
	Wayne D. Giacomo, age 77, of Pinckneyville, died Friday, February 18, 2005, at 4:10 p.m. in the Pinckneyville Community Hospital Skilled Care Unit.
	He was born April 10, 1927 in Winkle, a son of Pete and Lucille (Law) Giacomo.  He married Kathleen Higgerson on June 13, 1970, in the First Pentecostal Church in Murphysboro.  Wayne was a school teacher in the public schools for 38 years.  He taught all over Perry County, served
as Principal at School District #205 and also taught in Marissa for five years.  He retired from Pinckneyville Junior High District #50 in 1984.
	Wayne loved music and organized and directed the Perry County Singing Convention.  He was a member and former president of the Perry County Retired Teacher's Association, was a member of the Pinckneyville Senior Citizens, RSVP Council, and the First Apostolic Church of
Pinckneyville where he served several years on the church board and was church organist for nearly twenty years.  Wayne loved animals and had a variety of exotic animals.  He also loved gardening and flowers.  He was a people person and enjoyed traveling and studying geneology.
	Survivors include his wife:  Kathleen, of Pinckneyville, two daughters:  Debbie Hitt and husband Steve of Tamaroa, and Donita Nehrkorn and husband John of Pinckneyville, one sister:  Betty Bobkiewicz of Dallas, Ore., five grandchildren:  Christina and Jamie Hitt, and Justin, Jeremy, and Jordan Nehrkorn, and numerous other relatives and close friends.
	Wayne was preceded in death by his parents, two infant brothers, one infant sister, and one son:  Danny W. Giacomo.
	Funeral Services will be held on Tuesday, February 22, 2005, in the First Apostolic Church of Pinckneyville with Pastors Leonard Glover and Clifford Higgerson officiating.  Interment will be in the Bethel Cemetery at Swanwick.
	Friends may call at the Pyatt-Harrawood Funeral Home in Pinckneyville on Monday evening from 5:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. and at the church on Tuesday morning from 9:00 a.m. until the time of service.
	Friends may make memorials to the First Apostolic Church or the Pinckneyville Community Hospital Skilled Care Unit.
