Jerome "Jerry" H. Magistrella

Jerome “Jerry” H. Magistrella, 73, of 1289 Stephano Street, Clarion, died Friday, October 28, 2011, at the Golden Living Center in Shippenville. Born June 11, 1938, in Pittsburgh, he was the son of the late Samuel and Edythe Thompson Magistrella. Jerry was raised in Indiana, PA. He was an Alumnus of St. Fidelis in Herman, PA and was a 1956 graduate of Indiana High School. He then graduated in 1963 from Penn State University. A veteran, he served in the U.S. Marine Corps Platoon 257 2nd Battalion MCRD Parris Island, SC from 1957 to 1960. During Jerry’s military service, he was assigned to U.S. Marine Corps Pistol and Rifle Team. His competition shooting earned him many awards, among them, the Distinguished Marksman Medal. He was married on October 18, 1975 to the former Joan DiSalvo, and she survives. Jerry was a retired forester with DCNR State of Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry. He was assigned to District 8 Bureau of Forestry as Assistant District Forester in 1975. During his years in Clarion, he took care of the grounds of Immaculate Conception Parish. When Jerry retired in 1992, he fulfilled a dream of his, taking landscape design classes and having a business of his own doing landscape and consulting until 2002. He was a member of the Immaculate Conception Church in Clarion. Jerry was also a member of the Society of American Foresters, PA Council of Professional Foresters, Pennsylvania Forestry Association, National Rifle Association, and International Society of Arboriculture. In addition to his wife, he is survived by a daughter, Cheri Fleck Watson and her husband, Pete, of Williamsburg, VA; a son, Andrew Fleck of Harrisburg; two granddaughters, Molly and Julia Watson of Williamsburg, VA; and a close friend of the family, Marc Neville of Harrisburg. Also surviving are a sister, Diane McCarty of Woodland Park, CO; a niece, Eugenia Rendler and her husband, Devereaux, and their four children, Diana, Julianna, Nicole, and Charles of San Jose, CA; and nephew, Quinn McCarty and his wife, Becky, and their two children, Declan and Camden, of Phoenix, AZ. He was preceded in death by his parents. There will be no visitation. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, November 2, 2011, at the Immaculate Conception Church in Clarion with Rev. Monty Sayers, pastor of the Immaculate Conception Church, presiding. Interment will be held in the Calvary Cemetery in Clearfield. Memorials and donations can be made to the Immaculate Conception Church, 720 Liberty Street, Clarion PA 16214; or Clarion Free Library, 644 Main Street, Clarion PA 16214.

Jerome "Jerry" H. Magistrella

June 11, 1938 - October 28, 2011