YOUNGSTOWN – Prayers will be at 9:15 a.m. on Monday at the Fox Funeral Home, Boardman, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial, celebrated by the Rev. Edward Noga at 10 a.m. at St. Patrick Church, Youngstown, for Thomas Aloyisus Finnerty Jr., 63, who passed away Wednesday morning, 11/25/2015 at the Hospice House.

Thomas was born Feb. 29, 1952, in Youngstown, son of Thomas Aloyisus Finnerty Sr. and Virginia Murphy Finnerty, and had been a lifelong area resident.

He graduated from Cardinal Mooney High School with the class of 1970, graduated from Youngstown State University and went on to get his Master’s Degree from Akron University. He was a longtime parishioner of St. Nicholas Parish in Struthers. He was the associate director of the Center for Urban Regional Studies at YSU, having just retired on Oct. 1, 2015. He was the lead writer for the Youngstown 2010 City Wide Plan. He was instrumental in the formation of Wick Neighbors and the Smokey Hollow Redevelopment Plan. Thomas received an award for extraordinary public service and dedication to the Mahoning Valley.

He will be sadly missed by his wife, Charlotte Yannerella Finnerty, whom he married on Oct. 10, 1980, just celebrating their 35th wedding anniversary. He also leaves to cherish his memory, his two daughters, Megan Finnerty (Adam) Pannone of Arlington, Va. and Jennifer Calerina Finnerty of Lansing, Mich.; his parents-in–law, James and Wanda Yannerella of Warren; his five brothers, Timothy (Maureen) Finnerty of Stow, John (Mary Jo) Finnerty of Lake Mary, Fla., Terence (Sandra) Finnerty of Port Orchard, Wash., Kevin (Mary Jo) Finnerty of Poland and Brian (Cathy) Finnerty of Poland; his two sisters, Colleen (Thomas) Sutcliffe and Kate (David) Bobby, both of Poland; his brother-in-law, Charles (Wilma) Yannerella of Columbus; two sisters-in-law, Kathy (Robert) Horvath of Warren and Carol (Dan) Wilkerson of Warren; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Besides his parents, Thomas was preceded in death by his brother-in-law, Kenneth Yannerella.
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