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John Ralph Armellino (1921-2004) —
also known as John R. Armellino —
of West New York, Hudson
County, N.J.; West Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in West New York, Hudson
County, N.J., February
21, 1921.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; mayor
of West New York, N.J., 1955-71; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New Jersey, 1956,
1964.
Catholic.
Italian ancestry. Member, Elks; Knights
of Columbus; Moose; Rotary;
Kiwanis;
Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Amvets.
Died September
17, 2004 (age 83 years, 209
days).
Interment at Flower
Hill Cemetery, North Bergen, N.J.
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Giovanni Battista Cafiero (1860-1924) —
also known as Giovanni B. Cafiero; John B.
Cafiero —
of Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.
Born in Sorrento, Italy,
December
15, 1860.
Ship
captain; naturalized U.S. citizen; Consular
Agent for Italy in Pensacola,
Fla., 1894-1918.
Italian ancestry.
Chevalier of the Order of the Crown of Italy.
Died in Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla., June 3,
1924 (age 63 years, 171
days).
Interment at St.
John's Cemetery, Pensacola, Fla.
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Victoria Coceano (1923-2005) —
also known as Vicki Coceano —
of Miramar, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in Italy,
August
15, 1923.
Real
estate agent; mayor
of Miramar, Fla., 1989-99.
Female.
Italian ancestry.
Died January
8, 2005 (age 81 years, 146
days).
Interment at South Florida National Cemetery, Lake Worth Beach, Fla.
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Dante Bruno Fascell (1917-1998) —
also known as Dante B. Fascell —
of Coral Gables, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.; Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.; Clearwater, Pinellas
County, Fla.
Born in Bridgehampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., March 9,
1917.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1951-54; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1955-93 (4th District 1955-67, 12th
District 1967-73, 15th District 1973-83, 19th District 1983-93);
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1956
(delegation vice-chair), 1968
(alternate).
Italian ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Lions; American Bar
Association; Council on
Foreign Relations; Military
Order of the World Wars; Jaycees;
Kappa
Sigma.
Received Presidential
Medal of Freedom, 1998.
Died, of colon
cancer, in Clearwater, Pinellas
County, Fla., November
28, 1998 (age 81 years, 264
days).
Interment at Sylvan
Abbey Memorial Park, Clearwater, Fla.
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Rose V. Ferlita (b. 1945) —
of Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla.
Born in Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla., December
26, 1945.
Pharmacist;
member, Tampa City Council, 1999-2006; Hillsborough
County Commissioner, 2006-10; candidate for mayor of
Tampa, Fla., 2011.
Female.
Italian ancestry.
Still living as of 2011.
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John Raymond Garamendi Jr. (b. 1945) —
also known as John Garamendi —
of Walnut Grove, Sacramento
County, Calif.
Born in Camp Blanding, Clay
County, Fla., January
24, 1945.
Democrat. Served
in the Peace Corps; member of California
state assembly 7th District, 1974-76; member of California
state senate, 1976-90 (13th District 1976-84, 5th District
1984-90); candidate for Governor of
California, 1982, 1994; candidate for California
state controller, 1986; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 2000,
2004,
2008;
member, Platform Committee, 1988;
California
insurance commissioner, 1991-95, 2003-07; candidate for
Presidential Elector for California; U.S. Deputy Secretary of the
Interior, 1995-98; Lieutenant
Governor of California, 2007-09; U.S.
Representative from California, 2009-18 (10th District 2009-13,
3rd District 2013-18).
Basque,
Italian, and Irish
ancestry. Member, Sigma
Chi.
Still living as of 2018.
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Pam Iorio (b. 1959) —
of Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla.
Born in Waterville, Kennebec
County, Maine, April
27, 1959.
Hillsborough
County Commissioner, 1985-1992; Hillsborough
County Supervisor of Elections, 1993-2003; mayor of
Tampa, Fla., 2003-11.
Female.
Italian ancestry.
Still living as of 2011.
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John Marini (1926-1991) —
of Miramar, Broward
County, Fla.; Naples, Collier
County, Fla.
Born in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., November
19, 1926.
Builder;
mayor
of Miramar, Fla., 1959, 1959-60.
Italian ancestry.
Died in Bahamas,
July
25, 1991 (age 64 years, 248
days).
Interment at Marco
Island Cemetery, Marco Island, Fla.
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Alexander J. Matturri (1913-1992) —
also known as Alex Matturri; "Mr.
Clean" —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., November
24, 1913.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Jersey, 1952; member of New
Jersey state senate District 11, 1968-71; candidate for mayor of
Newark, N.J., 1970; superior court judge in New Jersey, 1977-83.
Catholic.
Italian ancestry.
Died in Boynton Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., January
14, 1992 (age 78 years, 51
days).
Interment somewhere
in Montclair, N.J.
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Henry Andrew Mucci (1911-1997) —
also known as Henry A. Mucci; "Hero of
Cabanatuan" —
of Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn., March 4,
1911.
Democrat. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; led famed
raid in 1945 on a Japanese prison camp in the Philippines which
rescued the survivors of the Bataan Death March; automobile
dealer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1946.
Catholic.
Italian ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Died, of a stroke,
in Melbourne, Brevard
County, Fla., April
20, 1997 (age 86 years, 47
days).
Interment at United States Military Academy Cemetery, West Point, N.Y.
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Vincent R. Panaro (1910-1998) —
of Ewing, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in New Jersey, October
10, 1910.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Mercer County, 1956-64;
resigned 1964; mayor of
Ewing, N.J., 1958; Mercer
County Prosecutor.
Italian ancestry.
Died in Hallandale (now Hallandale Beach), Broward
County, Fla., September
6, 1998 (age 87 years, 331
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas G. Parisi (1905-1972) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., September
24, 1905.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1964;
Kings County Public Administrator, 1964-72.
Catholic.
Italian ancestry.
Died in Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., January
27, 1972 (age 66 years, 125
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Charles Poletti (1903-2002) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Barre, Washington
County, Vt., July 2,
1903.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1936
(alternate), 1940;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1937-38; appointed 1937;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1938; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1939-42; defeated, 1942; Governor of
New York, 1942-43; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Baptist.
Italian ancestry. Member, Urban
League; American Bar
Association; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Phi
Beta Kappa.
First
American of Italian ancestry to serve as a Governor. During World
War II, he was a senior officer in the Allied Military Government of
occupied Italy.
Died in Marco Island, Collier
County, Fla., August
7, 2002 (age 99 years, 36
days).
Interment at Calkins Cemetery, Elizabethtown, N.Y.
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Alfred Edward Santangelo (1912-1978) —
also known as Alfred E. Santangelo —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 4,
1912.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 22nd District, 1947-50, 1953-56; defeated, 1950; U.S.
Representative from New York 18th District, 1957-63; defeated,
1962; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1960;
candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 33rd District, 1966.
Catholic.
Italian ancestry. Member, Tammany
Hall; Alpha
Phi Delta; Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Orlando, Orange
County, Fla., March
30, 1978 (age 65 years, 299
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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Darren Michael Soto (b. 1978) —
of Orlando, Orange
County, Fla.
Born in Ringwood, Passaic
County, N.J., February
25, 1978.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 2007-12; member of Florida
state senate, 2012-16; U.S.
Representative from Florida 9th District, 2017-.
Puerto
Rican and Italian ancestry.
Still living as of 2018.
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Anthony Tony Tarracino (1916-2008) —
also known as Tony Tarracino; "Captain Tony";
"The Conscience of Key West" —
of Key West, Monroe
County, Fla.
Born in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., August
10, 1916.
Beaten
and left for dead by Mafia colleagues in New Jersey in the 1940s;
charter
boat captain; saloon
keeper; mayor
of Key West, Fla., 1989-91; defeated, 1991.
Italian ancestry.
Died, from a heart and
lung
condition, in Lower Keys Medical
Center, Key West, Monroe
County, Fla., November
1, 2008 (age 92 years, 83
days).
Cremated.
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Frank Veltri (b. 1912) —
of Plantation, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., April 8,
1912.
Accountant;
volunteer
fire fighter; savings and
loan executive; mayor
of Plantation, Fla., 1975-99.
Catholic.
Italian ancestry. Member, Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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