Salvatore N. “Sam” Fichera passed away on Monday, January 22, 2024 at Glen Arden, Goshen. He was 84.
The son of Joseph and Ida Mangano Fichera, he was born on February 9, 1939 in Goshen. Sam was a self-employed pipe fitter with F & M Mechanical Contracting. He was a member of Plumbers and Steam Fitters Union Local 373, Newburgh, Cape Hanlopen Elks Lodge #2540, the Italian Heritage Club, Lewes, DE, and St. Jude’s Catholic Church, Lewes, DE.
Survivors are his wife, Catherine Meore Fichera at home, daughters: Theresa Merritt and her husband, Steven, of Virginia and Loretta Grahn and her husband, Wally, of Walden, grandchildren, Dana Winchell and Daniel Grahn, four great grandchildren, sister; Anne Fichera Horan and her husband, Joseph, of Walden; and nieces.
A funeral mass was celebrated at on Tuesday, January 30, 2024 at St. Columba R.C. Church, High Street, Chester, NY. Burial will be in St. Columba Cemetery, Chester.
Funeral arrangements are by the Gridley-Horan Funeral Home, Inc., Walden. To send the family a condolence, please visit gridleyhorancom.