Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Meloni, Alexander L. April 23, 1969
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Virginian-Pilot  April 24, 1969
NORFOLK - Alexander L. Meloni, 71, a downtown barber and a cellist with the 
original Norfolk Symphony Orchestra, died Wednesday in a hospital after a short 
illness.
A native of Italy, he lived here most of his life. He was the husband of Mrs. 
Agnes R. Meloni and a son of Louis and Mrs. Josephine Meloni. He lived at 1521 
Magnolia Ave.
In recent years, he operated Monticello Hotel Barbershop.
For many years he was proprietor of Roma Barbershop and Tonsorial Parlor on 
lower Granby Street near Plume Street. His shop, patronized by many business and 
professional men, was noted for its discipline.
Meloni played in the Norfolk Symphony’s first concert April 21, 1921, and 
remained with it 33 years. He was the orchestra’s oldest member.
Meloni’s name is included in “With a Song in Their Hearts,” by Mrs. Harold 
Ferebee, which is a story of the Norfolk Symphony.
He was a member of Sons of Italy and a Catholic.
Surviving, besides his widow, are a daughter, Mrs. Theodore Forte, and a 
brother, Theodore Meloni, both of Norfolk; five sisters, Mrs. Francis Ciola and 
Mrs. Lena Smith of Norfolk, Mrs. Elena Agortini of New York, Mrs. Emelia 
Bevelacqua of Long Island, N.Y., and Mrs. Della Stanchi of Wheaton, Md.; and a 
granddaughter.
The Office of the Dead will be recited in H. D. Oliver Funeral Apartments, 
tonight at 7:30.
A Requiem Mass will be celebrated in St. Pius X Catholic Church Friday at 11 
a.m. Burial will be in St. Mary’s Cemetery.




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