Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....LaGiglia, Michael Anthony January 19, 2000
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Virginian-Pilot  January 21, 2000
Michael Anthony LaGiglia, 90, of the 2100 block of Pacific Ave., died Jan. 19, 
2000, in a Virginia Beach hospital. A lifelong resident of Tidewater, he was the 
widower of Marian Gibson LaGiglia and son of Anthony LaGiglia and Carmalina 
Montagna LaGiglia.

Born in Norfolk, he attended St. Mary's Boys Academy, Blair Junior High and was a 
graduate of Maury High School and the University of Virginia Law School in 1934. 
He was elected chairman of his law class and was a member of Phi Alpha Delta Law 
Fraternity. He had been a member of the Virginia State Bar since 1933 and became a 
life member. He was a member of U.Va.'s championship boxing team in 1930-31 and 
the Varsity Club. He was an unofficial life guard at 22nd Street in Virginia Beach 
before the present life guard system was started and, as a teen-ager, made many 
unassisted rescues.

He later became a Red Cross Water Safety swimming instructor. He coached Virginia 
Beach community basketball teams for eight years and the Elks Little League 
baseball team and was a vice president of Virginia Beach Little League. He was a 
past president of Wards Corner Business and Professional Association, and a past 
president of Young Italian and American Progressive Club. He was a life member of 
Norfolk Lodge 38 B.P.O. Elks, Ryan Club of Norfolk and a former member of 
Norfolk's Sacred Heart Knights of Columbus.

He was president of Lilly Inc. of Virginia, and past president and owner of A. 
LaGiglia and Sons, Trading as Tony Shoe Stores from 1898 to 1979. He was also a 
member of the Norfolk Chamber of Commerce. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War 
II and a member of Star of the Sea Catholic Church.

Survivors include two daughters, Camilla L. Worrell and Polly L. Upton; two sons, 
Michael A. LaGiglia Jr. and his wife, Marty, and Joseph C. LaGiglia ; a brother, 
Joseph L. LaGiglia , all of Virginia Beach; nine grandchildren, Lawson Worrell IV, 
Anne Worrell Ritter, Marian Upton, Caren Upton, Robert Upton III, Kristina Upton 
Jackson, Paul Upton, Ellyn LaGiglia , Michael LaGiglia III; and seven great-
grandchildren.

A Christian wake service will be held at 5 p.m. Sunday at H.D. Oliver Funeral 
Apts., Laskin Road Chapel. A Mass of the Resurrection will be held at 2 p.m. 
Monday at Star of the Sea Catholic Church in Virginia Beach by Fr. James E. 
Dorson.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Virginia Beach Volunteer 
Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 945, Virginia Beach, VA 23451 or to a charity of choice.

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