Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Mastracco, Vincent James, Sr. February 16, 1994
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Virginian-Pilot  February 18, 1994
Vincent J. Mastracco Sr., 88, of Regent Road, co-founder of Giant Open Air 
Markets, and husband of Cecelia Russo Mastracco, died Feb. 16, 1994, in Sentara 
Norfolk General Hospital.

Mr. Mastracco was a native of Alatria, Italy, and came to this country in 1910. In 
1944, he joined his nephew, the late Wendell Rosso, in founding Giant Open Air 
Markets, with which he remained affiliated until his retirement in 1976. Prior to 
his establishing the Giant Open Air Markets chain, he was employed in the 
composing room of The Virginian-Pilot.

He was a Catholic, a kind and gentle man and had a wide acquaintance throughout 
the Norfolk area. He was the first member of the Boys Club of Norfolk, an 
organization he considered as having a positive influence on his life.

Besides his wife, he is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Theresa M. Vita; a son, 
Vincent James Mastracco Jr.; a daughter-in-law, Suzanne Tyler Mastracco; and a 
son-in-law, Joseph A. Vita Jr., all of Norfolk; a sister, Mrs. Mary Wilder and a 
brother, Claude V. Mastracco, both of Norfolk; and six grandchildren, Stephanie 
Vita Salerno and James A. Vita of Virginia Beach, Elizabeth Vita Cooper, Anna B. 
Mastracco, Sarah T. Mastracco and V. James Mastracco III, all of Norfolk; and five 
great-grandchildren, Jason, Ryan and Gregory Vita and Dana and Corey Salerno of 
Virginia Beach.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be conducted at 12:30 p.m. Saturday in Sacred 
Heart Catholic Church by the Rev. John A. Dorgan. Entombment will be in St. Mary's 
Cemetery Mausoleum. The family will receive friends at H.D. Oliver Funeral Apts., 
Norfolk, from 6 to 8 p.m. today. Memorial contributions may be made to Children's 
Hospital of The King's Daughters or the Boys and Girls Club of South Hampton 
Roads.

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