Obituary: Buffalo Evening News, January 8, 1996
Joseph L. Alli, a Courier-Express sports reporter for more than 40 years, died Sunday (January 7, 1996) in Millard Fillmore Hospital after a brief illness. He was 79.
Born in Robertsdale, Pennsylvania., Alli moved to Buffalo when he was young. After graduation from Lafayette High School in 1934, Alli joined the Courier-Express as a sports reporter and, excluding his three years of military service, remained at the newspaper until retiring as an assistant sports editor in 1979.
He was best known for his extensive coverage of Buffalo Bisons Baseball and Boxing matches, both Golden Gloves and professional, at a time when boxing was a major sport here.
Buffalo News Sports Editor Larry Felser, who worked with Alli for 10 years at the Courier-Express, remembers him for his ever present cigar and passion for details.
"He was a dedicated newspaper guy" Felser said, "and a very good mentor. He would really grill you about the facts. Are you sure of this? he would ask. He was one of the most meticulous editors you would ever meet"
As a baseball writer, Alli accompanied the most-famous Bisons road trip in the late 1950s a series with the former Havana Sugar Kings. It included a game in the interior of the country, which was beset by Communist rebel insurgency. The rebel leader, Fidel Castro, attended the game.
During World War II, Alli served in the Pacific Theater from 1942 to 1945 as a combat correspondent with the Marine Corps in several invasions, including the islands of Tarawa and Peleliu.
Alli also published his own Newspaper, the Buffalo Kegler, devoted to bowling. He is also a member of the Buffalo Bowling Hall of Fame, a committee member of the Buffalo Baseball Hall of Fame and a member of the Young at Heart Club and Holy Name Society at St. Leo the Great Catholic Church. He also enjoyed gardening.
Survivors include his wife Catherine Czarnecka of Amherst; two daughters, Janice Ferrone of Ramsey, New Jersey., and Frances Titzler of Rochester; two sons, Joseph of Peoria, Peoria Co., Illinois., and Anthony of Grand Island; three sisters Beatrice Braun of Buffalo, Louise Addeo of Cheektowaga and Phyllis Grillo of Shermon Oaks, California.; a brother Anthony of Tonawanda; and eight grandchildren.
Joseph L. Alli, a Courier-Express sports reporter for more than 40 years, died Sunday (January 7, 1996) in Millard Fillmore Hospital after a brief illness. He was 79.
Born in Robertsdale, Pennsylvania., Alli moved to Buffalo when he was young. After graduation from Lafayette High School in 1934, Alli joined the Courier-Express as a sports reporter and, excluding his three years of military service, remained at the newspaper until retiring as an assistant sports editor in 1979.
He was best known for his extensive coverage of Buffalo Bisons Baseball and Boxing matches, both Golden Gloves and professional, at a time when boxing was a major sport here.
Buffalo News Sports Editor Larry Felser, who worked with Alli for 10 years at the Courier-Express, remembers him for his ever present cigar and passion for details.
"He was a dedicated newspaper guy" Felser said, "and a very good mentor. He would really grill you about the facts. Are you sure of this? he would ask. He was one of the most meticulous editors you would ever meet"
As a baseball writer, Alli accompanied the most-famous Bisons road trip in the late 1950s a series with the former Havana Sugar Kings. It included a game in the interior of the country, which was beset by Communist rebel insurgency. The rebel leader, Fidel Castro, attended the game.
During World War II, Alli served in the Pacific Theater from 1942 to 1945 as a combat correspondent with the Marine Corps in several invasions, including the islands of Tarawa and Peleliu.
Alli also published his own Newspaper, the Buffalo Kegler, devoted to bowling. He is also a member of the Buffalo Bowling Hall of Fame, a committee member of the Buffalo Baseball Hall of Fame and a member of the Young at Heart Club and Holy Name Society at St. Leo the Great Catholic Church. He also enjoyed gardening.
Survivors include his wife Catherine Czarnecka of Amherst; two daughters, Janice Ferrone of Ramsey, New Jersey., and Frances Titzler of Rochester; two sons, Joseph of Peoria, Peoria Co., Illinois., and Anthony of Grand Island; three sisters Beatrice Braun of Buffalo, Louise Addeo of Cheektowaga and Phyllis Grillo of Shermon Oaks, California.; a brother Anthony of Tonawanda; and eight grandchildren.
Obituary: Buffalo Evening News, January 8, 1996
Joseph L. Alli, a Courier-Express sports reporter for more than 40 years, died Sunday (January 7, 1996) in Millard Fillmore Hospital after a brief illness. He was 79.
Born in Robertsdale, Pennsylvania., Alli moved to Buffalo when he was young. After graduation from Lafayette High School in 1934, Alli joined the Courier-Express as a sports reporter and, excluding his three years of military service, remained at the newspaper until retiring as an assistant sports editor in 1979.
He was best known for his extensive coverage of Buffalo Bisons Baseball and Boxing matches, both Golden Gloves and professional, at a time when boxing was a major sport here.
Buffalo News Sports Editor Larry Felser, who worked with Alli for 10 years at the Courier-Express, remembers him for his ever present cigar and passion for details.
"He was a dedicated newspaper guy" Felser said, "and a very good mentor. He would really grill you about the facts. Are you sure of this? he would ask. He was one of the most meticulous editors you would ever meet"
As a baseball writer, Alli accompanied the most-famous Bisons road trip in the late 1950s a series with the former Havana Sugar Kings. It included a game in the interior of the country, which was beset by Communist rebel insurgency. The rebel leader, Fidel Castro, attended the game.
During World War II, Alli served in the Pacific Theater from 1942 to 1945 as a combat correspondent with the Marine Corps in several invasions, including the islands of Tarawa and Peleliu.
Alli also published his own Newspaper, the Buffalo Kegler, devoted to bowling. He is also a member of the Buffalo Bowling Hall of Fame, a committee member of the Buffalo Baseball Hall of Fame and a member of the Young at Heart Club and Holy Name Society at St. Leo the Great Catholic Church. He also enjoyed gardening.
Survivors include his wife Catherine Czarnecka of Amherst; two daughters, Janice Ferrone of Ramsey, New Jersey., and Frances Titzler of Rochester; two sons, Joseph of Peoria, Peoria Co., Illinois., and Anthony of Grand Island; three sisters Beatrice Braun of Buffalo, Louise Addeo of Cheektowaga and Phyllis Grillo of Shermon Oaks, California.; a brother Anthony of Tonawanda; and eight grandchildren.
Joseph L. Alli, a Courier-Express sports reporter for more than 40 years, died Sunday (January 7, 1996) in Millard Fillmore Hospital after a brief illness. He was 79.
Born in Robertsdale, Pennsylvania., Alli moved to Buffalo when he was young. After graduation from Lafayette High School in 1934, Alli joined the Courier-Express as a sports reporter and, excluding his three years of military service, remained at the newspaper until retiring as an assistant sports editor in 1979.
He was best known for his extensive coverage of Buffalo Bisons Baseball and Boxing matches, both Golden Gloves and professional, at a time when boxing was a major sport here.
Buffalo News Sports Editor Larry Felser, who worked with Alli for 10 years at the Courier-Express, remembers him for his ever present cigar and passion for details.
"He was a dedicated newspaper guy" Felser said, "and a very good mentor. He would really grill you about the facts. Are you sure of this? he would ask. He was one of the most meticulous editors you would ever meet"
As a baseball writer, Alli accompanied the most-famous Bisons road trip in the late 1950s a series with the former Havana Sugar Kings. It included a game in the interior of the country, which was beset by Communist rebel insurgency. The rebel leader, Fidel Castro, attended the game.
During World War II, Alli served in the Pacific Theater from 1942 to 1945 as a combat correspondent with the Marine Corps in several invasions, including the islands of Tarawa and Peleliu.
Alli also published his own Newspaper, the Buffalo Kegler, devoted to bowling. He is also a member of the Buffalo Bowling Hall of Fame, a committee member of the Buffalo Baseball Hall of Fame and a member of the Young at Heart Club and Holy Name Society at St. Leo the Great Catholic Church. He also enjoyed gardening.
Survivors include his wife Catherine Czarnecka of Amherst; two daughters, Janice Ferrone of Ramsey, New Jersey., and Frances Titzler of Rochester; two sons, Joseph of Peoria, Peoria Co., Illinois., and Anthony of Grand Island; three sisters Beatrice Braun of Buffalo, Louise Addeo of Cheektowaga and Phyllis Grillo of Shermon Oaks, California.; a brother Anthony of Tonawanda; and eight grandchildren.
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