Mary “Minny” <I>Agate</I> Destro

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Mary “Minny” Agate Destro

Birth
Bronte, Città Metropolitana di Catania, Sicilia, Italy
Death
8 Feb 1994 (aged 91)
Coral Gables, Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA
Burial
Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA Add to Map
Plot
Mausoleum Unit 6 - 2nd Floor
Memorial ID
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She was born in Bronte, Provincia di Catania, Sicily.

Her Parents:

*Father was Salvatore Agate
*Mother was Nunzia Agate

Her Siblings:

*James
*Anthony J.
*Joseph
*Margaret
*Grace
*Rose
*Nancy

She and her family immigrated to the USA in 1907. And they settled in Jamestown, NY.

In 1920, at Jamestown,NY, she married Luigi (Louis) Destro who was also from Bronte, Sicily.

Their children:
*Anthony Louis, 1921-1943
*Phyllis Destro-Parasiliti-Verela, 1922-2000
*Samuel, 1930-2001

Around the year 1934 the family moved to Florida.

Her oldest son, Anthony, during WWII would serve in the Army Air Corps and would lose his life fighting for his country in Europe. The B-24 bomber he was flying in was shot down in 1943 by the Germans. Anthony and some of his crew-mates would die in the crash.


Husband Luigi (Louis) would pass away in 1946


She was born in Bronte, Provincia di Catania, Sicily.

Her Parents:

*Father was Salvatore Agate
*Mother was Nunzia Agate

Her Siblings:

*James
*Anthony J.
*Joseph
*Margaret
*Grace
*Rose
*Nancy

She and her family immigrated to the USA in 1907. And they settled in Jamestown, NY.

In 1920, at Jamestown,NY, she married Luigi (Louis) Destro who was also from Bronte, Sicily.

Their children:
*Anthony Louis, 1921-1943
*Phyllis Destro-Parasiliti-Verela, 1922-2000
*Samuel, 1930-2001

Around the year 1934 the family moved to Florida.

Her oldest son, Anthony, during WWII would serve in the Army Air Corps and would lose his life fighting for his country in Europe. The B-24 bomber he was flying in was shot down in 1943 by the Germans. Anthony and some of his crew-mates would die in the crash.


Husband Luigi (Louis) would pass away in 1946




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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/95043920/mary-destro: accessed ), memorial page for Mary “Minny” Agate Destro (7 Oct 1902–8 Feb 1994), Find a Grave Memorial ID 95043920, citing Woodlawn Park North Cemetery and Mausoleum, Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA; Maintained by usafdo (contributor 48612389).