Felix Marino was born on July 5, 1877, in Itri, Italy, the son of Savario and Maria Ciano Marino. Itri is on the famed ancient highway, the Appian Way. Both of his parents were born and died in Italy.
His first name was originally "Felice."
Felice left Itri on November 21, 1901, and came to the United States on the steamship Lombardia Genova of Florio Robbattinoco. He met his older brother, Frank (Memorial #167769745) at Johnstown, Pennsylvania, where he started to work for the Cambria Steel Company. He worked 10 hours a day for $1.15 a day. Because of an accident in 1902 where 3 men were killed, in 1903, Felix and Frank (and Frank's wife) left Johnstown to find a better job. After brief stays at mines in Possum Glory (now Heilwood), Indiana County (1904); and Black Lick, Pennsylvania (1905); they settled in Clover Run, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, in 1907. At Clover Run, they built a home and started a grocery business. Business was poor, so Felix left and took a job on a water line to Houtzdale, Pennsylvania, for a few months, then returned to Clover Run. In 1909, he started to work in the coal mine at Clover Run at 62 cents per ton, working with a pick. From that time on, he was an active member of the United Mine Workers Union of America, local # 9875 in Clover Run.
After working for 12 years and saving his money, he returned to Italy in June 1913 to visit his father and to look for a bride.
Felice married Giovanna DeSantis on December 8, 1913, in Santa Maria Maggiore (St. Mary Major) Catholic Church in Itri, Italy, with Rev. Priore Bartolomeo Mancini as celebrant. (The church suffered major damage during bombings by the Allied Forces in 1944 during World War II. The bell tower was fortunately spared and has since been restored.) Two days later, the couple sailed from Naples, crossing the Atlantic in rough winter seas, the ship almost sinking. They arrived at Ellis Island on February 16, 1914, and returned to Clover Run.
Felix was a coal miner in Clover Run (1909-1919), Rayville, a small mine camp near Davis Church (1919-1924), and "Number 8" (1924-1939), all mining towns in the Punxsutawney area that are now gone. In 1921, he also started a small grocery store in Rayville. At Number 8, a mine between Punsutawney and Valier owned by the A. L. Light Coal Company, the family had 2 shacks, one for a home, and one for a grocery store. The family didn't have to pay for utilities, because there weren't any! Mr. Light built a gasoline station for Felix and Joanna to run. Felix was elected secretary-treasurer of the Local 7038 of the United Mine Workers of America in May 1935 and remained so until his retirement. He was also a former treasurer of the local lodge of the Italian Sons and Daughters of America.
Felix and Joanna moved to Punxsutawney in 1939, first to 224 N. Penn St., then to Elk Run Ave. Felix continued to work in the Number 8 mine from 1924-1947. Coal mining was quite primitive then. The miners had to use dynamite and blasting powder to loosen the coal so it could be shoveled onto small coal cars. Each miner had a number and would be paid by the ton. Felix retired at age 70 with a pension and was never injured.
He was a member of Sts. Cosmas and Damian Roman Catholic Church in Punxsutawney and the Italian Sons and Daughters of America. Both in the mining towns and in Punxsutawney, Felix kept large vegetable gardens.
Felix and Joanna celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary on Thanksgiving Day 1963 with a family dinner at the BPO Elks, and an open house from 4-9 p.m. for more than 100 guests at their home. A year ago, at the age of 95, Felix underwent his second cataract surgery.
Felix Marino died peacefully at home on Wednesday, October 3, 1973, at age 96.
He is survived by four daughters and two sons: Fred S. Marvin of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Faustina R. Trace of Rochester, New Hampshire; Mary P. Leard of Columbus, Ohio; Sylvia V. Kurutz of Renovo, Pennsylvania; Anne R. Zatsick of Punxsutawney, and Herman J. Marino of Oak Lawn, Illinois. He is also survived by 26 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by his wife, his parents, and by his daughter, Natalie Kurutz.
Arrangements were by and Visitation was at the Pifer Funeral Home in Punxsutawney. Funeral Mass was celebrated on Saturday, October 6, at Sts. Cosmas and Damian Catholic Church. Pallbearers were grandsons from all branches of the family. Interment followed at Calvary Cemetery.
Information from family history. Submitted by granddaughter-in-law Angela, Member #48520699.
His first name was originally "Felice."
Felice left Itri on November 21, 1901, and came to the United States on the steamship Lombardia Genova of Florio Robbattinoco. He met his older brother, Frank (Memorial #167769745) at Johnstown, Pennsylvania, where he started to work for the Cambria Steel Company. He worked 10 hours a day for $1.15 a day. Because of an accident in 1902 where 3 men were killed, in 1903, Felix and Frank (and Frank's wife) left Johnstown to find a better job. After brief stays at mines in Possum Glory (now Heilwood), Indiana County (1904); and Black Lick, Pennsylvania (1905); they settled in Clover Run, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, in 1907. At Clover Run, they built a home and started a grocery business. Business was poor, so Felix left and took a job on a water line to Houtzdale, Pennsylvania, for a few months, then returned to Clover Run. In 1909, he started to work in the coal mine at Clover Run at 62 cents per ton, working with a pick. From that time on, he was an active member of the United Mine Workers Union of America, local # 9875 in Clover Run.
After working for 12 years and saving his money, he returned to Italy in June 1913 to visit his father and to look for a bride.
Felice married Giovanna DeSantis on December 8, 1913, in Santa Maria Maggiore (St. Mary Major) Catholic Church in Itri, Italy, with Rev. Priore Bartolomeo Mancini as celebrant. (The church suffered major damage during bombings by the Allied Forces in 1944 during World War II. The bell tower was fortunately spared and has since been restored.) Two days later, the couple sailed from Naples, crossing the Atlantic in rough winter seas, the ship almost sinking. They arrived at Ellis Island on February 16, 1914, and returned to Clover Run.
Felix was a coal miner in Clover Run (1909-1919), Rayville, a small mine camp near Davis Church (1919-1924), and "Number 8" (1924-1939), all mining towns in the Punxsutawney area that are now gone. In 1921, he also started a small grocery store in Rayville. At Number 8, a mine between Punsutawney and Valier owned by the A. L. Light Coal Company, the family had 2 shacks, one for a home, and one for a grocery store. The family didn't have to pay for utilities, because there weren't any! Mr. Light built a gasoline station for Felix and Joanna to run. Felix was elected secretary-treasurer of the Local 7038 of the United Mine Workers of America in May 1935 and remained so until his retirement. He was also a former treasurer of the local lodge of the Italian Sons and Daughters of America.
Felix and Joanna moved to Punxsutawney in 1939, first to 224 N. Penn St., then to Elk Run Ave. Felix continued to work in the Number 8 mine from 1924-1947. Coal mining was quite primitive then. The miners had to use dynamite and blasting powder to loosen the coal so it could be shoveled onto small coal cars. Each miner had a number and would be paid by the ton. Felix retired at age 70 with a pension and was never injured.
He was a member of Sts. Cosmas and Damian Roman Catholic Church in Punxsutawney and the Italian Sons and Daughters of America. Both in the mining towns and in Punxsutawney, Felix kept large vegetable gardens.
Felix and Joanna celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary on Thanksgiving Day 1963 with a family dinner at the BPO Elks, and an open house from 4-9 p.m. for more than 100 guests at their home. A year ago, at the age of 95, Felix underwent his second cataract surgery.
Felix Marino died peacefully at home on Wednesday, October 3, 1973, at age 96.
He is survived by four daughters and two sons: Fred S. Marvin of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Faustina R. Trace of Rochester, New Hampshire; Mary P. Leard of Columbus, Ohio; Sylvia V. Kurutz of Renovo, Pennsylvania; Anne R. Zatsick of Punxsutawney, and Herman J. Marino of Oak Lawn, Illinois. He is also survived by 26 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by his wife, his parents, and by his daughter, Natalie Kurutz.
Arrangements were by and Visitation was at the Pifer Funeral Home in Punxsutawney. Funeral Mass was celebrated on Saturday, October 6, at Sts. Cosmas and Damian Catholic Church. Pallbearers were grandsons from all branches of the family. Interment followed at Calvary Cemetery.
Information from family history. Submitted by granddaughter-in-law Angela, Member #48520699.
Felix Marino was born on July 5, 1877, in Itri, Italy, the son of Savario and Maria Ciano Marino. Itri is on the famed ancient highway, the Appian Way. Both of his parents were born and died in Italy.
His first name was originally "Felice."
Felice left Itri on November 21, 1901, and came to the United States on the steamship Lombardia Genova of Florio Robbattinoco. He met his older brother, Frank (Memorial #167769745) at Johnstown, Pennsylvania, where he started to work for the Cambria Steel Company. He worked 10 hours a day for $1.15 a day. Because of an accident in 1902 where 3 men were killed, in 1903, Felix and Frank (and Frank's wife) left Johnstown to find a better job. After brief stays at mines in Possum Glory (now Heilwood), Indiana County (1904); and Black Lick, Pennsylvania (1905); they settled in Clover Run, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, in 1907. At Clover Run, they built a home and started a grocery business. Business was poor, so Felix left and took a job on a water line to Houtzdale, Pennsylvania, for a few months, then returned to Clover Run. In 1909, he started to work in the coal mine at Clover Run at 62 cents per ton, working with a pick. From that time on, he was an active member of the United Mine Workers Union of America, local # 9875 in Clover Run.
After working for 12 years and saving his money, he returned to Italy in June 1913 to visit his father and to look for a bride.
Felice married Giovanna DeSantis on December 8, 1913, in Santa Maria Maggiore (St. Mary Major) Catholic Church in Itri, Italy, with Rev. Priore Bartolomeo Mancini as celebrant. (The church suffered major damage during bombings by the Allied Forces in 1944 during World War II. The bell tower was fortunately spared and has since been restored.) Two days later, the couple sailed from Naples, crossing the Atlantic in rough winter seas, the ship almost sinking. They arrived at Ellis Island on February 16, 1914, and returned to Clover Run.
Felix was a coal miner in Clover Run (1909-1919), Rayville, a small mine camp near Davis Church (1919-1924), and "Number 8" (1924-1939), all mining towns in the Punxsutawney area that are now gone. In 1921, he also started a small grocery store in Rayville. At Number 8, a mine between Punsutawney and Valier owned by the A. L. Light Coal Company, the family had 2 shacks, one for a home, and one for a grocery store. The family didn't have to pay for utilities, because there weren't any! Mr. Light built a gasoline station for Felix and Joanna to run. Felix was elected secretary-treasurer of the Local 7038 of the United Mine Workers of America in May 1935 and remained so until his retirement. He was also a former treasurer of the local lodge of the Italian Sons and Daughters of America.
Felix and Joanna moved to Punxsutawney in 1939, first to 224 N. Penn St., then to Elk Run Ave. Felix continued to work in the Number 8 mine from 1924-1947. Coal mining was quite primitive then. The miners had to use dynamite and blasting powder to loosen the coal so it could be shoveled onto small coal cars. Each miner had a number and would be paid by the ton. Felix retired at age 70 with a pension and was never injured.
He was a member of Sts. Cosmas and Damian Roman Catholic Church in Punxsutawney and the Italian Sons and Daughters of America. Both in the mining towns and in Punxsutawney, Felix kept large vegetable gardens.
Felix and Joanna celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary on Thanksgiving Day 1963 with a family dinner at the BPO Elks, and an open house from 4-9 p.m. for more than 100 guests at their home. A year ago, at the age of 95, Felix underwent his second cataract surgery.
Felix Marino died peacefully at home on Wednesday, October 3, 1973, at age 96.
He is survived by four daughters and two sons: Fred S. Marvin of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Faustina R. Trace of Rochester, New Hampshire; Mary P. Leard of Columbus, Ohio; Sylvia V. Kurutz of Renovo, Pennsylvania; Anne R. Zatsick of Punxsutawney, and Herman J. Marino of Oak Lawn, Illinois. He is also survived by 26 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by his wife, his parents, and by his daughter, Natalie Kurutz.
Arrangements were by and Visitation was at the Pifer Funeral Home in Punxsutawney. Funeral Mass was celebrated on Saturday, October 6, at Sts. Cosmas and Damian Catholic Church. Pallbearers were grandsons from all branches of the family. Interment followed at Calvary Cemetery.
Information from family history. Submitted by granddaughter-in-law Angela, Member #48520699.
His first name was originally "Felice."
Felice left Itri on November 21, 1901, and came to the United States on the steamship Lombardia Genova of Florio Robbattinoco. He met his older brother, Frank (Memorial #167769745) at Johnstown, Pennsylvania, where he started to work for the Cambria Steel Company. He worked 10 hours a day for $1.15 a day. Because of an accident in 1902 where 3 men were killed, in 1903, Felix and Frank (and Frank's wife) left Johnstown to find a better job. After brief stays at mines in Possum Glory (now Heilwood), Indiana County (1904); and Black Lick, Pennsylvania (1905); they settled in Clover Run, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, in 1907. At Clover Run, they built a home and started a grocery business. Business was poor, so Felix left and took a job on a water line to Houtzdale, Pennsylvania, for a few months, then returned to Clover Run. In 1909, he started to work in the coal mine at Clover Run at 62 cents per ton, working with a pick. From that time on, he was an active member of the United Mine Workers Union of America, local # 9875 in Clover Run.
After working for 12 years and saving his money, he returned to Italy in June 1913 to visit his father and to look for a bride.
Felice married Giovanna DeSantis on December 8, 1913, in Santa Maria Maggiore (St. Mary Major) Catholic Church in Itri, Italy, with Rev. Priore Bartolomeo Mancini as celebrant. (The church suffered major damage during bombings by the Allied Forces in 1944 during World War II. The bell tower was fortunately spared and has since been restored.) Two days later, the couple sailed from Naples, crossing the Atlantic in rough winter seas, the ship almost sinking. They arrived at Ellis Island on February 16, 1914, and returned to Clover Run.
Felix was a coal miner in Clover Run (1909-1919), Rayville, a small mine camp near Davis Church (1919-1924), and "Number 8" (1924-1939), all mining towns in the Punxsutawney area that are now gone. In 1921, he also started a small grocery store in Rayville. At Number 8, a mine between Punsutawney and Valier owned by the A. L. Light Coal Company, the family had 2 shacks, one for a home, and one for a grocery store. The family didn't have to pay for utilities, because there weren't any! Mr. Light built a gasoline station for Felix and Joanna to run. Felix was elected secretary-treasurer of the Local 7038 of the United Mine Workers of America in May 1935 and remained so until his retirement. He was also a former treasurer of the local lodge of the Italian Sons and Daughters of America.
Felix and Joanna moved to Punxsutawney in 1939, first to 224 N. Penn St., then to Elk Run Ave. Felix continued to work in the Number 8 mine from 1924-1947. Coal mining was quite primitive then. The miners had to use dynamite and blasting powder to loosen the coal so it could be shoveled onto small coal cars. Each miner had a number and would be paid by the ton. Felix retired at age 70 with a pension and was never injured.
He was a member of Sts. Cosmas and Damian Roman Catholic Church in Punxsutawney and the Italian Sons and Daughters of America. Both in the mining towns and in Punxsutawney, Felix kept large vegetable gardens.
Felix and Joanna celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary on Thanksgiving Day 1963 with a family dinner at the BPO Elks, and an open house from 4-9 p.m. for more than 100 guests at their home. A year ago, at the age of 95, Felix underwent his second cataract surgery.
Felix Marino died peacefully at home on Wednesday, October 3, 1973, at age 96.
He is survived by four daughters and two sons: Fred S. Marvin of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Faustina R. Trace of Rochester, New Hampshire; Mary P. Leard of Columbus, Ohio; Sylvia V. Kurutz of Renovo, Pennsylvania; Anne R. Zatsick of Punxsutawney, and Herman J. Marino of Oak Lawn, Illinois. He is also survived by 26 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by his wife, his parents, and by his daughter, Natalie Kurutz.
Arrangements were by and Visitation was at the Pifer Funeral Home in Punxsutawney. Funeral Mass was celebrated on Saturday, October 6, at Sts. Cosmas and Damian Catholic Church. Pallbearers were grandsons from all branches of the family. Interment followed at Calvary Cemetery.
Information from family history. Submitted by granddaughter-in-law Angela, Member #48520699.
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