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ALL SERVICES WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY JAN 2, 2016.

9:00 AM: VIEWING AT THE TRANSFIGURATION CHURCH 4000 E Castro Valley Blvd CASTRO VALLEY, CA 94522
10:00 AM: MEMORAL SERVICE AND MASS
12:00 PM: BURIAL

The Story

ALFRED VICTOR IANNARELLI
DOB: AUGUST 31 1928 DOD: DECEMBER 25, 2015 LIVED ON EARTH 87 YEARS

BORN IN PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, AL WAS A RESIDENT OF ALAMEDA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA FOR THE PAST 56 YEARS. OUR HUMANITY HAS BEEN ABLE TO ENJOY, EXPERIENCE, AND BENEFIT FROM MANY OF AL’S LIFELONG ACCOMPLISHMENTS. SOME OF HIS LIFE DEDICATIONS WERE TO: THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN ACTIVE SERVICE IN THE NAVY, AS A SUBMARINER, THE ARMY AND AIRFORCE RESERVES, WHERE HE RETIRED AS A LIEUTENANT COLONEL SERVING THE CRIMINAL IDENTIFICATION DIVISION. HE BECAME A RENOWNED FORENSIC CONSULTANT WHO SPECIALIZED IN NUMEROUS WORLDWIDE CRIMINAL IDENTIFICATION CASES. HE DEVELOPED THE “IANNARELLI SYSTEM OF EAR IDENTIFICATION” WHICH LAID THE FOUNDATION FOR AND ENCOURAGED MANY OF THE TECHNOLOGIES USED IN TODAY’S LAW ENFORCEMENT FORENSCIS. AL RETIRED AFTER A LONG CAREER IN CIVIL LAW ENFORCEMENT WHERE HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE ALAMEDA COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT, CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY CAMPUS POLICE (AS CHIEF OF POLICE) AND THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT.

AL WAS ALWAYS ACTIVLY INVOLVED IN CHARITABLE COMMUNITY EVENTS, CLUBS, AND ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA WHERE HE WAS A SCOUT LEADER. HE TAUGHT MANY “POLICE SCIENCE” COURSES IN VARIOUS UNIVERSITIES, COLLEGES AND PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS. HE WROTE MANY PAPERS AND PUBLISHED BOOKS RELATED TO LAW ENFORCEMET EDUCATION, PRACTICES AND PROCEDURES AND THUS RECEIVED MANY ACCLAIMED AWARDS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. HE ALSO WROTE AND PUBLISHED TWO FUN-TO-READ NOVELS “FROM COP TO PRIEST” AND “OPERATION BRIGHT ANGEL”.

HIS LIFELONG CHRISTIAN FAITH HAS BEEN UNWAIVERING. HE SERVED AS AN ALTAR-B0Y IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN PHILADELPHIA, PA. AND CONTINUED IN PARTICIPATION, STUDY, AND COMMITMENT, HIS ENTIRE LIFE, WHEREVER HE LIVED.

HIS PASSING WAS A RESULT OF LUNG DAMAGE CAUSED BY ASBESTOSIS.

HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE MARY LOU; TWO SONS: ALFRED JR. AND VINCENT ALONG WITH A VERY LARGE FAMILY IN CALIFORNIA AND ON THE EAST COAST.

CONTRIBUTIONS MAY BE MADE TO THE AMERICAN HEART AND LUNG ASSOCIATIONS.