ARENA, Orazzio “O. J. Rus” of Natick, assistant vice president of Keystone Co of Boston for 16 years until his retirement in 1985, died of cancer Thursday, May 23, 1991 at Leonard Morse Hospital, Natick. He was 69.
Before joining Keystone, an investment firm, Mr. Arena had been assistant public relations director of United Community Services of Metropolitan Boston.
A 1939 graduate of Waltham High School, Mr. Arena served in the Navy during WWII and attended the New England School of Art and Boston University.
He leaves his wife, Mary Ann (Paltrineri) a daughter, Louise Marie of Warwick RI, a son Robert R. of Franklin, seven brothers, John of RI, Pat, Tony, Albert, Joseph, James and Nicholas, all of Waltham, three sisters, Grace Rooney of Natick, Rose Clasby of Foxborough and Mary Valcrand of Waltham, and three grandchildren.
A funeral Mass will be said at Noon on Saturday, May 25, 1991 in St. James Church, Wellesley. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery Wellesley.