Carmen J. Masciola

Carmen J. Masciola , 77, of Lorain, died Tuesday, March 11, 2014 at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph after a lengthy illness. Carmen was born September 17, 1936 in Benwood, WV. He had been a Lorain resident for the past seven years after moving from Vermilion. Carmen grew up in the Wheeling, West Virginia area. He attended West Virginia University, where he was a member of the award-winning "100-Man" Mountaineer Marching Band. One Sunday morning, while at WVU, he met a beautiful fellow student, Jane Slater, who was walking along the same sidewalk on her way to church. He graduated with a bachelors degree in music, and married Jane. Carmen's first job after graduation was as a music teacher in a rural town in Iowa, where he was proud of the fact that he was able to find the only available rental house in town with indoor plumbing. Carmen later earned a masters degree in administrative education from Wittenberg University, and in 1965 he moved his family to Vermilion to work as a guidance counselor at Vermilion High School. In 1969 he accepted a position as Director of Counseling Services at Lorain County Community College, where he worked until retirement. After retirement, he and Jane spent their winters crisscrossing the United States by RV, eventually falling in love with California's Coachella Valley and buying a winter residence near Palm Springs. The Masciola family were members of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Vermilion where Carmen directed the choir in the 1970s. In recent years he was a member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Amherst. Carmen enjoyed golf, music, painting, and was an accomplished woodworker. Carmen is survived by his wife, Jane Masciola, of Lorain; five daughters; Cynthia Jane Braden of Los Angeles, CA, Christina Marie Riddle of Vermilion, Catherine Elizabeth Masciola of Rancho Mirage, CA, Carol Anne Masciola of Geneva, Switzerland and Anna Marie Masciola of Dallas, TX, and six grandchildren; Aaron, Sarah and Elizabeth Matijasic, Rebecca Braden and Endika and Leonardo Villelabeitia. He was preceded in death by his parents Albert and Minnie (nee DeCarlo) Masciola and his dear grandson, Andrew Braden. A memorial mass will be held at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Amherst on May 16, at 11:00 am. Riddle Funeral Home, 5345 South Street, Vermilion is entrusted with arrangements. Online condolences may be made at <http://www.riddlefuneralhome.com/>. In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to St. Joseph's Catholic Church, 200 St. Joseph Drive, in Amherst, Ohio