HAPPY 97TH BIRTHDAY | Lorenzo DeSantis

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HONOREE

Residence: Youngstown.

Date of birth: Aug. 10, 1916, Pacentro, Italy.

FAMILY

Parents: Joseph and Gaetana DeSantis.

Siblings: Quintino DeSantis, Flora DiMascio and Mary Carano and the late Angela Marchionda and Frank DeSantis.

Spouse: Velia DeSantis, whom he married Jan. 26, 1939, in Pacentro, died Nov. 4, 2008.

Children: Frank (Shelly) DeSantis of Fairlawn, Ohio; Flo (Paul) Harkey of Canfield; and the late John (Shirley) DeSantis.

Grandchildren: Nine.

Great-grandchildren: 12.

BACKGROUND

Education: Attended school in Pacentro.

Employment: He was a millwright for LTV Steel for 30 years.

Memberships: St. Dominic Church and the Pacentrano Club.

Military service: Member of the Italian Army Bersaglieri for 10 years.

ADDITIONAL INTERESTS

Other information: He exercises every day, tends his garden and enjoys cooking. He loves to go to Panera or Dunkin’ Donuts for coffee.

CELEBRATION

His birthday was celebrated with his family at the Pacentrano Club.