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Loving husband, father, friend, mentor
Orpheus Joseph “Pepsi” Bizzozero Jr., M.D., 86, of Middlebury died peacefully on November 30, 2020, at Waterbury Hospital. He was the beloved husband of Elaine (Tangel) Bizzozero for 58 years.
Joe, “Pepsi” to his friends, was born in Waterbury, Connecticut on May 2, 1934, a son of the late Orpheus and Rena (Gianni) Bizzozero Sr. M.D. Joe attended Portsmouth Abbey School and Yale University, where he played golf and baseball. As a young man, he won the Connecticut State Junior amateur golf championship. He remained an avid golfer until the end. He graduated medical school from S.U.N.Y Downstate.
From 1964-1968 he worked for the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission in Hiroshima, Japan before coming back to Waterbury and spending the next 26 years taking care of the health and wellbeing of the people of Waterbury and the surrounding area. He also helped to train the next generation of health care workers as an assistant professor for Yale University. After his retirement from medical practice, he continued to work as a quality consultant for Alliance Medical Group until his death.
He was a past recipient of the James P. Colangelo, M.D. Achievement Award from the National Kidney Foundation of Connecticut and a Laureate award winner from the Connecticut chapter of the American College of Physicians. He was a member of the Country Club of Waterbury. He served as president of the board of the St. Margaret’s-McTernan School and was on the board of the Brass Mills Charter School.
Besides his wife, Elaine, Joe leaves behind his children, Greg Bizzozero and his wife, Judie, of Phoenix, Arizona; James Bizzozero of Waterbury, Connecticut; Lori Bizzozero and her long-time companion, Robert Huff of Burlington, Connecticut; David Bizzozero of Middlebury, Connecticut; and his granddaughter, Katie Bizzozero of Phoenix, Arizona. He was predeceased by his son, Peter Bizzozero, and brother, Robert Bizzozero.
Because renovations are being done at St. John of the Cross Church in Middlebury, a Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Monday, December 7, 2020, at 10 a.m. at Sacred Heart Church at 910 Main St. S. in Southbury, Connecticut. Burial will follow at Lake Elise Cemetery in Middlebury. There are no calling hours. Chase Parkway Memorial/The Albini Family Funeral Home at 430 Chase Parkway in Waterbury, Connecticut has been entrusted with Joseph’s arrangements.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in Joseph’s name may be made to Waterbury Hospital, 64 Robbins St., Waterbury, CT 06708 or Brass City Charter School, 289 Willow St., Waterbury, CT 06710.
For more information or to send e-condolences, visit www.chaseparkwaymemorial.com.
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