Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....DiDomenico, Peter J., Sr. May 29, 2001
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Virginian-Pilot  June 1, 2001
NORFOLK - Peter J. DiDomenico Sr., 76, of 142 Lafayette Ave., departed this life 
on Tuesday, May 29, 2001, after a lengthy illness.

Mr. "D" was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., to Joseph and Josephine DiDomenico, who 
predeceased him. He had resided in Norfolk for close to 60 years. Pete received 
his B.S. in pharmacy from St. John's University/Jamaica, Long Island, N.Y., and 
was proud to serve the Ocean View community for over 50 years as a pharmacist, 
making sure all of his "patient's" medicine needs were taken care of in a loving, 
caring manner. He was a World War II U.S. Navy veteran. Pete was also a charter 
member and past Grand Knight of the Knights of Columbus, Council 3548. He was one 
of the original organizers of the first Saint Patrick's Day Parade in Ocean View.

Pete is survived by his loving and devoted wife of 57 years, Shirley Fantone 
DiDomenico; eight children, Peter Jr. and his wife, Beth, Joseph and his wife 
Karen, both of Florida, Donald and his wife, Becky, of Virginia Beach, Shirley 
Anne, Lynn, Michael, Alan and Dorothy, all of Norfolk. He is also survived by 18 
grandchildren, Kim, Peter III, Joey, Terri, Justin, Jamie, Kevin, Kristen, Kelli, 
Erin, Billy, Max, Nicole, Sumner, Laura, Charlie, Casey and Kaitlin; three great-
grandchildren, Derek, Emma and Preston. A special grandchild, Stacie, predeceased 
her Granddaddy.

Besides his immediate family, Pete is also survived by his two brothers and a 
sister, Joseph DiDomenico and wife Mary, Francis DiDomenico and wife Betty, Marion 
Mandra and husband Ray; a brother-in-law and four sisters-in-law, Joseph Fantone 
and wife Marilyn, Dolly Parker and husband Walter, Nancy Owen, Patricia Zito and 
husband Chuck, Ida Roberson and husband Henry; and a host of nieces and nephews. 
Pete is survived by his many friends and associates in the Ocean View area, whom 
he considered his extended family.

The family will receive friends today from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Norfolk Chapel of 
H.D. Oliver Funeral Apts. A Mass of the Resurrection will be celebrated at 10 a.m. 
Saturday at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Ocean View. Interment will be at St. 
Mary's Catholic Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Cystic 
Fibrosis Foundation, 6931 Arlington Blvd., Bethesda, MD 20814.

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