Luigi PENZI

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: 19 Dec 1923, Left Genoa, Italy on Dec 9, 1923 on the S.S. Duilio

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.

Family/Spouse: Rina BOZ. Rina died in 1974. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Luigi married Dorothy ? about 1979. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Patty ?. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]