SOUTHPORT — Joseph James Sabella, 87, died Friday, Nov. 13, 2020, at SECU Hospice House of Brunswick, Bolivia. Joseph was born Nov. 28, 1932, to James and Fanny (Vetrano) Sabella of Glendale, Long Island, New York.
After his father’s death, he moved to Connecticut at age seven with his mother and brother John and lived in Connecticut until moving to Southport in 2004. Joe served his country honorably during the Korean War in the U.S. Air Force.
Joe is survived by his wife of 58 years; Judith of Southport; daughters Pamela Morris, and her husband, Craig, of Flemington, West Virginia, Sandra Sabella of Rocky Hill, Connecticut, and Susan Sabella, and her fiancée, Peter Kelly, of Coventry, Connecticut; brothers, John Sabella, and his wife, Brenda, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Michael Rini, and his wife, Sandy, of Knoxville, Tennessee; sister, Shirley Stewart of South Windsor, Connecticut; grandsons, Scott Wilson, and his wife, Wendy, of Bridgeport, West Virginia; Brian Deane Jr of Collinsville, Connecticut; and many nephews and nieces.
Joe’s many interests included flying; he had his pilot’s license, was a member of a Connecticut Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) and built a single engine, open cockpit plane. He also built an 18′ lobster boat equipped with a diesel engine, which he and wife Judy used while fishing for lobster in New Haven, Connecticut, Harbor. Judy and Joe were also avid snowmobilers for many years in Connecticut.
Joseph’s cremated remains will be interred at a later date with Judy’s in his wife’s family plot in Terryville, Connecticut. There is no service planned at this time due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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