Rock Springs Miner, Nov 1, 1964
MRS. ERNESTINA MAGAGNA RIZZI
The Rev. John J. O'Connor celebrated the requiem mass in St. Patrick's Church, Kemmerer, Monday morning for Mrs. Ernestina (Teenie) Magagna Rizzi, who died at south Lincoln Hospital Friday morning.
She had been ill several months. The Rev. Charles F. Taylor, a long-time friend of the family delivered the funeral sermon. The Very Rev. John Marley, Rock Springs, and the Rev. Thomas O'Flannagan, Pinedale, attended the services. Interment was in St. Patrick's Cemetery.
Born Oct. 31, 1885 in Brez, Tyrol, Trentino, Italy, to Valentine and Catherine Menghni Magagna, she came to Rock Springs in 1901, to reside with her brother, Louis Magagna.
She became the bride of John B. Rizzi Dec. 6, 1905, at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church, Rock Springs. They moved to Kemmerer in 1914.
One son, Eugene, died in 1934.
Survivors are her husband, John B. Rizzi, Kemmerer; one daughter, Mrs. James (Fannie) Lane, Rock Springs; one son, Victor C., Kemmerer; one sister, Josephine Magagna, Brez, Tyrol, Italy; one grandson, James Lane, Rock Springs; Mrs. Marvin J. (Georgia Goldberg) Hunt, a ward of the Rizzis' for eight years, New Orleans, and several nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers were Arthur Piz, Dale Morrow, Robert Witherspoon, George Sawaya, Robert Bott and John Fagnant.
Rock Springs Miner, Nov 1, 1964
MRS. ERNESTINA MAGAGNA RIZZI
The Rev. John J. O'Connor celebrated the requiem mass in St. Patrick's Church, Kemmerer, Monday morning for Mrs. Ernestina (Teenie) Magagna Rizzi, who died at south Lincoln Hospital Friday morning.
She had been ill several months. The Rev. Charles F. Taylor, a long-time friend of the family delivered the funeral sermon. The Very Rev. John Marley, Rock Springs, and the Rev. Thomas O'Flannagan, Pinedale, attended the services. Interment was in St. Patrick's Cemetery.
Born Oct. 31, 1885 in Brez, Tyrol, Trentino, Italy, to Valentine and Catherine Menghni Magagna, she came to Rock Springs in 1901, to reside with her brother, Louis Magagna.
She became the bride of John B. Rizzi Dec. 6, 1905, at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church, Rock Springs. They moved to Kemmerer in 1914.
One son, Eugene, died in 1934.
Survivors are her husband, John B. Rizzi, Kemmerer; one daughter, Mrs. James (Fannie) Lane, Rock Springs; one son, Victor C., Kemmerer; one sister, Josephine Magagna, Brez, Tyrol, Italy; one grandson, James Lane, Rock Springs; Mrs. Marvin J. (Georgia Goldberg) Hunt, a ward of the Rizzis' for eight years, New Orleans, and several nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers were Arthur Piz, Dale Morrow, Robert Witherspoon, George Sawaya, Robert Bott and John Fagnant.
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