A Mass of Christian Burial for John Anthony (Lefty) Alascrio Sr., a longtime Lexington Market produce merchant, will be offered at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow at Our Lady of Victory Church, 4416 Wilkins avenue.
Mr. Alascio, who was 65, died Sunday at his Arbutus home. The owner of Lefty's Produce for more than 50 years, Mr. Alascio had inherited the stall from his father, a native of Palermo Sicily, who immigrated here in the early 1900s. His father at one time operated five fruit stalls in the old Lexington Market. Mr. Alascio was born and reared near the Lexington Market neighborhood and as a youth helped his father with the fruit business. He attended local public schools. Mr. Alascio lived in Arbutus for the past 25 years.
Survivors include his wife, the former Eleanor Corcoran; two sons, Thomas J. Alascio, Sr., and John Anthony, Jr.; a daughter, Mrs. JoAnne Edwards, and three grandchildren all of Arbutus; two sisters, Margaret Marsiglia and Lucy Alascio; and two brothers, Harry Alascio and Joseph Alascio, all of Baltimore.
The Baltimore Sun, February 17, 1981.
A Mass of Christian Burial for John Anthony (Lefty) Alascrio Sr., a longtime Lexington Market produce merchant, will be offered at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow at Our Lady of Victory Church, 4416 Wilkins avenue.
Mr. Alascio, who was 65, died Sunday at his Arbutus home. The owner of Lefty's Produce for more than 50 years, Mr. Alascio had inherited the stall from his father, a native of Palermo Sicily, who immigrated here in the early 1900s. His father at one time operated five fruit stalls in the old Lexington Market. Mr. Alascio was born and reared near the Lexington Market neighborhood and as a youth helped his father with the fruit business. He attended local public schools. Mr. Alascio lived in Arbutus for the past 25 years.
Survivors include his wife, the former Eleanor Corcoran; two sons, Thomas J. Alascio, Sr., and John Anthony, Jr.; a daughter, Mrs. JoAnne Edwards, and three grandchildren all of Arbutus; two sisters, Margaret Marsiglia and Lucy Alascio; and two brothers, Harry Alascio and Joseph Alascio, all of Baltimore.
The Baltimore Sun, February 17, 1981.
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