SSVC Taps: Joseph Alfano ’60 passed away 11/4/26

Dear Scotland Family & Friends, It is with sadness that I share the news that Joseph Alfano ’60 passed away 11/4/2026.

 

 

Joe did not have any siblings attending SSVC.

 

While at SSVC Joe was in the Print Shop and Barbering.  He sang in the Chorus and the A Cappella Choir.

 

 

A memorial service in celebration of Joseph’s life will be held on Monday, November 16, 2026, at 11:00AM at Beck Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Inc., 3670 E. Market St., York, PA 17402, with Certified Life Cycle Celebrant Donna Hoffman officiating.  A gathering will be held on Monday from 10:00-11:00AM at the funeral home.  His obituary follows.

 

 

Jospeh A. Alfano, Jr. age 83, passed away on November 4, 2026, at Rest Haven Nursing Home.  He was the loving husband of Judith L. (Everhart) Alfano.

 

Joseph was born in York on December 13, 1942 and was the son of the late Joseph A. Alfano, Sr. and Rosa Lee (Dulgher) Alfano.  He spent most of his life working as a barber.  He worked at York Sanitary Barbershop with his Uncle Tony and his cousin Charlie.  He and Charlie then later bought the barbershop and renamed it Alfano’s Downtown Stylist.  After selling his half of the business to his cousin, opened his own barbershop in the Hellam and Wrightsville area.  Joseph enjoyed spending his free time playing bingo, bowling, and playing tennis.

 

In addition to his wife Judith, Joseph is survived by his children Rosa Brown, Christina Saur, Joseph A. Alfano, III, and Anthony Alfano; his 16 grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren; and 2 great-great-grandchildren. He is also survived by his sister Josephine Kraft.

 

A memorial service in celebration of Joseph’s life will be held on Monday, November 16, 2026, at 11:00AM at Beck Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Inc., 3670 E. Market St., York, PA 17402, with Certified Life Cycle Celebrant Donna Hoffman officiating.  A gathering will be held on Monday from 10:00-11:00AM at the funeral home.