Breckinridge County KyArchives Obituaries.....GRECO, Tony November 29, 1976 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ky/kyfiles.html ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Peggy Russell meemawpeg7@gmail.com March 15, 2021, 6:14 am Breckinridge County Herald-News, Hardinsburg, Ky., December 2, 1976 OBITUARY Tony GRECO, age 80, collasped and died of an apparent heart attack while stripping tobacco in a barn on his farm near Lodiburg on Monday afternoon, November 29, 1976. A native of Italy, he was born June 7, 1896, the son of the late John and Rose GUIDO GRECO. Mr. GRECO, the oldest of 15 children, came to this country at the age of 15, and worked in the coal mines of West Virginia before settling in Breckinridge County. His wife, also a native of Italy, died in 1971. He is survived by: two daughters: Miss Lucy GRECO of Lodiburg, Ky Miss Mary GRECO of Bristol, Tennessee three sons: John GRECO of Louisville, Ky Sam GRECO of Louisville, Ky Tony GRECO, Jr. of Lodiburg, Ky. 5 grandchildren The funeral will be held on Thursday from the Dry Valley Baptist Church near Mystic. Burial will be in the church cemetery under the direction of the Alexander Funeral Home, Irvington. Additional Comments: #0121 Dry Valley Baptist Church Cemetery, located south of the Mystic, New Lodiburg--Union Star Road, 1/2 a mile northwest of the old quarry and Roberts Store. (on Highway 86 between Sample and Lodiburg) -- OPEN TO BURIALS ESTABLISHED APPROXIMATELY 1931 -- GRECO, Anthony "Tony", Sr. 07 Jun 1896 -- 26 Nov 1976 tombstone dates (obituary lists died 29 Nov 1976) husband of Rose Mary PALETTA Wed: June 6, 1926 son of John GRECO & Rose GUIDO have his obituary (Immigrant from Italy, came to U.S. in 1910 (1930 census) he shares a double tombstone with his wife "DAD" GRECO, Rose Mary 24 Sep 1908 -- 03 Feb 1971 wife of Anthony "Tony" GRECO, Sr. Wed: June 6, 1926 daughter of Sam PALETTA & Mary WARSH have her obituary (Immigrant from Italy, came to U.S. in 1921 (1930 census) she shares a double tombstone with her husband "MOM" THREE OF THEIR UNMARRIED CHILDREN ALSO HERE: GRECO, Lucy Pearl 25 Apr 1939 -- 24 Dec 2000 never married daughter of Anthony "Tony" GRECO, Sr. & Rose Mary PALETTA have her obituary she shares a double tombstone with her sister, Mary GRECO, Mary Rose 22 Aug 1934 -- 25 May 2006 never narried daughter of Anthony "Tony" GRECO, Sr. & Rose Mary PALETTA have her obituary she shares a double tombstone with her sister, Lucy GRECO, Sam 18 Jun 1929 -- 17 Oct 2006 never married son of Anthony "Tony" GRECO, Sr. & Rose Mary PALETTA have his obituary he has a single tombstone he also has a flat bronze military tombstone: PFC US ARMY KOREA Dana Brown & Peggy Russell File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ky/breckinridge/obits/g/greco11666gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/kyfiles/