On January 24, 2003, LOUIS P. (Pete) ROMEO, SR.; beloved husband of Viola H. Romeo (nee Gardner); devoted father of Louis P. Romeo Jr., his wife June, Barbara Romeo Hoover and her husband David; grandfather of Erich Zurgable, Adam Zurgable, Louis P. Romeo III, Meaghan Hoover, Sydney Hoover, Wendy Miller and Laura Hoover. Also survived by three great-granddaughters. Service will be held at family owned Ruck Towson Funeral Home Inc., 1050 York Road (beltway exit 26A), on Wednesday, January 29 at 10 A.M. Interment will follow in Oak Lawn Cemetery. Friends may call on Tuesday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 P.M. In lieu of flowers, those desiring may make memorial contribution to the American Heart Association, 415 N. Charles Street, Balti., MD 21203.