Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Sansone, Antonio October 10, 1956
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Virginian-Pilot  October 11, 1956
NORFOLK — Antonio Sansone, retired Norfolk fruit merchant, who on Monday 
celebrated his 99th birthday, died yesterday at 7:35 p.m. in a Norfolk hospital. 
He had been in failing health the last several years.
	
For many years, until his retirement in 1931, he owned and operated the Sansone 
Fruit Co., a wholesale and retail concern, on East Main street. He was, in fact, a 
vegetarian, rarely eating meat.

A native of Termini, Sicily (Italy), he had resided in Norfolk for 70 years, 
lately at 315 W. 29th St. His parents were August and Mrs. Salvatore Sansone.

Happy On Birthday


On his 98th birthday, although age had dimmed his sight, he was 
happy
receiving 
gifts, telling stories, and singing his favorite
 song, “0 Sole Mio,” when
his

daughters gathered at the residence.

Sansone loved to recall his youth and the adventures he had while serving in the 
Italian army. Although he had about lost his sight, he retained all his own teeth 
— a fact that earned him a spot in Ripley's Believe It or Not — and thick, white 
hair.

After his wife, Mrs. Anna Sansone, died in 1931, he retired from business.
He was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church.

Surviving are three sons, August Sansone of Norfolk; Joseph S. Sansone and Louis 
A. Sansone, both of Syracuse, N.Y.; six daughters, Mrs. A. H. Bisese, Mrs. Vinci 
Amato Purifoy, Mrs. Joseph Scalco Sr., Mrs. Eugene Caligari Jr., Mrs. Charles W. 
Varley and Mrs. Angeline S. Harris, all of Norfolk; 22 grandchildren; 37 great-
grandchildren, one great-great-grandchild, and a number of nieces and nephews.

The body was removed to the H. D. Oliver Funeral Apartments, pending completion of 
funeral arrangements.  The family will assemble at 3664 Riverside Dr.

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