V.R. (Jim) DiSalvo | Obituaries | thedailynewsonline.com - The Daily News Online

On Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023, V.R. (Jim) DiSalvo, loving hubby and begetter of five, passed distant peacefully surrounded by household astatine property 85. Jim was calved June 19, 1937, successful Batavia, N.Y. to the precocious Salvatore and Mary Kathleen (Miller) DiSalvo. Jim was an avid motorcyclist, businessman, and person of each things Christmas.

After a circuit of work successful the Navy during the mid-’50s, Jim returned location to Western New York, wherever helium excelled professionally successful assorted industries, including the chemicals industry, equine racing, motorcycle racing, and the printing industry. During that time, helium besides promoted the first-ever WERA Grand National Finals successful West Palm Beach, Fla., successful 1977.

In 1980, Jim made his people connected the printing manufacture erstwhile helium founded Applied Business Systems, Inc. with his wife, Connie DiSalvo. ABS would go a person successful Variable Data Digital Printing, arsenic it remains to this day.

In the motorcycle racing world, Jim volition beryllium remembered arsenic an accomplished level tracker and roadracer successful his ain right, arsenic good arsenic an proprietor of Team America Gran Prix Racing, a squad that won races crossed the United States and internationally successful Europe, and arsenic the manager of his lad Jason DiSalvo’s nonrecreational vocation successful racing.

Jim’s emotion of Christmas was manifested each twelvemonth astatine his location connected Fargo Road successful Stafford, N.Y. His show included implicit 150 animated and static lighted figurines and implicit 1 cardinal lights that would gully thousands of visitors to the spot each Christmas season.

Jim is survived by and missed by his woman of 42 years, Connie (Tuttobene) DiSalvo; children Pam DiSalvo of Batavia, Tim DiSalvo of Azusa, Calif., Steven (Karen) Samis of Le Roy, Lisa (Dan) Ormsbee of Stafford, and Jason (Bethany) DiSalvo of Stafford. He is everlastingly cherished and remembered by his six grandchildren Ashlee DiSalvo, Katelyn Samis, Stephany Samis, Zach Samis, Romeo DiSalvo, and Romilly DiSalvo; his brothers, the precocious Ronald (Rose) DiSalvo of Batavia and Samuel (late Vida) DiSalvo of Batavia; and sisters, Florence (Joe) Condidorio of Le Roy and Kitty (late Louie) Severino of Highland Heights, Ohio.

Calling hours are Tuesday (Jan. 31) from 4 to 7 p.m. astatine the H.E. Turner & Co. Funeral Home, 403 East Main Street, Batavia. Jim’s Mass of Christian Burial volition beryllium Wednesday (Feb. 1) astatine 10 a.m. astatine Ascension Parish, 15 Sumner Street successful Batavia. He volition beryllium laid to remainder with subject honors astatine St. Joseph’s Cemetery, Batavia.

In lieu of flowers, the household requests donations beryllium made to the Stafford Volunteer Fire Department, oregon the United Memorial Medical Center for their caller ICU unit.

Please permission a condolence, stock a communicative oregon airy a candle astatine www.bataviafuneralhomes.com.