{"id":8089,"date":"2026-03-27T13:07:48","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T17:07:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/?p=8089"},"modified":"2026-03-30T21:31:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T01:31:34","slug":"nunziato-n-nick-nirelli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/?p=8089","title":{"rendered":"Nunziato N. \u201cNick\u201d Nirelli"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-8099\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Nunziato-Nirelli-Photo-250x314.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Nunziato-Nirelli-Photo-250x314.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Nunziato-Nirelli-Photo-200x251.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Nunziato-Nirelli-Photo.jpg 427w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>Addison, New York<\/p>\n<p>Nunziato N. \u201cNick\u201d Nirelli \u2013 66 \u2013 of William St., Addison, died early Friday morning (March 27, 2026) at Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre, PA, following a brief illness.<\/p>\n<p>Born in Buffalo, NY on May 6, 1959, he was the son of Richard Nirelli &amp; Joyce (Radice) Messina.<\/p>\n<p>A self-employed contractor and \u201cJack-of-All-Trades,\u201d Nick owned &amp; operated Nunziato Home Improvement Company for many years, serving the Buffalo area.\u00a0 He also worked at Nirelli\u2019s Auto Collision, a family-run business.\u00a0 He had resided in Addison for the past 2 years.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Nick was an avid wrestling fan who enjoyed spending time watching his favorite wrestlers on TV.\u00a0 He also enjoyed gardening (both vegetables &amp; flowers) and was a self-proclaimed \u201cUn-Patient Fisherman.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nick was preceded in death by his father, Richard; his sister, Kim Marie Hebert; and his step-father, Anthony Messina.<\/p>\n<p>Surviving are his son, Nunziato \u201cNunzio\u201d (Nadene) Nirelli of Bath, NY; 2 daughters, Lindsey Nirelli of Buffalo and Tiffany Nirelli of Buffalo; his mother, Joyce Messina of Buffalo; 3 sisters, Nancianne (Richard) Hawker of Florida, Joyce (Richard) Dudziak of Boston, NY and Venus (Bob) Bortz of Gasport, NY; along with grandchildren, nieces &amp; nephews.<\/p>\n<p>At Nick\u2019s request there will be no calling hours.\u00a0 Private services will be held at the convenience of the family.<\/p>\n<p>Funeral arrangements are in care of the Dagon Funeral Home, 38 Church St., Hornell, NY.<\/p>\n<p>Nick\u2019s family request that in lieu of flowers, memorial contributions in his name be made to a charity of the donor\u2019s choice.<\/p>\n<p>To leave an online condolence or share a memory, visit www.dagonfuneralhome.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Addison, New York Nunziato N. \u201cNick\u201d Nirelli \u2013 66 \u2013 of William St., Addison, died early Friday morning (March 27, 2026) at Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre, PA, following a brief illness. Born in Buffalo, NY on May 6, 1959, he was the son of Richard Nirelli &amp; Joyce (Radice) Messina. A self-employed contractor and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8089"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8089\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8100,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8089\/revisions\/8100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}