Alfred Pedrotti

Alfred Pedrotti, 98, of Solvay, died Thursday, December 22nd. The family wishes to thank the exemplary staff of Unit 2 at The Syracuse Home Association for their outstanding help and care for Alfred Pedrotti while he was a resident of their home since May 1, 2015. He was born in Iselin, Pennsylvania on March 11, 1918. He immigrated with his parents to Italy in 1921. He returned to the United States in 1948 and lived in Solvay. In 1981 he retired from Allied Chemical Corporation, where he worked as a fork lift operator for 32 years. Following retirement he and his wife, Clelia, spent the next 15 years traveling all over the continental United States and Hawaii with the Solvay Senior Citizens. He and his wife visited their family in Italy as well as touring the Amalfi Coast, the Vatican City, and Florence in 1975, 1979 and 1989. He was a member of the Solvay Senior Citizens, The Tyrol Club of Solvay, Allied Chemical Retirement Club, United Mineworkers District 50 and the United Steel Workers of America district 12357. He was a communicant of St Cecilia’s Church. He was an avid gardener growing an abundance of vegetables which were freely shared with friends and neighbors. He carefully tended to the flower gardens as well growing an abundance of roses the blossoms of which often adorned the graves of his father and mother in law Giuseppina and Pietro Rinolfi who passed away in 1953 and 1959 respectively. He was a proficient winemaker growing enough grapes to harvest and make his own wine but not enough to last the year and share with friends, neighbors and visitors so every October necessitated a trip to Russo Produce Company at the Regional Market to purchase another 30 – 40 boxes (at 36 Lbs per box) of Zinfandel and another 10 or so boxes of Muscatel to crush and press and make another 80 gallons of wine. By the 1960’s Clelia, his wife, became kind of tired of the smell of fermenting grapes in the cellar and he didn’t really have sufficient room in the basement anymore so he hand excavated the 10 foot by 14 foot section underneath our front porch, then put up the cement blocks and gravel floor to set up a pretty sophisticated wine making operation in the new “wine cellar”. During the late 1950’s and early 60’s he had a sheet metal worker friend craft a “still” out of solid copper so he could use the squeezings of the left over grapes from the wine making operation to make “Grappa”. Boy those were the days! Those 98 years were lived with gusto! Life is an adventure, enjoy the journey! He was predeceased by his parents Giuseppe and Ida (Mancabelli) Pedrotti, his brothers, Michael, Albert, Emilio, and Vittorio, his sister Agnes and his wife of 60 years, Clelia (Rinolfi). He is survived by his sister; Lucia, of Italy, his son and daughter-in-law; Alfred Jr. and Laurel and granddaughter; Caroline, all of Syracuse, as well as several nieces and nephews. Family and friends may call from 9:00 to 9:30 am Tuesday at St. Cecilia Church, 1001 Woods Rd., followed by the celebration of a Mass of Christian Burial at 9:30 am. The Rite of Committal and burial will be in Assumption Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made in his memory to St Cecilia Church, 105 Stanton Ave, Solvay, NY 13209. Please offer online condolences at www.bagozzitwins.com.

Alfred Pedrotti

March 11, 1918 - December 22, 2016