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John G. Sack

John G. Sack, of Silver Creek, N.Y. entered into rest Dec. 11, 2020 at age 87. He was born Nov. 12, 1933 to the late Dominic and Grace (Borrello) Sack.

A life long resident of Silver Creek he married the late Virginia “Virge” (Le-one) Sack, September 4, 1954. Virge passed away Jan. 26, 2020.

John Graduated from Silver Creek Central School in 1952 where he was an honors winning member of both the Varsity Football and Track teams.

He spent some time working for the railroad be-fore he began his own gen-eral contracting business. At age 26 he built his own home in Alfred Heights, Silver Creek as well as several other homes in the same development and sur-rounding area.

John took an early retire-ment due to health issues and began his retirement hobby of collecting things to tinker with. He enjoyed countless hours of fixing anything mechanical. In his free time John enjoyed traveling to Amish country, visiting and taking candy to the Amish children.

He was a recent resident of St. Columbans on the Lake where he continued to tinker and fix things to keep himself busy. He enjoyed th beautiful surroundings of St. Columbans where he would tour the grounds on scooters with his sidekick Richard “Dick” Slausen. The staff referred to the two as “Double Troube”

Throughout his life John enjoyed helping others and telling stories of his years growing up. His greatest joy however was spending time with his family.

He is survided by his daughters Grace Sack of Silver Creek and Debra (Tom) Cooney of Ripley, son; John J. (Debra) Sack of Mooresville, N.C., sister; Neline Rizzo of North Col-lins, eight grandchildren; Krista (Dan) Ingerick of Rochester, N.Y., Aaron Ly-man of Eustis, Fl, Christo-pher Bardo of Riverview Fla., John M. Burt of Silver Creek, Alexandra, Jessica, Samantha and Stephanie Sack of Mooresville, N.C., four great-grandchildren; Connor and Isabella Inger-ick and Avery and Brantley Lyman.

Besides his parents John is pre deceased by his wife Virge, daughters ; Diane Carol and Cheryl Ann, brother; Dominic, Patrick, Anthony and Salvatore Sack, sister; Ann Gerrity.

No services will be held. Donations in Johns Memory may be made to St. Columbans on the Lake, Silver Creek, NY or Chau-tauqua Hospice and Palia-tive Care, Lakewood, NY

Arrangements by ADDISON FUNERAL HOME INC, Angola, NY

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