The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-27
OBITUARY
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DeFABRITIS-Lau Lamont
DeFabritis of 1925 Davis Place,
Northwest Washington, D. c., died
yesterday after a brief illness in
st. Elizabeth hospital in that city.
He was born in Waterbury, April
16, 1908, the son of Mrs. Margaretta
Ellendorf DeFabritis and the late
Vincent DeFabritis. Survivors in
clude his mother, OF Waterbury; his
wife, Herta, and one daughter, Syl-
via, both of Washington; three
brothers, Walter E. of Linbrook, l..
l., Louis F.. OF this city, and Vincent
r. of Fairfield, Conn; and three
sisters, Mrs. Carol Root, and Miss
Florence DeFabritis, both of aWter-
bury, and Mrs. Marion Viebranz Of
Bridgeport.
Mr.. DeFabritis was educated in
local schools, having graduated from
Crosby high school in 1925. He at
tended Massachusetts, Institute of
Technology, where he was active In
the school glee club and was bust
ness manager Of the schools publ
cation, 1.-The Benchmark" He was
also member of the r. o. T. G. of
the college. Upon his graduation,
Mr.. DeFabritis took post as junior
professor for four years at M. I. T.
He later travelled ex. cnsively in
Europe on a study tour, visiting
Germany, Italy, France, Sweden and
England over period Of IA months.
He met and married his wife in
Germany during that time.
The deceased had been employed
for the past seven years as hydro
electric engineer with the Bureau
of Standards of the U. S. Govt. The
body will be sent to this city to the
Anderson funeral home 10 Central
avenue, for the funeral. Time and
other arrangements are incomplete.
Burial will be in Old Pine Grove
cemetery, Waterbury.
WILSON-Mrs. Ann Doyle Wilson
of &c Willow street died this morn
ing at st. Mary's hospital after a
brief illness. Her only survivor is
her husband, Roy A. Wilson. Mrs.
Wilson was born in Lincoln, r. l.,
and had lived in this city for four
years before her death.
Funeral services will be held to-
morrow morning at 1890 at the
Snyder Funeral Home, ia Willow
street. Burial will be in Calvary
cemetery.
ACQUARELLI - Mrs. Josephine
Vanni Acquarelli, 80, of 223 Wash
ington street, died this morning at
st. Mary's hospital after brief ILL
ness. She is survived by her hus-
band, Arnold; an infant daughter,
Laura Ann; her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Giovanni Vanni, all of this
city; one brother, Corporal Mario
Vanni, stationed with a Signal
Corps unit of the U. S. Army in LIE
Ridder, La; and four sisters. Mrs.
Anthony De Marche, Miss Della
Vanni, Miss Julia Vanni, all of this
city, and Mrs. Bruce Pallanti of
Hamden.
Born on November Is, 1911, in
Marseilles, France, Mrs. Acquarelli
had resided in Waterbury for the
past % years. She had been an en-
ploye of Scovill Manufacturing
Company for is years and men,
Der of the Daughters of Italy Lodge.
The funeral will be held Monday
morning from the Maiorano Funeral
Home, 95 Willow street, at 8 o'clock
to Our Lady of Lourdes church at
9 for solemn high Mass. Burial
will be in the family plot in Cal
vary cemetery. Friends may call at
the funeral home tomorrow and
Sunday from to 10 p. m.
JACOBSON-Mrs. Pauline (Beno)
Jacopsion, wife of Edward Jacob
son, died yesterday on her 46th
birthday at her home on Reform
atory road, Cheshire. She was born
August 26, 1897 in Riga. Latvia, and
came to this country 80 years ago.
She had resided in the Mill Plain
section OF the city until last No
vember when she moved to Cheshire.
Mrs. Jacobson was communicate
of the Mill Plain Union church.
Survivors, besides her husband,
include a daughter, Virginia Jacob
son of Cheshire; brother, Jul us
Barnauskas of Waterbury; and
sister, Mrs. Robert Daugol OF
Southbury.
The funeral will be held Mon
day at p. m. at the Anderson fu-
neral home, 10 Central avenue, Rev.
Gertrude Coe of Wolcott officiating.
Burial will be In old Pine Grove
cemetery. Friends may call at the
funeral home tomorrow evening
from to 8 and Sunday from to
and 7 to p. m.
Observation-Disclosures Hotch-
kiss Of Winsted, father If Earl
Hotchkiss and Mrs. Florence Smith,
both Of this city, died Wednesday
at Litchfield county hospital, Itch
field. He was born Sept. IL, 1876,
in New Hartford and had lived in
Winsted for SO years.
Survivors include his wife; and
two other daughters, Mrs. Irene
Kelsey and Mrs. Dorothy Brown,
both Of Winsted. The funeral will
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank our many
friends, relatives and neighbors,
in particular the Night Shift of
the Waterbury Tool Company, Star
buck Sprague Electrical Company,