Posted by Cathy Gowdy on Tuesday, March 25, 2008 at 06:05:50 :
Independent Journal
Saturday, May 10, 1980
ROCCO J. DURANTO
A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered for Rocco J. “Russ” Duranto, retired San Anselmo street foreman, at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Anselm’s Church, San Anselmo.
Duranto, 76, of San Anselmo, died Thursday at a local hospital after a long illness.
He retired 16 years ago after working with the town for 18 years. He worked in shipyards in Sausalito during World War II.
He was a native of San Francisco, who had been a resident of San Anselmo for 55 years.
Duranto was a charter member of San Rafael Aerie 256, Fraternal Order of the Eagles.
Surviving are his wife, Hilda R. Duranto of San Anselmo; a son, Don Duranto of Novato; a daughter, June Cortese of Pacifica; two sisters, Flora Garetto of San Francisco and Theresa Colletti of Los Angeles; and two grandchildren.
Burial will be at Mount Olivet Cemetery, San Rafael. Rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. Sunday at the Chapel of the Hills, San Anselmo.
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A Death Notice in the same paper adds that he was the grandfather of Katherine and Richard Cortese Jr.
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