Vito Montalbano passed away on September 18, 2018 peacefully at home surrounded by his loving family at age 91. He was the adoring husband of the late Barbara Montalbano. He grew up in Hammond, LA the beloved, eldest son of the late Gioachino and Giuseppina Montalbano. He and his wife moved to St. Bernard Parish where they lived until Hurricane Katrina when he relocated to Slidell. He was the beloved father of Barbara (Ronald) Hasney and Vito (Marie) Montalbano, grandfather of Ronald (Dawn) Hasney II, Adrienne (Scott) Landry, Vincent Montalbano, Victoria Montalbano, and Elizabeth Coleman, and great-grandfather of Sarrah and Sophia Hasney, and Aiden, Caitlyn, Ashlyn, and Vivian Landry.
He proudly served in World War II and Korean War as a medic in the Army. He enjoyed his career with the Illinois Central Railroad as a switchman from which he retired. He served as a member of the Knights of Columbus, American Legion, and an usher at St. Robert Bellarmine Church.
He will be remembered by his family and friends for his generosity and kindness to everyone, devotion to his family, charismatic personality, carpentry talents, and his love for cooking and will be dearly missed.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend a visitation to be held at ST. BERNARD MEMORIAL FUNERAL HOME, 701 W. Virtue St., Chalmette, LA on Saturday, September 22, 2018 from 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM. A Funeral Mass will begin at 11:00AM. He will be laid to rest with military honors in St. Bernard Memorial Gardens.
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