A funeral mass is schedued Saturday, July 5 for retired Judge Joseph S. Agnello of Madison Heights, who died June 25 while visiting relatives in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He was 91.
Agnello served as a municipal and district court judge in the 43rd district in Hazel Park for 30 years.
Agnello attended St. Mary Magdalen School and graduated from Hazel Park High School in 1941.
He attended Central Michigan University, Valparaiso Law School and received his law degree from the University of Detroit School of Law in 1953.
Agnello served with the Army Air Force as a Staff Sergeant during World War II in the India, Burma and China Theatre, 492nd Bomb Squadron, 7th Bomb Group.
Agnello was a member of the American Judges Association, American Society of Italian-American Jurists, the American Bar Association, the State Bar of Michigan, Retired Michigan District Judges Association, the Oakland County District Judges Association, the Oakland County Bar Association, the Macomb County Bar Association and the South Oakland Bar Association (the SOBs).
He was a charter member and past president of the Hazel Park Kiwanis, associate board member of Community Services of Oakland, and past member of the Hazel Park Civil Service Commission.
He is survived by his wife of 32 years, Sandra; children Joseph A. Agnello, Robert (Anna) Agnello, David Agnello, Susan (Joe) Kling, Joseph S. (Rachel) Agnello II and John Agnello; six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
The funeral mass will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Mary Magdalen Church in Hazel Park followed by burial at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Southfield.
Visitation is scheduled on Friday, July 4, from 2-9 p.m. at Hopcroft Funeral Home, 23919 John R in Hazel Park.
Memorial donations may be sent to Hazel Park Promise Zone, PO?Box 1068, Hazel Park, MI?48040 or made online at www.hazelparkpromise.com
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