Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Mollura, Joseph August 24, 1959
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Virginian-Pilot  August 25, 1959
NAGS HEAD, N.C. - A 68-year-old Norfolk man vacationing at Southern Shores 
drowned Monday morning. Joseph Mollura, 1900 Debree Ave., was pronounced dead at 
9:30 a.m., Dare County coroner James M. Vannote said.
Mollura and a companion, M. E. Wilson, about 40, of St. Petersburg, Fla., went 
into the water at 8 a.m., Vannote said. About 8:15 a.m. both had difficulty with 
the undercurrent.

Pulled From Water

Wilson was able to get ashore, and then went back into the water and pulled 
Mollura out of the surf at 8:23 a.m. He noticed the time because he was wearing 
a waterproof watch, said Vannote. Dr. L. E. Lee, vacationing nearby attempted 
mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. When attempts to revive Mollura proved 
unsuccessful, Dr. Lee pronounced him dead.
Mollura showed no signs of life after he was pulled out of the waler, Vannote 
said.
He was staying with a party at the Shangri-La Cottage, Southern Shores.

Relatives in Italy

Mollura is survived by a sister, Miss Stephina Mollura, of Millazzo, Italy, 
three brothers, Gaetano Mollura and Giovanni Mollura, both of Millazzo, and 
Anthony Mollura, 1683 Cougar Ave., Norfolk.
He was a member of Roma Lodge No. 254, Norfolk Lodge No. 33 of the Order of the 
Sons of Italy in America, and the Loyal Order of Moose.
He served in the U.S. Navy during World War I.
The body will be transferred to H. D. Oliver Funeral Apartments after post-
mortem examination at DePaul Hospital.
Funeral services will be conducted at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church 
Wednesday at 10 a.m. There will be a Rosary service at the funeral home tonight 
at 7:30.
Burial will be in St. Mary’s Cemetery.


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