Luigi PENZI

Male 1909 - 2011  (101 years)


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  • Name Luigi PENZI  [1
    Birth 04 Nov 1909  Fanna, Pordenone, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Immigration 19 Dec 1923  Left Genoa, Italy on Dec 9, 1923 on the S.S. Duilio Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Death 25 Jan 2011  Miami, Dade, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Notes 
    • The Miami Herald on January 28, 2001

      Louis Penzi(1909-2011)

      101, of Miami passed away Jan. 25, 2011. Born in Fanna, Italy and came over when he was 12 years old with his mother & sister. He learned the tile & terrazzo trade from his father Pete and brother Clemente becoming a combination craftsman in the trade. He began his career with a national contractor traveling throughout the States. In NY, he met Rina Boz whom he married and settled down in Miami (1935). He built 3 homes and 2 warehouse buildings in Miami. He loved to hunt, fish, and was a bowler until the age of 93. A past master of his lodge, he was a Shriner & 32nd degree Mason and was a life member in Lionism.
      He was predeceased by his first wife Rina in 1974. He is survived by his second wife of 32 years: Dorothy; beloved son Louis Jr. (Patty); Grandchildren, Mark and Angela Penzi; Nephews, Raymond & Sergio Penzi; and Nieces, Mary Madalena, Kathy Lanza, and Valerie Hinkell. the family will receive friends Saturday 10 a.m. to 12 pm. A service will be 12 pm at Memorial Plan Lithgow Bennett Philbrick Funeral Home. Entombment to follow at Our Lady of Mercy Cemetery.
    Person ID I65357  Main Tree

    Father Pietro Eligio PENZI,   b. 17 Oct 1877, Fanna, Pordenone, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship Natural 
    Mother Maddalena PONTELLO,   b. 06 Oct 1880, Cavasso Nuovo, Pordenone, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship Natural 
    Marriage 21 Jan 1904  Cavasso Nuovo, Pordenone, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Family ID F26310  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Rina BOZ   d. 1974 
    Children 
     1. Louis M. PENZI, Jr.
    Family ID F26337  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Dorothy ? 
    Marriage Abt 1979  [4
    Family ID F26492  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Sources 
    1. [S04372] "Valentino Bortoli Report" by Francesco Pontello.

    2. [S01818] Ancestry.com: Social Security Death Index.

    3. [S01811] Ancestry.com: New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957.

    4. [S04384] Obituary Notice for Louis Penzi.