Joseph Arroyo
January 24, 1930 — December 20, 2021
Joseph Arroyo
Joseph Arroyo, 91, of Greene, passed away at home on December 20, 2021. Born in New
York, NY, on January 24, 1930,
he was the son of the late Agapito and Aurora (Fernandez) Arroyo. He is survived by his treasured and loving wife of 69 years,
Benita (Laboy-Rodriguez) Arroyo.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by his devoted children, Benita Aurora Arroyo and Joseph Michael Arroyo; granddaughters:
Benita Leigh Towers and Elizabeth Dawn Towers Tisch; great-grandchildren: Olivia Maren Kawakita,
Reed Elian Kawakita and Evan Louis Tisch. He also leaves a brother, Davin Arroyo and was predeceased by a brother,
John Arroyo, USAF R
etired.
Joseph was a career serviceman in the United States Army having proudly served during the Korean and Vietnam Wars.
He spent much of his early army time in Okinawa and several stateside US Army Posts. In February 1959, he deployed to Pirmasens, Germany with his wife and daughter following in May 1959. That
August, Joseph M was born at the U.S. Army Hospital in Muenchweiler, Germany. In late May 1962, Joseph's deployment orders resulted in the family's NYC return to await available housing at the
White Sands Missile Range-Holloman AFB, New Mexico and Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas consecutively.
In January 1968, Joseph arrived with his family to serve as First Sergeant at the Nike Site in Coventry, RI, and upon his military retirement
in 1976, he remained in Coventry to enjoy their country home. After retiring, Joseph gained Federal Civil Service employment with
the Federal Aviation Administration as an Electronic Technician Supervisor and finalized his
Federal Civil Service Retirement at Hanscom Air Force Base in Bedford, Massachusetts.
A family man to the core, Joseph was a quiet kind of a guy with a huge heart and wonderful sense of humor. In his free
time, he found great joy engaging with myriad hobbies - coin and stamp collecting, all kinds of arts and crafts, especially
creating unique Windcatchers as well as anything photography and videography-related. He valued collecting antique
cameras and took great pride in developing his own photographs the "old-fashioned way."
Joseph's fascination with
te
chnology led him to build his very first computer and teach his family how to use it. A favorite evening out with his wife during the "good old days" in N
YC would likely include his passion for ballroom dancing, especially rhythmic Salsa, Tango,
and
Lindy Hop. Joseph was, indeed, a man of many talents which also led him to volunteer for several year
s
as the Miss RI Scholarship Program videographer.
Funeral Service Tuesday, December 28th at 10:45am at the Hill Funeral Home, 822 Main St., East Greenwich. Visitation will be prior to the service from 9:30am to 10:45am. Burial with Military Honors will be in RI Veterans Cemetery, Exeter. Following CDC guidelines for a state facility, everyone entering the RI Veterans Cemetery Chapel, regardless of vaccination status, will be required to wear a face covering.
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