San Joaquin County CA Archives Obituaries.....Liberatore, Primo Dominic  February 15, 2006
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The Tracy Press
Primo Dominic Liberatore

April 24, 1922 — Feb. 15, 2006

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Saturday for former Tracy 
resident Primo Dominic Liberatore, 83, who died Feb. 15 in Boise, Idaho.

Born in Raiano, Italy, at the age of 3, Mr. Liberatore and his parents moved 
to Chicago where he attended schools and became a devoted Chicago Cubs fan. He 
was an avid bowler. He even set pins in Chicago while attending high school 
and later managed and promoted many bowling centers in the Bay Area.

He enlisted in the U.S. Army during World War II and was honorably discharged 
as Pvt. Primo Dominic Liberatore in September 1943. In 1948, Mr. Liberatore 
moved to San Francisco and opened Primo’s Tavern. 

In the late 1960s, he became owner and proprietor of L & L Lanes in Sebastopol 
where he promoted youth bowling for the Redwood Empire and raised funds to 
support the youths in tournaments and pay for travel expenses. 

In 1987, Mr. Liberatore moved to Tracy to be closer to his family and promoted 
bowling travel leagues and tournaments within the Central Valley. Mr. 
Liberatore was a member of the Italian Catholic Federation Branch 390 in 
Tracy. 

In 1994, he moved to Salt Lake City, Utah, and actively volunteered with the 
WIBC Championship Tournament and became a member of the Foster Grandparent 
organization where he helped with reading and mathematics at Edison Elementary 
School. He later moved to Boise in December 2005 to be closer to his family.

Mr. Liberatore is survived by his daughters, René Hopkins, and her husband, 
Michael, of Boise, and Sandra Tyner, and her husband, Jon, of Tracy; sister, 
Claire Blasco of Chicago; grandchildren, Melanie and Sean Hopkins, of Boise, 
and Desireé and Kevin Tyner of Tracy; and many cousins, nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Achille and Mariannina Liberatore; 
and sister, Lena Dallio.

Saturday’s Mass will begin at 11 a.m. at St. Symphorosa in Chicago. Graveside 
services will begin at 1 p.m. Saturday at St. Mary’s Catholic Church Cemetery 
in Evergreen Park, Ill.

Contributions in Mr. Liberatore’s name may be sent to the Earl Anthony 
Memorial Scholarship Fund, 5301 S. 76th St., Greendale, Wis. 53129. 

Published on Thursday, March 02, 2006, in the Tracy Press. 



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