Rev. Joseph Tremonti

Rev. Joseph Tremonti C.S.V. -- KankakeeVisitation for Rev. Joseph B. Tremonti, C.S.V., 94, of Kankakee, will be from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. today at St. Patrick's Catholic Church, where a funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. Monday. A funeral Mass will also be celebrated Wednesday at St. Robert Bellarmine Catholic Church in Detroit, Mich.Burial will be in Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Detroit. Memorials may be made to the Clerics of St. Viator. He died Thursday (Aug. 24, 2006) at Provena St. Mary's Hospital. Clancy-Gernon Funeral Homes is in charge of arrangements.He was born June 25, 1912, in Detroit, Mich., the son of John and Anne Deltin Tremonti. Father Tremonti entered religious life with the Clerics of St. Viator Sept. 7, 1933, professed first vows Sept. 8, 1934, and final vows June 7, 1940. He attended the seminary at Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., and was ordained a priest May 22, 1941. He began his college studies at St. Viator College in Bourbonnais and earned a B.S. in math from Loyola University, Chicago, an M.A. in education with a minor in physics from Catholic University of America, and an E.D. in secondary school administration and psychology from Temple University, Philadelphia, Pa. He also attended the University of Denver in Colorado and the University of Chicago for graduate studies.During his early college years, he served as purchasing agent at Mission of Our Lady of Mercy in Chicago. He taught math at Cathedral Boys High School, Springfield. He pursued aeronautics courses and taught pre-flight aeronautics, physics and math at St. Philip High School in Chicago and Spalding Institute in Peoria. He was assigned as instructor of education at DePaul University, Chicago, the University of Detroit, St. Mary's College, Emmitsburg, Md., the University of Dallas in Texas, and Loyola University, New Orleans. He was a visiting professor at St. Mary's College, Xavier, Kan., Immaculate Heart College, Los Angeles, and the University of Scranton in Pennsylvania. He directed workshops at the University of Notre Dame and at the University of Tulane, New Orleans. He was director of special education at Kankakee State Hospital and was considered a court expert on annulments for the Tribunal of the Diocese of Joliet.When he retired from his duties as educator and chaplain in 1980, he served as a sacramental minister for several parishes and nursing homes in the Kankakee area.Surviving are one sister, Mildred Colombo of Dearborn Heights, Mich.; and many nieces and nephews.Deceased are two brothers, Lawrence and Oliver; and seven sisters, Phyllis Whitney, Marion Facchinetti, Margaret Marchese, Rose Campau, Lillian Tremonti, Mercedes Tremonti, and Violet Tuhonen.

Rev. Joseph Tremonti

June 25, 1912 - August 24, 2006