Joseph Caesar Mantegani's Obituary
Joseph Caesar Mantegani, 84, left this earth on May 14, 2022 to be with our lord. He was born on June 3, 1937 the first child of Gildo Mantegani and Eileen (Cigainero) Mantegani of Tontitown, Arkansas.
Joseph (JC) is a United States Navy veteran and served in the Koren war.
After leaving the Navy he returned to Tontitown where he married, his wife Murrel of 63 years.
They moved to the Tulsa, Oklahoma area in 1971, where he worked in the printing industry until he retired in 2005.
Joseph loved fishing, going to the lake and spending time with his family.
Joseph is proceeded in death by his parents, Gildo and Eileen Mantegani.
Joseph is survived by his wife Murrel of the home; sons Eddie Mantegani and his wife Shannon of Broken Arrow, OK, and Kevin Mantegani and his wife Edilneth of Broken Arrow, and Daughter Diana Studerus and her husband Scott of Owasso, OK.
7 Grandchildren; Dustin Mantegani, Mithell Studerus, Matthew Studerus, Kaleb Mantegani, Logan Mantegani, Lindsay Mantegani, and Brandon Mantegani.
3 Great-grandchildren; Adrianna Mantegani, Waylon Studerus, and Oliver Wilson.
Two brothers and two sisters: Barbara Greenlee of Springdale Arkansas, Gillie Mantegani of Fayettville, Arkansas, Zita Greenlee of Tontitown, Arkansas, and Irvin Mantegani of Tontitown, Arkansas.
Funeral Mass will be held Friday, May 20, 2022 at 10:00 AM at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Tontitown, Arkansas and He will be laid to rest with military honors at St. Joseph Cemetery in Tontitown, Arkansas following the Mass.
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