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Louis “Louie” Brigante

Birth
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Death
18 May 1978 (aged 66)
Lancaster, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Burial
Cremated. Specifically: It is likely that Louis was cremated and his ashes were given to his wife. In decades of searching, no burial information has come up. He was military, so his funeral would have been paid for. Add to Map
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Louis was the youngest of 10 children. His parents were VIncenzo and Rosa Marie (Damiano) Brigante. His parents immigrated from Italy shortly after Louis' oldest brother was born. Louie served in the military during WWII. It is unknown what he did. After the war, he tried to make a go at turkey farming, he was gifted a turkey farm by his brother, but that was very hard on his lungs. In 1951 he married Evelyn Alston and adopted her nine-year-old daughter, Ronna. It is unknown what other kinds of work he did nearer to the end of his life.

He attempted to remain close to his siblings, but his wife's relationship with the extended family was strained; even more so after his death. After extensive searching for his military grave, it is finally assumed that he was cremated and his ashes were given to his wife. The estrangement makes his final resting place unknown.

His lifelong smoking habit, coupled with raising turkeys permanently damaged his lungs. He died of lung cancer in 1978. He had looked decades older than even his oldest brothers, in the ten years before he died. He was considered a kind man who generally tried to do the right thing.
Louis was the youngest of 10 children. His parents were VIncenzo and Rosa Marie (Damiano) Brigante. His parents immigrated from Italy shortly after Louis' oldest brother was born. Louie served in the military during WWII. It is unknown what he did. After the war, he tried to make a go at turkey farming, he was gifted a turkey farm by his brother, but that was very hard on his lungs. In 1951 he married Evelyn Alston and adopted her nine-year-old daughter, Ronna. It is unknown what other kinds of work he did nearer to the end of his life.

He attempted to remain close to his siblings, but his wife's relationship with the extended family was strained; even more so after his death. After extensive searching for his military grave, it is finally assumed that he was cremated and his ashes were given to his wife. The estrangement makes his final resting place unknown.

His lifelong smoking habit, coupled with raising turkeys permanently damaged his lungs. He died of lung cancer in 1978. He had looked decades older than even his oldest brothers, in the ten years before he died. He was considered a kind man who generally tried to do the right thing.

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