The following obit from the News-Dispatch (Jeannette) on March 15, 1967 has been partially redacted to remove certain personal details of living individuals:
Requiem Mass will be offered Friday morning at 11 in St. Aloysius Catholic Church, Wilmerding, for Louis Franci, Msgr. M.A. McGarey will officiate and interment will be in new St. Joseph Cemetery, East McKeesport. Franci, 70, 360 Maser Road, East McKeesport, a retired building contractor, died Monday in Columbia Hospital, Wilkinsburg, where he had undergone surgery. Surviving are his wife, Jennie Baccarini Franci; daughters, Mrs. Lena Hermann, Level Green; Ellen, at home; Mrs. Alma, Harrison City; sons, Frank, Wilmerding; Alfred J., Monroeville; 4 sisters, 10 grandchildren. He was a retired building contractor and member of St. Aloysius Church, Wilmerding; LOOM 86, Wilmerding; FOE 1430, Pitcairn; Sub Alpina Beneficial Society, Turtle Creek. Friends are being received at Louis W. Feit Funeral Home, East McKeesport.
My biography:
He was born Angelo LanFranchi, on 6 Sep 1896 in the Casolar Province of Parma, Italy, to Adelaide Berte and Francesco LanFranchi. In February 1914 he immigrated on the ship "France" to America, landing in New York. He went there to visit another LanFranchi, whose first name cannot be determined. After this, he lived on 408 North Main Street of Barre, Vermont from 1915 to 1918 as "Angelo LanFranchi," the same residence of Giuseppe Berte and was a stone cutter. He attested to this in his 1915 naturalization.
By 1918, Angelo was living in Waterman, PA and listed his "relative" (his mother) as living in Casola. His occupation is not known, but it confirms that the man listed in varying newspaper articles is him. Likely by 1921, the same year the Giuseppe was living in Wilmerding, he moved there from Waterman. He would have taken a train from Barre to Waterman, PA. This is supported by the hypotheis that he was living with the family of his sister Barbara (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134304297) and her husband John Cattani, and their children.
As the story goes, he was a stone cutter in PA too, perhaps in Wilmerding, before starting his own business. Hence, by 1921 and until the early 1960s, on 69 Humbert St in Wilmerding. The latter does not exist anymore since the street was cut short to make way for a highway, with him living in North Versailles for the rest of his life, perhaps at 360 Maser Road, East McKeesport, as stated in his obit above. In 1930 he was a building contractor, called "Louis Franci" in the census. He married Genevieve Baccarini on 31 Jan 1931 but likely first was with her starting in 1920 or 1922 as their first child, Lena, was born in 1922. It is not known why almost all their children, except "Al" Franci were born out of wedlock. From Oct. 1931-Spring 1932 in Bedford County he worked with Emilio Rosso on the Ship Hotel. In 1932, his hunting buddy Louis Borello died, but he still had two other hunting buddies: a cousin named Dominick Rustici and another named David Cobler. In October 1933 he legally changed his name from Angelo LanFranchi to Louis Franci. He became a private contractor and builder, even building a house for his daughter Lena, and her fiance, Ray, in Level Green in the 1950s. He died on March 13, 1967 in North Versailles, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
Requiem Mass will be offered Friday morning at 11 in St. Aloysius Catholic Church, Wilmerding, for Louis Franci, Msgr. M.A. McGarey will officiate and interment will be in new St. Joseph Cemetery, East McKeesport. Franci, 70, 360 Maser Road, East McKeesport, a retired building contractor, died Monday in Columbia Hospital, Wilkinsburg, where he had undergone surgery. Surviving are his wife, Jennie Baccarini Franci; daughters, Mrs. Lena Hermann, Level Green; Ellen, at home; Mrs. Alma, Harrison City; sons, Frank, Wilmerding; Alfred J., Monroeville; 4 sisters, 10 grandchildren. He was a retired building contractor and member of St. Aloysius Church, Wilmerding; LOOM 86, Wilmerding; FOE 1430, Pitcairn; Sub Alpina Beneficial Society, Turtle Creek. Friends are being received at Louis W. Feit Funeral Home, East McKeesport.
My biography:
He was born Angelo LanFranchi, on 6 Sep 1896 in the Casolar Province of Parma, Italy, to Adelaide Berte and Francesco LanFranchi. In February 1914 he immigrated on the ship "France" to America, landing in New York. He went there to visit another LanFranchi, whose first name cannot be determined. After this, he lived on 408 North Main Street of Barre, Vermont from 1915 to 1918 as "Angelo LanFranchi," the same residence of Giuseppe Berte and was a stone cutter. He attested to this in his 1915 naturalization.
By 1918, Angelo was living in Waterman, PA and listed his "relative" (his mother) as living in Casola. His occupation is not known, but it confirms that the man listed in varying newspaper articles is him. Likely by 1921, the same year the Giuseppe was living in Wilmerding, he moved there from Waterman. He would have taken a train from Barre to Waterman, PA. This is supported by the hypotheis that he was living with the family of his sister Barbara (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134304297) and her husband John Cattani, and their children.
As the story goes, he was a stone cutter in PA too, perhaps in Wilmerding, before starting his own business. Hence, by 1921 and until the early 1960s, on 69 Humbert St in Wilmerding. The latter does not exist anymore since the street was cut short to make way for a highway, with him living in North Versailles for the rest of his life, perhaps at 360 Maser Road, East McKeesport, as stated in his obit above. In 1930 he was a building contractor, called "Louis Franci" in the census. He married Genevieve Baccarini on 31 Jan 1931 but likely first was with her starting in 1920 or 1922 as their first child, Lena, was born in 1922. It is not known why almost all their children, except "Al" Franci were born out of wedlock. From Oct. 1931-Spring 1932 in Bedford County he worked with Emilio Rosso on the Ship Hotel. In 1932, his hunting buddy Louis Borello died, but he still had two other hunting buddies: a cousin named Dominick Rustici and another named David Cobler. In October 1933 he legally changed his name from Angelo LanFranchi to Louis Franci. He became a private contractor and builder, even building a house for his daughter Lena, and her fiance, Ray, in Level Green in the 1950s. He died on March 13, 1967 in North Versailles, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
The following obit from the News-Dispatch (Jeannette) on March 15, 1967 has been partially redacted to remove certain personal details of living individuals:
Requiem Mass will be offered Friday morning at 11 in St. Aloysius Catholic Church, Wilmerding, for Louis Franci, Msgr. M.A. McGarey will officiate and interment will be in new St. Joseph Cemetery, East McKeesport. Franci, 70, 360 Maser Road, East McKeesport, a retired building contractor, died Monday in Columbia Hospital, Wilkinsburg, where he had undergone surgery. Surviving are his wife, Jennie Baccarini Franci; daughters, Mrs. Lena Hermann, Level Green; Ellen, at home; Mrs. Alma, Harrison City; sons, Frank, Wilmerding; Alfred J., Monroeville; 4 sisters, 10 grandchildren. He was a retired building contractor and member of St. Aloysius Church, Wilmerding; LOOM 86, Wilmerding; FOE 1430, Pitcairn; Sub Alpina Beneficial Society, Turtle Creek. Friends are being received at Louis W. Feit Funeral Home, East McKeesport.
My biography:
He was born Angelo LanFranchi, on 6 Sep 1896 in the Casolar Province of Parma, Italy, to Adelaide Berte and Francesco LanFranchi. In February 1914 he immigrated on the ship "France" to America, landing in New York. He went there to visit another LanFranchi, whose first name cannot be determined. After this, he lived on 408 North Main Street of Barre, Vermont from 1915 to 1918 as "Angelo LanFranchi," the same residence of Giuseppe Berte and was a stone cutter. He attested to this in his 1915 naturalization.
By 1918, Angelo was living in Waterman, PA and listed his "relative" (his mother) as living in Casola. His occupation is not known, but it confirms that the man listed in varying newspaper articles is him. Likely by 1921, the same year the Giuseppe was living in Wilmerding, he moved there from Waterman. He would have taken a train from Barre to Waterman, PA. This is supported by the hypotheis that he was living with the family of his sister Barbara (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134304297) and her husband John Cattani, and their children.
As the story goes, he was a stone cutter in PA too, perhaps in Wilmerding, before starting his own business. Hence, by 1921 and until the early 1960s, on 69 Humbert St in Wilmerding. The latter does not exist anymore since the street was cut short to make way for a highway, with him living in North Versailles for the rest of his life, perhaps at 360 Maser Road, East McKeesport, as stated in his obit above. In 1930 he was a building contractor, called "Louis Franci" in the census. He married Genevieve Baccarini on 31 Jan 1931 but likely first was with her starting in 1920 or 1922 as their first child, Lena, was born in 1922. It is not known why almost all their children, except "Al" Franci were born out of wedlock. From Oct. 1931-Spring 1932 in Bedford County he worked with Emilio Rosso on the Ship Hotel. In 1932, his hunting buddy Louis Borello died, but he still had two other hunting buddies: a cousin named Dominick Rustici and another named David Cobler. In October 1933 he legally changed his name from Angelo LanFranchi to Louis Franci. He became a private contractor and builder, even building a house for his daughter Lena, and her fiance, Ray, in Level Green in the 1950s. He died on March 13, 1967 in North Versailles, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
Requiem Mass will be offered Friday morning at 11 in St. Aloysius Catholic Church, Wilmerding, for Louis Franci, Msgr. M.A. McGarey will officiate and interment will be in new St. Joseph Cemetery, East McKeesport. Franci, 70, 360 Maser Road, East McKeesport, a retired building contractor, died Monday in Columbia Hospital, Wilkinsburg, where he had undergone surgery. Surviving are his wife, Jennie Baccarini Franci; daughters, Mrs. Lena Hermann, Level Green; Ellen, at home; Mrs. Alma, Harrison City; sons, Frank, Wilmerding; Alfred J., Monroeville; 4 sisters, 10 grandchildren. He was a retired building contractor and member of St. Aloysius Church, Wilmerding; LOOM 86, Wilmerding; FOE 1430, Pitcairn; Sub Alpina Beneficial Society, Turtle Creek. Friends are being received at Louis W. Feit Funeral Home, East McKeesport.
My biography:
He was born Angelo LanFranchi, on 6 Sep 1896 in the Casolar Province of Parma, Italy, to Adelaide Berte and Francesco LanFranchi. In February 1914 he immigrated on the ship "France" to America, landing in New York. He went there to visit another LanFranchi, whose first name cannot be determined. After this, he lived on 408 North Main Street of Barre, Vermont from 1915 to 1918 as "Angelo LanFranchi," the same residence of Giuseppe Berte and was a stone cutter. He attested to this in his 1915 naturalization.
By 1918, Angelo was living in Waterman, PA and listed his "relative" (his mother) as living in Casola. His occupation is not known, but it confirms that the man listed in varying newspaper articles is him. Likely by 1921, the same year the Giuseppe was living in Wilmerding, he moved there from Waterman. He would have taken a train from Barre to Waterman, PA. This is supported by the hypotheis that he was living with the family of his sister Barbara (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134304297) and her husband John Cattani, and their children.
As the story goes, he was a stone cutter in PA too, perhaps in Wilmerding, before starting his own business. Hence, by 1921 and until the early 1960s, on 69 Humbert St in Wilmerding. The latter does not exist anymore since the street was cut short to make way for a highway, with him living in North Versailles for the rest of his life, perhaps at 360 Maser Road, East McKeesport, as stated in his obit above. In 1930 he was a building contractor, called "Louis Franci" in the census. He married Genevieve Baccarini on 31 Jan 1931 but likely first was with her starting in 1920 or 1922 as their first child, Lena, was born in 1922. It is not known why almost all their children, except "Al" Franci were born out of wedlock. From Oct. 1931-Spring 1932 in Bedford County he worked with Emilio Rosso on the Ship Hotel. In 1932, his hunting buddy Louis Borello died, but he still had two other hunting buddies: a cousin named Dominick Rustici and another named David Cobler. In October 1933 he legally changed his name from Angelo LanFranchi to Louis Franci. He became a private contractor and builder, even building a house for his daughter Lena, and her fiance, Ray, in Level Green in the 1950s. He died on March 13, 1967 in North Versailles, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
Inscription
FRANCI
Father
Louis
1896-1967
Family Members
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Explore more
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
