCrematory.com.