Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Toscano, Nicola F. July 19, 1972
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Virginian-Pilot  July 20, 1972
NORFOLK — Nicholas F. (Frenchie) Toscano, 77, of 4246 Huette Drive, a professional 
musician best known for playing bass viol and harp, and a regular member of the 
late Lou Saks Orchestra, died Wednesday in a hospital.

Born in Italy, he lived in France many years and came to Norfolk in 1914. He was a 
son of Joseph and Mrs. Anna Penello Toscano.

He played with the Norfolk Symphony Orchestra and in the pit bands of Norfolk 
vaudeville houses, including the Norva and Loew’s theaters. He also had played on 
local radio and television stations and with the WTAR Orchestra and Cavalier Hotel 
Orchestra.

He had been a member since 1915 of the Norfolk Musicians Association Local 125 and 
had served either as executive board member, vice president, or secretary nearly 
every year since 1922 until he became ill in 1970. He had been a delegate to the 
American Federation of Musicians conventions and Virginia State Labor Council.

He was a member of the Order of Sons of Italy, Roma Lodge 254. He served in the 
National Guard in World War I.

He is survived by a sister, Mrs. Antoinette Toscano Galano of Norfolk, nieces and 
nephews in France.

The Rosary will be said in H.D. Oliver Funeral Apartments tonight at 7:30.

A Requiem Mass will be celebrated in St. Pius X Catholic Church Friday at 10 a.m. 
Burial will be in St. Mary’s Cemetery.

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