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Vincent P.
Sica
Vincent
Patrick Sica,
73, died
Sunday,
March 19,
2006, at his
home on
Center
Cambridge
Road. He was
the beloved
husband of
Constance
Bowles Sica.
Born Monday,
Nov. 28,
1932, in the
Bronx, he
was the son
of the late
Joseph Sica
and
Josephine
Cristaldi
Gervasi of
Cambridge.
After
spending
summers on
the
Cristaldi
farm, the
family moved
to Cambridge
in 1948 and
Vinnie
graduated
from
Cambridge
Central
School.
He joined
the United
States Army
and served
in the
Korean War.
He and
Connie were
married on
July 5,
1958.
He worked as
a mechanic
at Columbia
Corporation
(formerly
Columbia
Boxboard),
in Wallomsac,
retiring in
1995.
He was the
recording
secretary
and
financial
treasurer of
United Paper
Workers of
America
Union No.
1142 for 35
years.
Vinnie was a
devoted
communicant
of Saint
Patrick's
Church where
he was a
member of
the Parish
Council and
a greeter
for the
Saturday, 4
p.m. Mass.
He was a
member, the
present
Chaplin and
Legionnaire
of Year of
1999 for
Capt. Maxson
Post No. 634
of the
American
Legion; a
member of
the Knights
of Columbus
Council No.
10917 ; and
a member of
the
Democratic
committee of
the Town of
Cambridge.
He was the
present
election
inspector
for the town
of Cambridge
and had
served a
four-year
term as
councilman.
Vinnie was
quite a
handyman and
was always
busy. He
enjoyed
working on
small
engines and
loved
tinkering on
his
collection
of old
tractors. He
liked
gardening
and loved
spending
time with
his
grandsons.
Besides his
wife and
mother, he
is survived
by two
children and
their
spouses,
Randi V.
Sica and
Jackie
Fedler of
Cambridge
and Sherri
and Nathan
Wright of
Greenwich;
two
grandsons,
Shaun M. and
Ryan S. Sica;
five
siblings and
their
spouses,
Louis and
Lida Sica of
Cambridge,
Philip and
Helene Sica
of
Cambridge,
Sarah
Bosland of
Hamburg,
N.J.,
Aurelio and
Nancy Sica
of Miami,
Fla.,
Barbara and
Roger Catlin
of Tucson,
Ariz.; two
aunts,
Frances
Valerio and
Constance
Cristaldi,
both of
Cambridge;
several
nieces,
nephews and
cousins.
Friends and
relatives
are invited
to call on
Wednesday,
March 22,
from 4 to 7
p.m. at
Ackley &
Ross Funeral
Home, 73
West Main
Street,
Cambridge.
There will
be a Knights
of Columbus
service at
6:00 p.m.
A Mass of
Christian
Burial will
be
celebrated
by Father
Liam Condon
at St.
Patrick's
Church, 17
South Park
St.,
Cambridge on
Thursday,
March 23, at
10 a.m.
Burial, with
military
honors
provide by
Capt. Maxson
Post No.
634, will
follow at
Woodlands
Cemetery,
Cambridge.
All are
invited to a
reception at
the American
Legion hall.
The family
requests
memorial
donations be
made to
either St.
Patrick's
Church;
Cambridge
Rescue
Squad, P. O.
Box 52,
Cambridge,
NY 12816 or
the American
Cancer
Society, 260
Osborne
Road,
Albany, NY
12211.
Vincent will
be
remembered
as a kind
and loving
man, devoted
to his
family,
church and
country. He
will be
greatly
missed.
Class of
1951
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