Louis Joseph Rossi

Louis Joseph Rossi, 73, of West Orange, N.J., passed away suddenly of natural causes, surrounded by family and friends on Monday, Aug. 19, 2024.

Relatives and friends may visit with the family on Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024, from 2 to 6 p.m. at Paul Ippolito-Dancy Memorial, 9 Smull Ave., Caldwell, N.J. A Mass will be offered on Monday Aug. 26, 2024, at 10 a.m., in St. Joseph's Church, West Orange, immediately followed by the interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.

Born and raised in Orange, N.J., by his loving parents the late Joseph J. and Annamarie Patricia Rossi, he lived most of his life in West Orange.

He dedicated his professional life to the Rossi family business and for years ran Rossi Paint Stores headquartered in Orange, New Jersey.

The devoted husband of Amelia (Campanini) Rossi, he was the loving father Michael Rossi, Matthew Rossi and his wife, Olga, and Christine Zak and her husband, Dan; dear brother of Joann Petroccia, Bernard Rossi, and AnnMarie Lorine, and Joseph Rossi, cherished grandfather to Sebastian, Sophia, Carter and Cameron.

In lieu of Flower a scholarship fund has been set up in Lou's honor, one of the things Lou loved most was his involvement in the Orange/West Orange Unico high school scholarship program donations can be made through the link https://gofund.me/a9d9db81 or if a charitable donation tax receipt is needed checks can be mailed to PO box 505, Orange NJ, 07051 made payable to "Orange West Orange Unico Chapter Foundation" side marked Lou Rossi Scholarship.