The Philadelphia Inquirer; Tuesday, October 24, 1995, Section D Page 10:
"Frederick G. "Freddie the Barber" Amodei died Sunday at Holy Redeemer Hospital after a lengthy battle with cancer. He was 80 years old, and cut hair for all but 14 of them. "He had guys who came in with plenty of money and guys who had no money," said his son, Alfonse Amodei. "They all liked the half hour they spent in his chair." For 50 years he ran a busy place - Freddie's Barber Shop - at 541 W. Butler St. in North Philadelphia , before moving to Burholme. Mr. Amodei started cutting hair at age 14 for Silvi's at Reese and Pike. He went to Northeast High School through 11th grade and played soccer with eight other Amodeis on a city championship team - all cousins and brothers. He worked for Pontarelli's Shop on Rising Sun Avenue until 1932, when he bought the place on Butler Street. For 50 years, through countless changes in hair styles, he plied his trade in a white shirt with the sleeves rolled up, his son said. He came from a family of barbers and raised a family of barbers, said Alfonse Amodei, 48, who cuts and replaces hair, whose daughter will be going to barber school, and whose cousin, Ralph, owns the Ralph Amodei International Institute of Hair Design & Technology in Frankford. Mr. Amodei lived with his wife, the former Isabella M. Baumann, near the shop in the old neighborhood until 1979, when they moved to the Northeast. A few years later, they moved to Holy Redeemer Village in Huntingdon Valley. In 1982, Mr. Amodei gave up his shop and worked out of Lou's Barber Shop at Bleigh and Bingham Streets, where, between him and Louis Di Giovannangelo, they had 112 years' experience when featured in an Inquirer article. "Fred touched many people over the course of his 65 years of barbering, listening to many stories, good or bad, happy or sad," wrote Craig Mann, a friend whose funeral home is handling the arrangements. In addition to his wife and son, Mr. Amodei is survived by five grandchildren, one great-grandson and a brother, Carmen. A viewing will take place at 6 p.m. today at Resurrection of Our Lord Church, 2000 Shelmire St. in Northeast Philadelphia . Burial will be at 11:30 a.m. tomorrow at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Cheltenham Township. The family requests that any contributions be made to the Fox Chase Cancer Center, 7701 Burholme Ave., Philadelphia 19111."
"Frederick G. "Freddie the Barber" Amodei died Sunday at Holy Redeemer Hospital after a lengthy battle with cancer. He was 80 years old, and cut hair for all but 14 of them. "He had guys who came in with plenty of money and guys who had no money," said his son, Alfonse Amodei. "They all liked the half hour they spent in his chair." For 50 years he ran a busy place - Freddie's Barber Shop - at 541 W. Butler St. in North Philadelphia , before moving to Burholme. Mr. Amodei started cutting hair at age 14 for Silvi's at Reese and Pike. He went to Northeast High School through 11th grade and played soccer with eight other Amodeis on a city championship team - all cousins and brothers. He worked for Pontarelli's Shop on Rising Sun Avenue until 1932, when he bought the place on Butler Street. For 50 years, through countless changes in hair styles, he plied his trade in a white shirt with the sleeves rolled up, his son said. He came from a family of barbers and raised a family of barbers, said Alfonse Amodei, 48, who cuts and replaces hair, whose daughter will be going to barber school, and whose cousin, Ralph, owns the Ralph Amodei International Institute of Hair Design & Technology in Frankford. Mr. Amodei lived with his wife, the former Isabella M. Baumann, near the shop in the old neighborhood until 1979, when they moved to the Northeast. A few years later, they moved to Holy Redeemer Village in Huntingdon Valley. In 1982, Mr. Amodei gave up his shop and worked out of Lou's Barber Shop at Bleigh and Bingham Streets, where, between him and Louis Di Giovannangelo, they had 112 years' experience when featured in an Inquirer article. "Fred touched many people over the course of his 65 years of barbering, listening to many stories, good or bad, happy or sad," wrote Craig Mann, a friend whose funeral home is handling the arrangements. In addition to his wife and son, Mr. Amodei is survived by five grandchildren, one great-grandson and a brother, Carmen. A viewing will take place at 6 p.m. today at Resurrection of Our Lord Church, 2000 Shelmire St. in Northeast Philadelphia . Burial will be at 11:30 a.m. tomorrow at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Cheltenham Township. The family requests that any contributions be made to the Fox Chase Cancer Center, 7701 Burholme Ave., Philadelphia 19111."
The Philadelphia Inquirer; Tuesday, October 24, 1995, Section D Page 10:
"Frederick G. "Freddie the Barber" Amodei died Sunday at Holy Redeemer Hospital after a lengthy battle with cancer. He was 80 years old, and cut hair for all but 14 of them. "He had guys who came in with plenty of money and guys who had no money," said his son, Alfonse Amodei. "They all liked the half hour they spent in his chair." For 50 years he ran a busy place - Freddie's Barber Shop - at 541 W. Butler St. in North Philadelphia , before moving to Burholme. Mr. Amodei started cutting hair at age 14 for Silvi's at Reese and Pike. He went to Northeast High School through 11th grade and played soccer with eight other Amodeis on a city championship team - all cousins and brothers. He worked for Pontarelli's Shop on Rising Sun Avenue until 1932, when he bought the place on Butler Street. For 50 years, through countless changes in hair styles, he plied his trade in a white shirt with the sleeves rolled up, his son said. He came from a family of barbers and raised a family of barbers, said Alfonse Amodei, 48, who cuts and replaces hair, whose daughter will be going to barber school, and whose cousin, Ralph, owns the Ralph Amodei International Institute of Hair Design & Technology in Frankford. Mr. Amodei lived with his wife, the former Isabella M. Baumann, near the shop in the old neighborhood until 1979, when they moved to the Northeast. A few years later, they moved to Holy Redeemer Village in Huntingdon Valley. In 1982, Mr. Amodei gave up his shop and worked out of Lou's Barber Shop at Bleigh and Bingham Streets, where, between him and Louis Di Giovannangelo, they had 112 years' experience when featured in an Inquirer article. "Fred touched many people over the course of his 65 years of barbering, listening to many stories, good or bad, happy or sad," wrote Craig Mann, a friend whose funeral home is handling the arrangements. In addition to his wife and son, Mr. Amodei is survived by five grandchildren, one great-grandson and a brother, Carmen. A viewing will take place at 6 p.m. today at Resurrection of Our Lord Church, 2000 Shelmire St. in Northeast Philadelphia . Burial will be at 11:30 a.m. tomorrow at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Cheltenham Township. The family requests that any contributions be made to the Fox Chase Cancer Center, 7701 Burholme Ave., Philadelphia 19111."
"Frederick G. "Freddie the Barber" Amodei died Sunday at Holy Redeemer Hospital after a lengthy battle with cancer. He was 80 years old, and cut hair for all but 14 of them. "He had guys who came in with plenty of money and guys who had no money," said his son, Alfonse Amodei. "They all liked the half hour they spent in his chair." For 50 years he ran a busy place - Freddie's Barber Shop - at 541 W. Butler St. in North Philadelphia , before moving to Burholme. Mr. Amodei started cutting hair at age 14 for Silvi's at Reese and Pike. He went to Northeast High School through 11th grade and played soccer with eight other Amodeis on a city championship team - all cousins and brothers. He worked for Pontarelli's Shop on Rising Sun Avenue until 1932, when he bought the place on Butler Street. For 50 years, through countless changes in hair styles, he plied his trade in a white shirt with the sleeves rolled up, his son said. He came from a family of barbers and raised a family of barbers, said Alfonse Amodei, 48, who cuts and replaces hair, whose daughter will be going to barber school, and whose cousin, Ralph, owns the Ralph Amodei International Institute of Hair Design & Technology in Frankford. Mr. Amodei lived with his wife, the former Isabella M. Baumann, near the shop in the old neighborhood until 1979, when they moved to the Northeast. A few years later, they moved to Holy Redeemer Village in Huntingdon Valley. In 1982, Mr. Amodei gave up his shop and worked out of Lou's Barber Shop at Bleigh and Bingham Streets, where, between him and Louis Di Giovannangelo, they had 112 years' experience when featured in an Inquirer article. "Fred touched many people over the course of his 65 years of barbering, listening to many stories, good or bad, happy or sad," wrote Craig Mann, a friend whose funeral home is handling the arrangements. In addition to his wife and son, Mr. Amodei is survived by five grandchildren, one great-grandson and a brother, Carmen. A viewing will take place at 6 p.m. today at Resurrection of Our Lord Church, 2000 Shelmire St. in Northeast Philadelphia . Burial will be at 11:30 a.m. tomorrow at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Cheltenham Township. The family requests that any contributions be made to the Fox Chase Cancer Center, 7701 Burholme Ave., Philadelphia 19111."
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