Joseph “Joe” Mollo

November 24, 1930 – October 22, 2024

Joseph “Joe” Mollo, 93, of Elkhart passed away October 22, 2024, at the East Lake Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Elkhart from cancer. 

  He was born Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 24,1930 to Frank Mollo and Lucy (DeMeo) Mollo in Richmond, Indiana. He served in the Marines 1951 to 1953. He married Jane (Gring) Mollo October 17, 1959.   

   He is survived by his wife, a daughter Andrea (Gary) Verdun and a son Michael (Karen Hahn) Mollo, three grandchildren, three great grandchildren, nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers, one sister and one nephew. 

  Joe was a 1949 graduate of Richmond High School.  He retired from Whitehall Laboratories in 1989 where he worked as a warehouse supervisor.  

  A Celebration of Life memorial service will be held at Perkins Restaurant, 107 Northpointe Blvd., Elkhart IN 46514, Saturday Nov. 16 from 1 pm to 4 pm.  In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Tunnel to Towers (t2t.org) in his memory.  Online condolences can be posted on the Walley-Mills-Zimmerman Funeral Home website (www.wmzfh.com).  Walley-Mills-Zimmerman Funeral Home has been entrusted with his care.