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Joseph Carmella was born on 11 January 1931.² He died on 5 December 1992, at age 61.^3,2 He was buried in Stroudsburg Cemetery, Stroudsburg, Monroe, Pennsylvania.

Joseph Carmella, 61, of East Stroudsburg, died Saturday in his home. He was the husband of Virginia (Dailey) Carmella.

He was a baseball and softball umpire for the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athlectic Association (PIAA) for more than 30 years. This past srping, the PIAA renamed two umpire chapters in his honor, Joe Carmell/Northeast Pennyslvania Baseball and Joe Carmella/Ponoco Area Softball.

He was selected to work the Pennsylvania Conference softball championships for seven straight years in the 1980s and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division II regional playoff games in softball. He also was umpire for NCAA Division II Regional softball playoff games three times.

Born in East Stroudsburg, he was a son of the late Thomas and Marie (Mongona) Carmella Sr.

He was a member of St. Matthew's Catholic Church, East Stroudsburg.

Survivors: Wife; daughter, Tanya Carmella-Beers; sister, Sadie Kishbaugh, and a brother, Thomas Jr., all of East Stroudsburg.

Prayer Services: 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Lanterman & Allen Funeral Home, 27 Washington St. , East Stroudsburg. Call 7-8:30 p.m. Monday.

Nettie Lucy Litts was born on 22 August 1921 in East Stroudsburg, Monroe, Pennsylvania.¹ She and Allan Meredith Smith were married on 21 February 1943. She died in November 1981, at age 60. She was buried in Sand Hill Cemetery, Shoemakers, Monroe, Pennsylvania.²

Allan Meredith Smith was born on 22 June 1917 in Mountainhome, Monroe, Pennsylvania.^2,3 He and Nettie Lucy Litts were married on 21 February 1943. He died in July 1984, at age 67.² He was buried in Sand Hill Cemetery, Shoemakers, Monroe, Pennsylvania.²

Allan Meredith Smith was educated East Stroudsburg State Teachers College.¹ He was a Bethlehem Steel Plant Employee.¹