Obituary

Angelo Vincent Di Mino, a former resident of Franklin, passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family, on Monday, June 1, 2009, at his home in California due to complications from cancer.

He was born in Indiana, Pa., and he grew up in Franklin.

He married and raised his family in Warren until he and his wife moved the family to southern California in August 1972.

Mr. Di Mino served in the U.S. Army in the Korean War, graduated from Clarion University with a bachelor’s degree and later earned a masater's degree from Penn State.

He was employed for 41 years as a teacher, education coordinator and elementary school principal, retiring in 1998 from Tustin Unified School District in California. He retired as an elementary school principal.

Mr. Di Mino was known to his family and friends as a beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather and mentor.

In his earlier years he was a pilot, scuba diver, photographer, rock hound, boater and singer. He later became interested in collecting, repairing and restoring antique clocks and watches.

He is survived by his wife, Sally; four daughters, Angela Parker, Annette Di Mino, Julia Morton,and Mary Boyd; one granddaughter, Amy Lynn Morton; one great-grandson, Vincent Mounsey; five sisters and many nieces and nephews.

The Saddlebrook Chapel at 220 E. Main St., Tustin, Calif., handled funeral arrangements.