OBIT: Charles D'AMICO, 1927, Meyersdale, Somerset County, Pa

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CHARLES D'AMICO

  Meyersdale lost one of its best citizens when Charles D'Amico passed 
away in the early morning of May 6th. He lived just about as long as 
his elder brother, Augostino, who died two years and three months ago. 
Had Charles lived until June 7th next, he would have been 54 years of 
age. 
  Mr. D'Amico was born at Termini Imerese, Island of Sicily, a seaport 
about 25 miles from the city of Palmero. He was christened Diego 
(James) but after coming to this country his friends learned to know 
him as "Charley" and eventually he adopted Charles as his name. 
  For several years during his boyhood he led a seafaring life on 
vessels engaged in coastal commerce in the Mediterranean. At the age of 
19 he came to America, his brother "Gus" having preceded him to this 
country. During the first few years in the United States he wandered 
from city to city, having lived and worked at various times in 
Cincinnati, Chattanooga, Baltimore and eventually in Lonaconing and 
Frostburg, Md., and finally in Meyersdale. 
  He first came to Meyersdale in 1899 while working for a fruit 
wholesaler in Frostburg, and a few years later located here in 
partnership with his brother, in the wholesale and retail fruit and 
produce business. About 1910 he and his brother dissolved their 
partnership and both continued in the same line of business, as 
friendly rivals, until the end of their days. Both prospered and became 
substantial citizens of the town.
  Besides doing a large business as retailer and jobber of fruits and 
vegetables and other lines of produce, Charles D'Amico made good 
investments in real estate. Among the proprieties he acquired was the 
fine residence on Broadway where he lived the last years of his life; 
also the New two-story brick and artificial stone building in which the 
Meyersdale post office has been located for the last three years; the 
buildings in which the Meyers Market and the Dahl Bros' pool-room and 
bowling alley are located, and several warehouses.
  He took out American citizenship papers years ago and was a public 
spirited, loyal and patriotic citizen.  He was a devoted husband and 
father and has left a fine family.  
 He is survived by his wife and the following named children: Philip, 
Frances, Frederick, Joana, Jeroma, Rosa, Anthony, Anna Mary, Rita and 
Cecelia. Mrs. D'Amico is the executor of his estate and with the 
assistance of her sons, Philip and Frederick, and the older daughters, 
will continue the business, Mr. D'Amico successfully founded.
  Mr. D'Amico was in robust health until about a year ago when his 
heart and arteries ceased to function properly, but he kept at work 
until he collapsed in his place of business a few weeks before his 
death.  He was on the street the day before he passed away. 
  He was a communicant and loyal member of the Roman Catholic Church, a 
member of the Sons of Italy, the Modern Woodmen of America and of the 
Chamber of Commerce. 
  His funeral, on Monday, May 9 th, was largely attended and the floral 
tributes to him were among the most beautiful and profuse ever seen at 
a funeral in Meyersdale.  The requiem mass was for him was celebrated 
by his pastor, the Very Rev. Father J. J. Brady. His body was laid to 
rest in the Catholic cemetery, where the local lodges of the Sons of 
Italy and of the Modern Woodmen performed their rites in memory of 
their deceased brother. 

Meyersdale Republican 19 May 1927