James R. "Elmer" Antonio, 62, formerly of 200 W. Ninth St., New Castle, died Saturday of heart failure in Brandywine Convalescent Home, 505 Greenbank Road, Mill Creek.
Mr. Antonio managed the family business, Antonio's Café, New Castle. He served in the Navy during World War II in the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., in the casualty department. He was a graduate of St. Peter's High School, New Castle.
He was a member of St. Anthony's Society and St. Gabriel's Lodge, both of New Castle.
He is survived by two brothers, Robert F. and Richard P., both of New Castle; four sisters, Elma J. Fusca and Marie Antonio-Mirabella, both of Wilmington, Mildred J. Marenco of Hockessin, and Ann Rose McHugh of New Castle.
Mass of Christian Burial will be offered 8 p.m. tonight in St. Peter's Catholic Church, Fifth and Harmony streets, New Castle, where friends may call one hour earlier. Burial will be 10 a.m. Wednesday in Cathedral Cemetery, Lancaster Avenue.
Instead of flowers, the family suggests contributions to St. Peter's Catholic Church Building Fund, New Castle.
Published in the News Journal on February 13, 1990
Mr. Antonio managed the family business, Antonio's Café, New Castle. He served in the Navy during World War II in the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., in the casualty department. He was a graduate of St. Peter's High School, New Castle.
He was a member of St. Anthony's Society and St. Gabriel's Lodge, both of New Castle.
He is survived by two brothers, Robert F. and Richard P., both of New Castle; four sisters, Elma J. Fusca and Marie Antonio-Mirabella, both of Wilmington, Mildred J. Marenco of Hockessin, and Ann Rose McHugh of New Castle.
Mass of Christian Burial will be offered 8 p.m. tonight in St. Peter's Catholic Church, Fifth and Harmony streets, New Castle, where friends may call one hour earlier. Burial will be 10 a.m. Wednesday in Cathedral Cemetery, Lancaster Avenue.
Instead of flowers, the family suggests contributions to St. Peter's Catholic Church Building Fund, New Castle.
Published in the News Journal on February 13, 1990
James R. "Elmer" Antonio, 62, formerly of 200 W. Ninth St., New Castle, died Saturday of heart failure in Brandywine Convalescent Home, 505 Greenbank Road, Mill Creek.
Mr. Antonio managed the family business, Antonio's Café, New Castle. He served in the Navy during World War II in the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., in the casualty department. He was a graduate of St. Peter's High School, New Castle.
He was a member of St. Anthony's Society and St. Gabriel's Lodge, both of New Castle.
He is survived by two brothers, Robert F. and Richard P., both of New Castle; four sisters, Elma J. Fusca and Marie Antonio-Mirabella, both of Wilmington, Mildred J. Marenco of Hockessin, and Ann Rose McHugh of New Castle.
Mass of Christian Burial will be offered 8 p.m. tonight in St. Peter's Catholic Church, Fifth and Harmony streets, New Castle, where friends may call one hour earlier. Burial will be 10 a.m. Wednesday in Cathedral Cemetery, Lancaster Avenue.
Instead of flowers, the family suggests contributions to St. Peter's Catholic Church Building Fund, New Castle.
Published in the News Journal on February 13, 1990
Mr. Antonio managed the family business, Antonio's Café, New Castle. He served in the Navy during World War II in the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., in the casualty department. He was a graduate of St. Peter's High School, New Castle.
He was a member of St. Anthony's Society and St. Gabriel's Lodge, both of New Castle.
He is survived by two brothers, Robert F. and Richard P., both of New Castle; four sisters, Elma J. Fusca and Marie Antonio-Mirabella, both of Wilmington, Mildred J. Marenco of Hockessin, and Ann Rose McHugh of New Castle.
Mass of Christian Burial will be offered 8 p.m. tonight in St. Peter's Catholic Church, Fifth and Harmony streets, New Castle, where friends may call one hour earlier. Burial will be 10 a.m. Wednesday in Cathedral Cemetery, Lancaster Avenue.
Instead of flowers, the family suggests contributions to St. Peter's Catholic Church Building Fund, New Castle.
Published in the News Journal on February 13, 1990
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