Jul 23, 2018

Paul W. Amic, 80, of Bridgeville, formerly of Canonsburg, died peacefully Saturday, July 21, 2018, surrounded by family.

Mr. Amic was born August 20, 1937, a son of Paul A. and June Clement Amic of McDonald.

He was a 1955 graduate of Canonsburg High School, where he lettered in football, baseball, track and wrestling. He also notably played third base on the 1956 Strabane American Legion baseball team, which went 22-0 and won the Western Pennsylvania championship.

Mr. Amic served honorably in the U.S. Air Force and served as a police officer in his hometown of Canonsburg.

He earned degrees from Point Park College, now Point Park University, and Duquesne University. He became involved with public life in 1970, serving two terms as a member of Canonsburg’s borough council, before, in a time of crisis, stepping into the role of borough manager and helping lead the town’s 1980s redevelopment renaissance, which culminated in Canonsburg being named America’s most livable city. Mr. Amic later served as assistant controller in Washington County, before continuing his career in city management in other communities around Pennsylvania, including West Mifflin, Springettsbury, Bethlehem, Bridgeville and Cecil.

Mr. Amic remained a sports enthusiast throughout his entire life, with a particular affection for high school wrestling and the program at his alma mater, Canon-McMillan High School. In his retirement, he penned six books on wrestling, all of them love letters to the sport and the program. His seventh book, an unpublished work, “American Soliloquy,” was a love letter to the only thing more important to him, his family.

Mr. Amic is survived by his wife, Carole; five children, daughter Paulette Carpenter, sons Robert Amic (Kimberly) and Paul Amic Jr. (Jill), daughter Theresa Congie and son Sam Congie (Misty); a sister, Nancy Kunkle Mazza; a brother-in-law, Don Mazza; grandchildren Monica, E, Zachary, Sammy, Dylan, Mason and Demi; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Preceding Mr. Amic in death are his parents; daughter Christine Congie; stepfather Arthur Kunkle; and his beloved aunt and uncle, Lucy and Master Sgt. Roy L. Stone.

Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday in Warchol Funeral Home Inc., 3060 Washington Pike, Bridgeville, 412-221-3333, where a service will be held at 9:30 a.m. Monday, July 30. Interment with full military honors will follow in National Cemetery of the Alleghenies, Cecil Township.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Canon-McMillan Wrestling Alumni Association, 409 Mary Lane, Canonsburg, PA 15317.

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