Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Fantone, John Samuel April 25, 1935
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Ledger-Dispatch  April 25 & 27, 1935
DIED

JOHN S. FANTONE

John S. Fantone, 78, husband of Ida Hardin Fantone and son of the late Capt. Peter 
and Martha Butt Fantone, a native and lifelong resident of Norfolk, died at 3 
o'clock this morning at the residence, 1721 East Olney Road.

Besides his wife, Mrs. Ida Hardin Fantone, he is survived by three daughters, Mrs. 
George Pistorius, of Norfolk; Mrs. Oscar Keely, of Washington, D. C., and Mrs. 
Festus Thompson, of Norfolk; six sons, Claude B., James E., Hugh F., William H., 
Caroleen H. and Joseph J. Fantone, all of Norfolk; 35 grandchildren, seven great-
grandchildren and one sister, Mrs. William M. Newstead, of Norfolk.  Mr. Fantone 
was a retired cotton weigher.

Funeral services will be held at St. Mary's Catholic Church Saturday morning at 10 
o'clock.  Interment will be in St. Mary's Cemetery.

FUNERALS

JOHN S. FANTONE

Funeral services for John S. Fantone, whose death occurred Thursday morning at the 
residence, 1721 East Olney Road, were held at 10 o'clock this morning at St. 
Mary's Catholic Church, with the Rev A. Preston Campbell, officiating, the Rev. E. 
A. Brosnan, the Rev. A. J. Taylor, the Rev. Emmett Gallagher, the Rev. Leo J. 
Ryan, the Rev. M. J. Harrison, the Rev. John Kociela and Brother John Fedelis, C. 
F. X., president of St. Mary's Industrial School, of Baltimore, Md., were present 
in the sanctuary.

During the service, a solo, "As Yearns the Heart," was sung by Norman Fantone, a 
grandson of the deceased.  Several selections were also rendered by the choir of 
St. Mary's Academy, with Miss Anna Gargano, accompanist.  There was a large 
attendance and many floral offerings.  The casket was covered with a pall of pink 
roses, sweet-peas, carnations and ferns.  Interment was in St. Mary's Cemetery.

Honorary pallbearers were John H. Rodgers, George F. Moss, W. B. Bassett, James F. 
Moore, Charles C. Grant, John S. Jenkins, Jr., C. B. Bassett, Joel H. Harris, S. 
W. Harris, George Hogan, H. C. Smither, W. S. Ferguson, R. Gregory Hill, John H. 
Thompson, James L. Black and Dr. Albert G. Horton.

Active pallbearers were: John B. Lascara, Joseph Demma, E. B. Sams, J. Edgar 
Winter, Walter J. Johnson, Festus Thompson, Wm. H. Fantone, Jr. and John S. 
Fantone.

At the conclusion of the mass, Rev. E. A. Brosnan explained the mass and spoke of 
his esteem and affection for the Fantone family.  Services at the grave were 
conducted by the Rev. A. J. Taylor, of Hot Springs, Va., and the Rev. Emmett 
Gallagher, of Staunton, Va.

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