Emmanuel Anthony Lucia

Immigrant son of Francesco and Maria Rosa Lucia, he moved with his mother and sister from Roggiano Gravina, Italy to join his father, in Pittsburgh, PA; who the family was separated from during World War II. He grew up in Ambridge, PA and attended Duquesne University, in Pittsburgh, PA. He was a veteran of the Korean War. After his tour of duty in the U.S. Army, he returned to college and graduated from Washington & Jefferson College with a degree in Physics. He met his wonderful wife, at The Sons of Italy Club in Ambridge in 1959. Shortly after graduating from college he began his career as a physicist at Frankfurt Arsenal in Philadelphia, PA. He proposed to his wife Dolores who was back in Pittsburgh at the time, and 3 months later they were married. They were married for nearly 51 yrs and had 2 sons, Frank and Manie.

In 1977, he relocated his family to Fredericksburg, VA to accept a position at Dahlgren for the NSWC. He was a life-long member of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception, Catholic Church, where he was an usher and member of the Knights of Columbus. He left a lasting impression on Stafford County youth as an animated coach and figure in the county’s burgeoning youth soccer league. He retired from the Federal Government in 1990 and became a government contractor for Vitro Corp. from 1990 to 1996. He spent the remainder of his career as a substitute teacher in the Spotsylvania School System.

He is survived by Dolores, his beautiful wife of nearly 51 yrs; his sons: Frank and Manie, their wives, Megan and Kelly; and his 8 amazing grandchildren: Gabriella, Nick and Ryan Myers, Jacqueline, Dorothy, George, Anthony, and Salvatore; his loving sister Carmela Volpe of Pittsburgh, and countless uncles, aunts, cousins, nieces, nephews and friends. You all meant the world to him.

The family will be receiving guests at Mullins and Thompson Funeral Home, 1621 Jefferson Davis Hwy, on US Rte. 1 in Fredericksburg on December 27, 2012 from 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM. The funeral will be held at St. Jude Catholic Church on Courthouse Rd. in Spotsylvania, at 9:00 AM on December 28, 2012. He will be interred at Quantico, National Cemetery; at 11:00 AM.

He was the best husband and father a family could ever want, and will be eternally missed.