Captain Salvatore Pizzati family tomb Metairie Cemetery, Orleans Parish, Louisiana Submitted: Debbie-Lee Hadsall DeLerno Photos at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/la/orleans/cemmetare.htm ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** Source: photographs taken and text copied from inscriptions Sept. 2001 on Central Avenue at section B. He was an Italian immigrant who became a successful imported of tropical fruit. He was buried with his favorite rocking chair in a receptical below his crypt with casket. Builder Charles A. Orleans inscribed his name and patent date Oct. 1904 on the lower front of the tomb. (on door) Salvatore Pizzati 1833 - 1915 His wife Frances Valenzano Pizzati 1853 - 1919