James Joseph Stellato of Lansdale died Sunday, June 3, 2012 at Doylestown Hospital surrounded by his loving family. He was 75.

Jim was the beloved husband of 33 years to Carlotta O. Leonard Stellato.

Born in Ashland, PA, he was the son of the late James Vincent and Irene Sweeney Stellato from Girardville, PA and brother of the late Virginia Manganelli.

Jim was a former resident of North Wales before moving to Lansdale in 2000. Jim attended St. Joe’s High School and attended Bloomsburg University. He later served in the Submarine Service in the US Navy. Jim worked in retail sales and was a business owner. He also owned Rocky’s III Pizza Shop in Trumbaursville, PA and Carlotta’s Baldwin House in Coopersburg, PA. Jim enjoyed sports and was active in many games. He refereed high school and college basketball games, and coached Little League football and baseball. Jim will be greatly missed by his family and his little Tootsie dog who always sat with him while he watched his sports on television.

In addition to his beloved wife Carlotta, he is survived by his children, Beth Pomper and her husband John, Kathleen Demczyszyn and her husband Scott, James Stellato, Jennifer Stellato, Carol Stellato and her husband Winston Manning, Susan Senick and her husband John, James Galligan, Jr., and Mark Galligan. He is also survived by his sister, Joanne Bubnis and her husband Jackie, and his 12 cherished grandchildren, John and Nick Pomper, Brianna and Maria Stellato, Dominique and Ava Manning, Amy and Erin Demczyszyn, Kimberly and John Senick, and Jacob and Olivia Galligan. He also leaves behind his nephews John and James Bubnis and his niece Mary Frost.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend his viewing on Thursday, June 7, 2012 from 9:00am until his Funeral Mass 11:00am at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, 5175 Cold Spring Creamery Road, Doylestown, PA 18902.

Interment will follow at Whitemarsh Memorial Park, Prospectville.

In lieu of flowers, contributions in his memory may be made to St. Jude’s Research Hospital for Children, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105. www.stjude.org.