Giovanni Polito past 71 years old, retired coal miner of Segundo and well known in the community, passed away Sunday midnight at the local hospital after an extended illness.
He was born in Rauliano, Italy, January 21, 1883 and had come to Segundo in 1906, working at the coke ovens there until 1925, later until his retirement working in the Valdez coal mine. He was a member of the Valdez local union United Mine Workers.
He is survived by four brothers, Carmen Polito of Sunnyside, Utah, and Pete, Vince and Emilio Polito in Italy. He had been most intimately associated with the families of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Caporale, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Anderson, and the Sebastianelli family.
Funeral arrangements by Mullare Funeral Home.
Giovanni Polito past 71 years old, retired coal miner of Segundo and well known in the community, passed away Sunday midnight at the local hospital after an extended illness.
He was born in Rauliano, Italy, January 21, 1883 and had come to Segundo in 1906, working at the coke ovens there until 1925, later until his retirement working in the Valdez coal mine. He was a member of the Valdez local union United Mine Workers.
He is survived by four brothers, Carmen Polito of Sunnyside, Utah, and Pete, Vince and Emilio Polito in Italy. He had been most intimately associated with the families of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Caporale, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Anderson, and the Sebastianelli family.
Funeral arrangements by Mullare Funeral Home.
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