Loren Michael DeFilippo
November 27, 1933 ~ July 8, 2011
Loren Michael DeFilippo Sr, 77, of Weirton passed away July 8, 2011, at Trinity West Medical Center, Steubenville, OH.
Born November 27, 1933 in Lockport, NY, Loren was the son of the late Nicola and Lena Ruberto DeFilippo. He was also preceded in death by his brothers; Dominic, Angelo, Nicholas and John DeFilippo; and his sister, Virginia Rising.
Loren attended West Liberty State College, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Music Education, and received a Masters of Arts in Music Education from West Virginia University.
Loren was a music teacher and band director for 30 years and retired from the Hancock County School System. He was a member of the Hancock County, and West Virginia Associations of Retired School Employees.
He was a member of Saint Paul's Roman Catholic Church, serving as treasurer of the Holy Name Society, Weirton Elks #1801, and the past president of the Weirton Lions Club, where he was the recipient of the Melvin Jones International Award.
He served his country in the US Army, and was stationed in Germany with the 33rd Army Band. Locally, he played clarinet with the Wheeling Symphony Orchestra and many local community bands.
Loren is survived by his loving wife of 52 years, Jerry Brewer DeFilippo; three sons, Loren Jr. (Polly) of Cincinnati, OH, Joseph of Grand Cayman Islands, BWI and Michael (Maria) of Pittsburgh, PA; two daughters, Maria DeFilippo (Scott Ribe) of Golden CO and Kathy Hart (Jack) of Cameron, WV; three sisters, Mary DeFilippo, Ellen Anterline, and Frances Florio all of Lockport, NY; 12 grandchildren, Christopher, Brittany, Gianni, Tony, Erin, Nicholas, and Loren Joseph DeFilippo, Ashley, Benjamin, and Leah Hart, Brooks and Ryan Pepper; and one great grandson, Hayden DeFilippo.
Visitation will be 2-4 and 6-8 PM Monday, at the Greco-Hertnick Funeral Home, 3219 Main St, Weirton, WV.
Funeral liturgy with Mass will be celebrated 10 AM Tuesday, at St Paul Catholic Church, Weirton, with the Reverend Larry Dorsch presiding.
Interment will follow at St Paul Cemetery, with military graveside services conducted by the Weirton Honor Guard Firing Squad.
Memorial contributions can be made to St Paul's Catholic Church, 140 Walnut St, Weirton, WV 26062
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Dear Jerry and family, My deepest sympathy for your loss; Loren was a kind & gentle man,soft spoken who will be missed. Please know I am keeping you in my thoughts & prayers. Sincerely, Marlene Runkel
Dear DeFilippo family, You have deepest sympathy. I was so blessed to have your husband/father as a teacher. He gave me the knowledge of how to play a musical instrument and I will be forever grateful. May God be with all of you at this time of sorrow and always.
I wish to extend my deepest sympathy and prayerful support as you grieve your loss.
So very sorry to hear of Mr. DeFilippo’s passing. I recall and remember good memories from his presence in my earlier years in school. God Bless!
Dear Jerry and Family Our prayerful thoughts are with you during this time. It is good that Loren is not suffering any more. He is in the peaceful place we all hope to be. The children can truly say now” Our Father who art in heaven” for I am sure that is where he is. He has a great job now to watch over all of you. CAll on him often and he will keep you close to God. God Bless All.
Mr. DeFilippo’s stern yet passionate teaching brought out the best of my abilities to play the flute in our Junior High Band. He was an excellent Director and very patient man! I have many fond memories. I extend my sympathy to the family, and may he rest in peace.
Dear Aunt Jerry and Family, Our deepest sympathy to all. We will sadly miss Uncle Loren. We have so many fond memories of our family gatherings over the years. Sorry that we are unable to make the trip for the funeral however, you will be in our thoughts and prayers. Love, Mary Ellen & Bob
I am so sorry to hear about you loss. Mr. DeFillipo was always encouraging and was one of my favorite teachers. He will be missed.
Great music teacher when I was in school. Great friend to my dad. You will be missed! Condalances, prayers for Jerry and family!
Dear Mrs. DeFilippo and family, I send my thoughts, prayers and deepest sympathy to your family for your loss. Mr. DeFilippo was my Weir Jr. Band Director who instilled in me a deep fondness for all types music. Because of him I find myself listening to instrumental songs and trying to distinguish the different horns, reeds and strings, finding the background sounds in pop songs and closing my eyes to picture the musicians. He truly was an inspirtion to all. Denise Cummins Ceraolo Alto-sax player Weir High Class of 1972
Dear DeFilippo Family, I was saddened to learn of Loren’s passing, and I extend my sincere condolences to all of you. May God help you to bear the pain of his loss. Rest assured that he is enjoying good health again as he walks heaven’s streets of gold. With deepest respect and sympathy, Dwight McUmar
Dear DeFilippo family, Please know that you will be in my prayers. Mr. DeFilippo had such an influence on my life and so many, many others. He was a very special man and will be missed by many. Alison
Dear Jerry, Please accept my deepest sympathies. It was a pleasure to have worked with Loren at Weir Middle…the lunch time chats in the band room were also a pleasure!
Dear Mrs. DeFilippo and family, I send my thoughts, prayers and deepest sympathy to your family for your loss. Mr. DeFilippo was my Weir Jr. Band Director.
Dear Jerry and Family, We would like to express our deepest sympathies to you all at this difficult time. Our thoughts and prayers are with you.
Hello Jerry and family, we were sorry to hear of Loren’s passing.what wonderful memories he helped to create with all of you. Heaven now has a musician who can play beautiful music without any pain. You all are in our prayers.
My thoughts any prayers are with the DeFilippo family.
Just wanted to say I have some great memories of Mr DeFilippo as my band director. I learned a love of music and so enjoyed Jr. High Band. He will be missed, my thoughts and prayers are with his family.
I am very sorry to hear of Mr. DeFilippo’s passing. I am very grateful that after MANY years of not seeing him, that I was able to visit both him & his family during my trip home to Weirton 2 summers ago. Nearly 40 yrs. ago, Mr. DeFilippo , with MUCH patience, tolerated us young, rambunctious Jr. High drummers (who became very good friends with his own boys, Loren & Joey) and instilled my love of percussion which I carried through Weir High School and WVU marching bands. My prayers go out to the family during this time of sorrow. Take care & God bless.
Sorry for your loss of your Dad, Joe. I just read your Dad’s obituary today, Monday. God be with you and your family. Brent, Jang, and Asia Beatty
My deepest sympathies to the entire DeFilippo family. I was blessed to have Mr. DeFilippo as my junior high band director and appreciate all of his hard work and dedication to teaching a rag tag bunch of kids to appreciate music.
Loren: So very sorry to learn of the loss of your dad. My thoughts are with you and your family.
Mrs. DeFilippo, Mike, and the DeFilippo family, I have many fond memories of Mr. DeFilippo. When I was in 7th grade and joining the band, he persuaded me to play the flute instead of the clarinet, the instrument that I wanted to play. I am so glad that he did that. He was always so very kind to me. I just saw Mrs. DeFilippo at Kroger’s a few weeks ago and asked how he was doing. So sorry for your loss.
To the DeFilippo Family’ I don’t think Loren knew how many souls he touched with the art of teaching music. He taught music in such a way that you yearned for more knowledge of the instrument that you chose. I remember the countless hours that he spent working with students and making them a better musician. I learned to appreciate all types of music and always have an open mind to different styles and cultures of music. Please accept my deepest sympathy for the loss of Loren. I will keep all of you in my thoughts and prayers.
I just learned of Mr. DeFilippo’s passing. He taught me to play the clarinet at Weir Junior in 1975. Of course I could not appreciate his devotion at that age but I have though of him often through the years. I was first chair because of his excellent teaching, as I had no other lessons than those he provided during band class. I will cherish the memories of band, and he made them possible. Prayers and gratitude for a fine teacher indeed. Sincerely, Roberta Kearns Taylor
Mrs. DeFillippo and family, my sincere condolences on your loss. I had the honor of having both Mr. and Mrs. DeFilippo as my teachers. Mrs. DeFilippo was my first grade teacher at Marland Heights Elementary and Mr. DeFilippo my band director at Weir Jr. High. Weirton was blessed with a number of wonderful teachers who were married couples. I came into Weir Jr. playing the Alto Sax, and somehow, Mr. DeFilippo got me to play Baritone Sax. I cannot recall how that came about, but it certainly was fun. He would be happy to know that my daughter now plays the Viola. Music is such a wonderful gift to have in one’s life. Mr. DeFilippo, thank you for sharing your love of music with so many of us at Weir Jr. High.