Breckinridge County KyArchives Obituaries.....GRECO, Tony  November 29, 1976
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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



















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