Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Santos, Congetta Maria F. January 16, 1975
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Virginian-Pilot  January 17, 1975
NORFOLK - Mrs. Congetta Focaccio Santos, 92, of 509 Maycox Ave., who in 1957 was 
honored as Catholic Mother of the Year in Norfolk, died Thursday night in a 
hospital. She was the widow of Emmanuel Joseph Santos.

A native of Philadelphia, she was educated in St. Mary Magedolyn School by the 
Sisters of St. Francis, Philadelphia.

She was a member of Holy Trinity Catholic Church and the Christ Child Circle. She 
was one of the first volunteer workers at St. Mary's Infant Home.

She was a member and first president of the 60-Plus Club of Ocean View, first 
president of the Catholic Middle Age Club, charter member of the Lenox Garden Club 
and of the Ladies Auxiliary of Machinists. She was garden club president at one 
time and a state organizer for many years. She frequently had cared for foster 
children in her home.

Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Rose S. Zinkl and Mrs. Veronica Mary Hartig, 
a son, John J. Santos, and a foster son, Carroll Roberts, all of Norfolk; a 
sister, Mrs. Rose Sindaco of Philadelphia; seven grandchildren; and nine great-
grandchildren.

A Christian Wake service will be held Sunday at 8 p.m. in Hollomon-Brown Funeral 
Home, Tidewater Drive.

A funeral service will be held Monday at 11 a.m. in Holy Trinity Catholic Church 
with burial in St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery.


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