Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Cafazza, John B. Sr., 1990 

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JOHN BAPTIST CAFAZZA 

  WAKEFIELD - John Baptist Cafazza Sr., 77, died Friday, April 6, in his home.

  A native of St. Louis, Mr. Cafazza retired as a self-employed cabinetmaker. 
He was a member of Wakefield United Methodist Church, president of the United 
Methodist Men and a teacher at the Adult Men’s Sunday school class.

  Mr. Cafazza was a well-known woodworker and musician and continued to play 
and compose ragtime piano music until his death.  He shared his musical talent 
as a volunteer at the McGuire Veterans Administration Hospital in Richmond for 
many years.  He was also instrumental in organizing a music program for the 
nursing home unit at the hospital.

  He was a member of the American Society of Composers and of Authors and 
Publishers since 1966, and was an Army veteran of World War II.

  Survivors include his wife, Eloise Paulette Cafazza; a daughter, Martha C. 
Gordon of Emporia; two sons, Vincent Richard Cafazza of Fairmont, W.Va., and 
John Baptist Cafazza, Jr. of Midlothian; a sister, Antoinette Cafazza of St. 
Louis; and five grandchildren.

  A funeral will be conducted at 3 p.m. today in the church by the Revs. Jess 
V. Staton, Paul Kube and Robert Consolvo.  Burial will be in Wakefield 
Cemetery.

  The family request expressions of sympathy take the form of contributions 
to the Wakefield United Methodist Church building Fund, Waverly Rescue Squad 
or Ivor Rescue Squad.

  Purviance Funeral Home is in charge.


John Baptist CAFAZZA, Sr., cabinetmaker, Army veteran of WW-II, 
b. 20 Dec 1912, St. Louis, MO, d. 6 Apr 1990, at home, Sussex Co., 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 8 Apr 1990, 
"The Daily Press" (Newport News, VA), Apr. 8, 1990, p. 46 

*Wakefield list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/cemeteries/wakefd.txt 


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