Armand N. Ricottilli

Friday, October 30, 1998

Armand N. Ricottilli

Former owner of fencing company
Armand Nicholas Ricottilli Sr., 78, of Kingsville, W.Va., died Tuesday, October 27, 1998. He had been in his usual health, and his death was attributed to cardiac arrest.

Mr. Ricottilli was born June 17, 1920, in Struthers, Ohio, a son of Panfilo and Giovanna Centofanti Ricottilli.
On April 19, 1945, in Buckhannon, W.Va., he was married to the former Kathryn Ratliff, who survives.
He was the former owner and operator of A.N. Ricottilli Rustic Fencing Co.
Mr. Ricotilli was the pioneer of the Ricottilli family in the rustic fence business, establishing his business in 1946 and retiring in 1972. He was an avid hunter, a member of the West Virginia Farm Bureau and in 1972 was named West Virginia Tree Farmer of the Year.
He was also a member of St. Patrick Catholic Church at Coalton, W.Va.
Also surviving are two sons, Donald Ricottilli of Belington, W.Va., and Nicholas Ricottilli of Elkins, W.Va.; four brothers, Patsy Ricottilli of Belington, Fiori Ricottilli of Summersville, W.Va., Dominick Ricottilli of Belington and Carlo Ricottilli of Montrose, W.Va.; four sisters, Lucy Palmisano of Elkins, Amelia Derico of Buckhannon, Adeline Regester of Moorefield, W.Va., and Virginia Rydzak of Washington; and three grandsons, Anthony Ricottilli, Jeffery Ricottilli and Wayne Ricottilli.
Deceased are four brothers, Laboria, Albert, Joseph and Tony Ricottilli; and a sister, Fiorina Ricottilli.