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Foundation accepts gifts to honor Joseph Bellanca

President Rose Bellanca and her late husband Joseph posed at the WCC Foundation Mardi Gras Gala in February, 2018. Washtenaw Voice File Photos

By Nicholas Ketchum
Deputy Editor

The WCC Foundation is accepting donations for a new fund named for WCC President Rose Bellanca’s husband Joseph, who died April 26.

Proceeds from the Joe Bellanca Memorial Fund will likely help fund student scholarships, according to Phillip Snyder, an associate vice president at the foundation.

A familiar figure at campus events such as the Foundation’s winter gala, Joseph Bellanca was 71. He and President Bellanca were married 48 years.

Joseph Bellanca’s career included serving as a vice president at Frank’s Nursery & Crafts, according to an obituary from Bagnasco and Calcaterra Funeral Home in Sterling Heights. He was also affiliated with WWJ News Radio 950, CBS Broadcasting and Cumulus Media. He served as a board member of the U.S. Selective Service, was a member of the Ann Arbor Rotary and a Washtenaw Community College Foundation volunteer.

A funeral was held at Old St. Mary Catholic Church in Detroit May 2.

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