Services were held at 9:30 a.m. in the Waldo Funeral Home chapel for Joseph Alfano, 55, service station operator of 1406 St Travis St., who died Tuesday at a Dallas hospital.
Services were conducted by the Rev. Michael T. Flanagan of St Mary’s Catholic Church with burial at St Mary’s Cemetery.
Mr. Alfano was born in Macon, Georgia, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Frank Alfano and was married to the former Helen Jones. He operated the Sooner Truck Stop & Caf on Highway 75 North, Sherman, Texas and was an Army Air Corps Veteran of World War II.
Survivors are his wife and son, Billy Alfano, both of Sherman; daughter Kathleen Alfano of Sherman; sisters Mrs. Marianne Johnson of Waretown, New Jersey and Mrs. Roy Dagion of Healdton, New Jersey; and one grandchild.
Obituary published in the Sherman Democrat on 4 May 1978, page 31.

Helen Jones Alfano
3 September 1929 – 21 September 2001 

Mrs. Alfano was the daughter of Howard and Helen Jones. She passed away at Wilson N. Jones Medical Center in Sherman, Texas.
Helen was a graduate of St. Mary’s High School in New Jersey. She retired as a waitress for the Kettle restaurants chain.
Her husband, Joseph Alfano preceded her in death in 1978.
She is survived by her mother, Mrs. Helen Jones of Tallahassee, Florida; daughter Kathleen Johnson of Sherman; son, William Konzer of Gainesville, Texas; brother, Howard Jones Jr. of Florida, New York; sister, Patricia Graw of Tallahassee; grandchildren Rick and Sarah Johnson of Sherman.
Graveside services were officiated by Father Antonio Aureus of St Mary’s Catholic Church, Sherman.
Waldo Funeral Home was in charge of the funeral arrangements.