MANCHESTER EVENING HERALD, MANCHESTER, CONN., WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 1958
Obituary
Deaths
Anthony Lupacchino
Anthony Lupacchino, 73 died at his home, 76 Florence St. this morning, after a long illness.
Born in Italy, he came to Manchester 58 years ago. He was employed at Cheney Bros. for 24 years and by the Town for 32 years, retiring a few years ago. He was a member of the Italian American Society, Cristoforo Columbo Society, Forresters of America and Miantonomoh Tribe, IORM.
He leaves his wife, Mrs. Mary P. Lupacchino: four sons, Joseph J. of Cheshire, Clement L. and John C. both of Manchester, and Anthony D. Lupacchino in the U.S. Navy: four daughters, Mrs. Harold Balch of Bolton and Mrs. Harold Kearns, Mrs. Walter Kaszowski and Miss Elizabeth Lupacchino, all of Manchester, three brothers Ralph of Manchester, Gaetano of Hartford and Michaelangelo Lupacchino in Italy: three sisters, Mrs. Egidio Fiore of Manchester, and Mrs. R. Augustine and Miss Serafina Lupacchino, both in Italy, and 11 grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Saturday morning at 9:45 at the John B. Burke Funeral Home 87 E. Center St. and in St. James' Church at 10:30. Burial will be in St. James' Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home tomorrow night from 7 to 10 o'clock and Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 10 p.m.
MANCHESTER EVENING HERALD, MANCHESTER, CONN., MONDAY, MAY 12, 1958
Funerals
Anthony Lupacchino
Funeral services for Anthony Lupacchino, 76 Florence St., wee held Saturday morning at 9:45 at the John B. Burke Funeral Home and in St. James' Church at 10:30.
The Rev. Joseph McCann was the celebrant, the Rev. John Blanchfield the deacon and the Rev. James O'Connell the subdeacon. The Rev. John F. Hannon and the Rev. Marshall Fillip were seated in the sanctuary. Mrs. Jane Maccarone was organist and soloist. Father Filip, assisted by Father McCann and Father O'Connell, read the committal service at the grave in St. James'; Cemetery.
Active bearers were Joseph Lupacchino, Joseph Lupacchino, Nuncio Lupacchino, Rocco Lupacchino, Lee Gagnon and Frank Fiore.
Honorary bearers were Samuel Amadeo, Alesandro Calacrino and John Rota, representing the Cristoforo Colombo Society and Frank Diana, Anniboto Gerevini and Joseph Vinci, representing the Italian American Society.
*****
(This is a biography for Anthony (Antonio) Lupacchino prepared by his youngest son Anthony Daniel Lupacchino).
Antonio (Tony) Lupacchino (Lubeck)
Born: July 18, 1884 – Sepino, Campobasso, Molise, Italy
Death: May 7, 1958 – At his home in Manchester CT, USA
(The attached photo was taken circa 1908/1909 or that of a wedding photo around the same time.)
(An explanation of the last name Lubeck).
Antonio Lupacchino came to the United States around April 1903 at age 19. Ships manifests might have listed him as Lupacchino or Lupacchini. When being interviewed by canvassers for the U.S. Census and City Directories he would have pronounced Lupacchino in the Italian dialect 'Lu-Pac-Kino'. Officials would hear and record the name in any of the following forms as sourced from U.S. Census and City Directories: 'Lobec', 'Lubec', 'Lubeck', 'Lupec', 'Lupeck', 'Luvec', 'Levake', or other versions of the name and recording it accordingly.
The English translation for Lupacchino is 'little wolf' . . . Lupa = wolf and chino = little.
His first marriage around 1908 or 1909 was to Maria (Dellarippa) Lupacchino and they had four children, Joseph, Frances, Mary and Philomena. The four children of the first family used Lupacchino and Lubeck interchangeably.
Maria passed away during the Pandemic of 1918, on November 3, 1918 at Wildwood State Sanatorium in Newington CT (Elmwood Section).
His second marriage was to Angela Maria (Pontillo) Lupacchino in Sepino, Campobasso, Italy in March of 1922 and they returned to the United States in April of 1922. They had five children, Clement, Philomena, John, Elizabeth and Anthony who all used the name Lupacchino.
He worked with my Uncle Clement Pontillo, who was recruited through Cheney Brothers as a stone mason, helping to build some of the buildings. Clement Pontillo made several crossings to and from Italy, in the Spring and Fall of each year. It was through Clement I believe my father met my mother, Angela Maria (Pontillo) Lupacchino.
The attached article MANCHESTER LABORER BURIED BY CAVE-IN – Special to The Courant November 3, 1909, describes the incident and gives an insight of his earliest time with Cheney Brothers in the South Manchester Sanitary and Sewer District, a company within Cheney Brothers under the leadership of Captain J. D. Cheney, in charge with all outdoor work. The Sewer District later became the Town of Manchester Highway Department.
The reference to the 'shanty where he lived' I believe to be 22 Hartford Road (The Rogers Block) as listed in the 1910 City Directory as Tony 'Levake' employed by Cheney Brothers.
In the 1924 book, The History of Manchester Connecticut by Mathias Spiess, my father is listed as an Indian Brave during the 1923 Centennial Parade. In the early 1940's I recall wearing the Indian Headdress that he wore in the parade.
From my recollections of the 1940's He worked as a Laborer doing several jobs from ditch digging (by hand), toppling trees by use of two handled saws (two man operation), cleaning street sewer traps with long handled shovels. In the winter he was on the back of Town of Manchester trucks filled with sand, spreading it by hand on roads and sidewalks. He also cleared snow from sewer openings and fire hydrants.
In later years he supervised storm sewer installations and worked on the reconstruction of the Park Street Bridge, replacing the wooden planking with a steel grate surface. In the evening I would accompany him to the Park Street Bridge to refill and light the kerosene lanterns.
In the winter he also tended coal fired furnaces for widows in some of the larger homes along East Center Street, in the area between Spruce and Holl Streets.
He was employed by Cheney Brothers for about 50 years and was proud to be a citizen of the United States. He worked hard to support his family and saved his money to buy a home on Florence Street and a four family house on Birch Street.
I also had a sister who worked in the Velvet Mills, a sister who worked in the business office and a sister who worked at Pioneer Parachute Company. My mother worked at Manchester Modes as a joiner (joining sleeves to the body of coats).
(ANTHONY D. LUPACCHINO – Researched, compiled and recorded all this information for the ANTONIO LUPACCHINO (LUBECK) Family Tree)
MANCHESTER LABORER BURIED BY CAVE-IN
Special to The Courant
The Hartford Courant: Nov 3, 1909; ProQuest Historical Newspapers Hartford Courant (1764-1922)
Page 12
MANCHESTER LABORER BURIED BY CAVE-IN
Rescued With Little Apparent Injury
(Special to The Courant)
MANCHESTER, Wednesday, Nov. 3, (1909)
Tony Lubec (Antonio Lupacchino), a laborer employed in the sewer work being carried on by the South Manchester Sanitary & Sewer District, was buried to his chin under a caving bank while engaged digging in a ditch on Summit Street yesterday (Tuesday, Nov. 2, 1909) morning shortly before 10 o'clock. His condition was soon discovered by other men at work on the sewer and little time was lost in digging him out. He was taken to a house nearby and Dr. W. S. Gillam was called. As far as external appearances were concerned Tony seemed to be little the worse of the accident, but he complained of pains in his chest and about his body and, fearing that he might have been injured internally, Dr. Gillam ordered that he be taken to the Hartford Hospital where he could receive better care than he would have in the shanty where he was living. Captain J. D. Cheney, who has charge of all the outdoor work carried on by Cheney Brothers, the sewer district being a company inside their own firm, was notified and carried the injured man to the Manchester railroad station from where he was taken to Hartford by steam train. He is the second to be buried by cave-in since the work of extending the sewers on the side streets north of the Center was started in the summer.
(ANTHONY D. LUPACCHINO – Researched, compiled and recorded all this information for the ANTONIO LUPACCHINO (LUBECK) Family Tree)
Obituary
Deaths
Anthony Lupacchino
Anthony Lupacchino, 73 died at his home, 76 Florence St. this morning, after a long illness.
Born in Italy, he came to Manchester 58 years ago. He was employed at Cheney Bros. for 24 years and by the Town for 32 years, retiring a few years ago. He was a member of the Italian American Society, Cristoforo Columbo Society, Forresters of America and Miantonomoh Tribe, IORM.
He leaves his wife, Mrs. Mary P. Lupacchino: four sons, Joseph J. of Cheshire, Clement L. and John C. both of Manchester, and Anthony D. Lupacchino in the U.S. Navy: four daughters, Mrs. Harold Balch of Bolton and Mrs. Harold Kearns, Mrs. Walter Kaszowski and Miss Elizabeth Lupacchino, all of Manchester, three brothers Ralph of Manchester, Gaetano of Hartford and Michaelangelo Lupacchino in Italy: three sisters, Mrs. Egidio Fiore of Manchester, and Mrs. R. Augustine and Miss Serafina Lupacchino, both in Italy, and 11 grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Saturday morning at 9:45 at the John B. Burke Funeral Home 87 E. Center St. and in St. James' Church at 10:30. Burial will be in St. James' Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home tomorrow night from 7 to 10 o'clock and Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 10 p.m.
MANCHESTER EVENING HERALD, MANCHESTER, CONN., MONDAY, MAY 12, 1958
Funerals
Anthony Lupacchino
Funeral services for Anthony Lupacchino, 76 Florence St., wee held Saturday morning at 9:45 at the John B. Burke Funeral Home and in St. James' Church at 10:30.
The Rev. Joseph McCann was the celebrant, the Rev. John Blanchfield the deacon and the Rev. James O'Connell the subdeacon. The Rev. John F. Hannon and the Rev. Marshall Fillip were seated in the sanctuary. Mrs. Jane Maccarone was organist and soloist. Father Filip, assisted by Father McCann and Father O'Connell, read the committal service at the grave in St. James'; Cemetery.
Active bearers were Joseph Lupacchino, Joseph Lupacchino, Nuncio Lupacchino, Rocco Lupacchino, Lee Gagnon and Frank Fiore.
Honorary bearers were Samuel Amadeo, Alesandro Calacrino and John Rota, representing the Cristoforo Colombo Society and Frank Diana, Anniboto Gerevini and Joseph Vinci, representing the Italian American Society.
*****
(This is a biography for Anthony (Antonio) Lupacchino prepared by his youngest son Anthony Daniel Lupacchino).
Antonio (Tony) Lupacchino (Lubeck)
Born: July 18, 1884 – Sepino, Campobasso, Molise, Italy
Death: May 7, 1958 – At his home in Manchester CT, USA
(The attached photo was taken circa 1908/1909 or that of a wedding photo around the same time.)
(An explanation of the last name Lubeck).
Antonio Lupacchino came to the United States around April 1903 at age 19. Ships manifests might have listed him as Lupacchino or Lupacchini. When being interviewed by canvassers for the U.S. Census and City Directories he would have pronounced Lupacchino in the Italian dialect 'Lu-Pac-Kino'. Officials would hear and record the name in any of the following forms as sourced from U.S. Census and City Directories: 'Lobec', 'Lubec', 'Lubeck', 'Lupec', 'Lupeck', 'Luvec', 'Levake', or other versions of the name and recording it accordingly.
The English translation for Lupacchino is 'little wolf' . . . Lupa = wolf and chino = little.
His first marriage around 1908 or 1909 was to Maria (Dellarippa) Lupacchino and they had four children, Joseph, Frances, Mary and Philomena. The four children of the first family used Lupacchino and Lubeck interchangeably.
Maria passed away during the Pandemic of 1918, on November 3, 1918 at Wildwood State Sanatorium in Newington CT (Elmwood Section).
His second marriage was to Angela Maria (Pontillo) Lupacchino in Sepino, Campobasso, Italy in March of 1922 and they returned to the United States in April of 1922. They had five children, Clement, Philomena, John, Elizabeth and Anthony who all used the name Lupacchino.
He worked with my Uncle Clement Pontillo, who was recruited through Cheney Brothers as a stone mason, helping to build some of the buildings. Clement Pontillo made several crossings to and from Italy, in the Spring and Fall of each year. It was through Clement I believe my father met my mother, Angela Maria (Pontillo) Lupacchino.
The attached article MANCHESTER LABORER BURIED BY CAVE-IN – Special to The Courant November 3, 1909, describes the incident and gives an insight of his earliest time with Cheney Brothers in the South Manchester Sanitary and Sewer District, a company within Cheney Brothers under the leadership of Captain J. D. Cheney, in charge with all outdoor work. The Sewer District later became the Town of Manchester Highway Department.
The reference to the 'shanty where he lived' I believe to be 22 Hartford Road (The Rogers Block) as listed in the 1910 City Directory as Tony 'Levake' employed by Cheney Brothers.
In the 1924 book, The History of Manchester Connecticut by Mathias Spiess, my father is listed as an Indian Brave during the 1923 Centennial Parade. In the early 1940's I recall wearing the Indian Headdress that he wore in the parade.
From my recollections of the 1940's He worked as a Laborer doing several jobs from ditch digging (by hand), toppling trees by use of two handled saws (two man operation), cleaning street sewer traps with long handled shovels. In the winter he was on the back of Town of Manchester trucks filled with sand, spreading it by hand on roads and sidewalks. He also cleared snow from sewer openings and fire hydrants.
In later years he supervised storm sewer installations and worked on the reconstruction of the Park Street Bridge, replacing the wooden planking with a steel grate surface. In the evening I would accompany him to the Park Street Bridge to refill and light the kerosene lanterns.
In the winter he also tended coal fired furnaces for widows in some of the larger homes along East Center Street, in the area between Spruce and Holl Streets.
He was employed by Cheney Brothers for about 50 years and was proud to be a citizen of the United States. He worked hard to support his family and saved his money to buy a home on Florence Street and a four family house on Birch Street.
I also had a sister who worked in the Velvet Mills, a sister who worked in the business office and a sister who worked at Pioneer Parachute Company. My mother worked at Manchester Modes as a joiner (joining sleeves to the body of coats).
(ANTHONY D. LUPACCHINO – Researched, compiled and recorded all this information for the ANTONIO LUPACCHINO (LUBECK) Family Tree)
MANCHESTER LABORER BURIED BY CAVE-IN
Special to The Courant
The Hartford Courant: Nov 3, 1909; ProQuest Historical Newspapers Hartford Courant (1764-1922)
Page 12
MANCHESTER LABORER BURIED BY CAVE-IN
Rescued With Little Apparent Injury
(Special to The Courant)
MANCHESTER, Wednesday, Nov. 3, (1909)
Tony Lubec (Antonio Lupacchino), a laborer employed in the sewer work being carried on by the South Manchester Sanitary & Sewer District, was buried to his chin under a caving bank while engaged digging in a ditch on Summit Street yesterday (Tuesday, Nov. 2, 1909) morning shortly before 10 o'clock. His condition was soon discovered by other men at work on the sewer and little time was lost in digging him out. He was taken to a house nearby and Dr. W. S. Gillam was called. As far as external appearances were concerned Tony seemed to be little the worse of the accident, but he complained of pains in his chest and about his body and, fearing that he might have been injured internally, Dr. Gillam ordered that he be taken to the Hartford Hospital where he could receive better care than he would have in the shanty where he was living. Captain J. D. Cheney, who has charge of all the outdoor work carried on by Cheney Brothers, the sewer district being a company inside their own firm, was notified and carried the injured man to the Manchester railroad station from where he was taken to Hartford by steam train. He is the second to be buried by cave-in since the work of extending the sewers on the side streets north of the Center was started in the summer.
(ANTHONY D. LUPACCHINO – Researched, compiled and recorded all this information for the ANTONIO LUPACCHINO (LUBECK) Family Tree)
MANCHESTER EVENING HERALD, MANCHESTER, CONN., WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 1958
Obituary
Deaths
Anthony Lupacchino
Anthony Lupacchino, 73 died at his home, 76 Florence St. this morning, after a long illness.
Born in Italy, he came to Manchester 58 years ago. He was employed at Cheney Bros. for 24 years and by the Town for 32 years, retiring a few years ago. He was a member of the Italian American Society, Cristoforo Columbo Society, Forresters of America and Miantonomoh Tribe, IORM.
He leaves his wife, Mrs. Mary P. Lupacchino: four sons, Joseph J. of Cheshire, Clement L. and John C. both of Manchester, and Anthony D. Lupacchino in the U.S. Navy: four daughters, Mrs. Harold Balch of Bolton and Mrs. Harold Kearns, Mrs. Walter Kaszowski and Miss Elizabeth Lupacchino, all of Manchester, three brothers Ralph of Manchester, Gaetano of Hartford and Michaelangelo Lupacchino in Italy: three sisters, Mrs. Egidio Fiore of Manchester, and Mrs. R. Augustine and Miss Serafina Lupacchino, both in Italy, and 11 grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Saturday morning at 9:45 at the John B. Burke Funeral Home 87 E. Center St. and in St. James' Church at 10:30. Burial will be in St. James' Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home tomorrow night from 7 to 10 o'clock and Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 10 p.m.
MANCHESTER EVENING HERALD, MANCHESTER, CONN., MONDAY, MAY 12, 1958
Funerals
Anthony Lupacchino
Funeral services for Anthony Lupacchino, 76 Florence St., wee held Saturday morning at 9:45 at the John B. Burke Funeral Home and in St. James' Church at 10:30.
The Rev. Joseph McCann was the celebrant, the Rev. John Blanchfield the deacon and the Rev. James O'Connell the subdeacon. The Rev. John F. Hannon and the Rev. Marshall Fillip were seated in the sanctuary. Mrs. Jane Maccarone was organist and soloist. Father Filip, assisted by Father McCann and Father O'Connell, read the committal service at the grave in St. James'; Cemetery.
Active bearers were Joseph Lupacchino, Joseph Lupacchino, Nuncio Lupacchino, Rocco Lupacchino, Lee Gagnon and Frank Fiore.
Honorary bearers were Samuel Amadeo, Alesandro Calacrino and John Rota, representing the Cristoforo Colombo Society and Frank Diana, Anniboto Gerevini and Joseph Vinci, representing the Italian American Society.
*****
(This is a biography for Anthony (Antonio) Lupacchino prepared by his youngest son Anthony Daniel Lupacchino).
Antonio (Tony) Lupacchino (Lubeck)
Born: July 18, 1884 – Sepino, Campobasso, Molise, Italy
Death: May 7, 1958 – At his home in Manchester CT, USA
(The attached photo was taken circa 1908/1909 or that of a wedding photo around the same time.)
(An explanation of the last name Lubeck).
Antonio Lupacchino came to the United States around April 1903 at age 19. Ships manifests might have listed him as Lupacchino or Lupacchini. When being interviewed by canvassers for the U.S. Census and City Directories he would have pronounced Lupacchino in the Italian dialect 'Lu-Pac-Kino'. Officials would hear and record the name in any of the following forms as sourced from U.S. Census and City Directories: 'Lobec', 'Lubec', 'Lubeck', 'Lupec', 'Lupeck', 'Luvec', 'Levake', or other versions of the name and recording it accordingly.
The English translation for Lupacchino is 'little wolf' . . . Lupa = wolf and chino = little.
His first marriage around 1908 or 1909 was to Maria (Dellarippa) Lupacchino and they had four children, Joseph, Frances, Mary and Philomena. The four children of the first family used Lupacchino and Lubeck interchangeably.
Maria passed away during the Pandemic of 1918, on November 3, 1918 at Wildwood State Sanatorium in Newington CT (Elmwood Section).
His second marriage was to Angela Maria (Pontillo) Lupacchino in Sepino, Campobasso, Italy in March of 1922 and they returned to the United States in April of 1922. They had five children, Clement, Philomena, John, Elizabeth and Anthony who all used the name Lupacchino.
He worked with my Uncle Clement Pontillo, who was recruited through Cheney Brothers as a stone mason, helping to build some of the buildings. Clement Pontillo made several crossings to and from Italy, in the Spring and Fall of each year. It was through Clement I believe my father met my mother, Angela Maria (Pontillo) Lupacchino.
The attached article MANCHESTER LABORER BURIED BY CAVE-IN – Special to The Courant November 3, 1909, describes the incident and gives an insight of his earliest time with Cheney Brothers in the South Manchester Sanitary and Sewer District, a company within Cheney Brothers under the leadership of Captain J. D. Cheney, in charge with all outdoor work. The Sewer District later became the Town of Manchester Highway Department.
The reference to the 'shanty where he lived' I believe to be 22 Hartford Road (The Rogers Block) as listed in the 1910 City Directory as Tony 'Levake' employed by Cheney Brothers.
In the 1924 book, The History of Manchester Connecticut by Mathias Spiess, my father is listed as an Indian Brave during the 1923 Centennial Parade. In the early 1940's I recall wearing the Indian Headdress that he wore in the parade.
From my recollections of the 1940's He worked as a Laborer doing several jobs from ditch digging (by hand), toppling trees by use of two handled saws (two man operation), cleaning street sewer traps with long handled shovels. In the winter he was on the back of Town of Manchester trucks filled with sand, spreading it by hand on roads and sidewalks. He also cleared snow from sewer openings and fire hydrants.
In later years he supervised storm sewer installations and worked on the reconstruction of the Park Street Bridge, replacing the wooden planking with a steel grate surface. In the evening I would accompany him to the Park Street Bridge to refill and light the kerosene lanterns.
In the winter he also tended coal fired furnaces for widows in some of the larger homes along East Center Street, in the area between Spruce and Holl Streets.
He was employed by Cheney Brothers for about 50 years and was proud to be a citizen of the United States. He worked hard to support his family and saved his money to buy a home on Florence Street and a four family house on Birch Street.
I also had a sister who worked in the Velvet Mills, a sister who worked in the business office and a sister who worked at Pioneer Parachute Company. My mother worked at Manchester Modes as a joiner (joining sleeves to the body of coats).
(ANTHONY D. LUPACCHINO – Researched, compiled and recorded all this information for the ANTONIO LUPACCHINO (LUBECK) Family Tree)
MANCHESTER LABORER BURIED BY CAVE-IN
Special to The Courant
The Hartford Courant: Nov 3, 1909; ProQuest Historical Newspapers Hartford Courant (1764-1922)
Page 12
MANCHESTER LABORER BURIED BY CAVE-IN
Rescued With Little Apparent Injury
(Special to The Courant)
MANCHESTER, Wednesday, Nov. 3, (1909)
Tony Lubec (Antonio Lupacchino), a laborer employed in the sewer work being carried on by the South Manchester Sanitary & Sewer District, was buried to his chin under a caving bank while engaged digging in a ditch on Summit Street yesterday (Tuesday, Nov. 2, 1909) morning shortly before 10 o'clock. His condition was soon discovered by other men at work on the sewer and little time was lost in digging him out. He was taken to a house nearby and Dr. W. S. Gillam was called. As far as external appearances were concerned Tony seemed to be little the worse of the accident, but he complained of pains in his chest and about his body and, fearing that he might have been injured internally, Dr. Gillam ordered that he be taken to the Hartford Hospital where he could receive better care than he would have in the shanty where he was living. Captain J. D. Cheney, who has charge of all the outdoor work carried on by Cheney Brothers, the sewer district being a company inside their own firm, was notified and carried the injured man to the Manchester railroad station from where he was taken to Hartford by steam train. He is the second to be buried by cave-in since the work of extending the sewers on the side streets north of the Center was started in the summer.
(ANTHONY D. LUPACCHINO – Researched, compiled and recorded all this information for the ANTONIO LUPACCHINO (LUBECK) Family Tree)
Obituary
Deaths
Anthony Lupacchino
Anthony Lupacchino, 73 died at his home, 76 Florence St. this morning, after a long illness.
Born in Italy, he came to Manchester 58 years ago. He was employed at Cheney Bros. for 24 years and by the Town for 32 years, retiring a few years ago. He was a member of the Italian American Society, Cristoforo Columbo Society, Forresters of America and Miantonomoh Tribe, IORM.
He leaves his wife, Mrs. Mary P. Lupacchino: four sons, Joseph J. of Cheshire, Clement L. and John C. both of Manchester, and Anthony D. Lupacchino in the U.S. Navy: four daughters, Mrs. Harold Balch of Bolton and Mrs. Harold Kearns, Mrs. Walter Kaszowski and Miss Elizabeth Lupacchino, all of Manchester, three brothers Ralph of Manchester, Gaetano of Hartford and Michaelangelo Lupacchino in Italy: three sisters, Mrs. Egidio Fiore of Manchester, and Mrs. R. Augustine and Miss Serafina Lupacchino, both in Italy, and 11 grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Saturday morning at 9:45 at the John B. Burke Funeral Home 87 E. Center St. and in St. James' Church at 10:30. Burial will be in St. James' Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home tomorrow night from 7 to 10 o'clock and Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 10 p.m.
MANCHESTER EVENING HERALD, MANCHESTER, CONN., MONDAY, MAY 12, 1958
Funerals
Anthony Lupacchino
Funeral services for Anthony Lupacchino, 76 Florence St., wee held Saturday morning at 9:45 at the John B. Burke Funeral Home and in St. James' Church at 10:30.
The Rev. Joseph McCann was the celebrant, the Rev. John Blanchfield the deacon and the Rev. James O'Connell the subdeacon. The Rev. John F. Hannon and the Rev. Marshall Fillip were seated in the sanctuary. Mrs. Jane Maccarone was organist and soloist. Father Filip, assisted by Father McCann and Father O'Connell, read the committal service at the grave in St. James'; Cemetery.
Active bearers were Joseph Lupacchino, Joseph Lupacchino, Nuncio Lupacchino, Rocco Lupacchino, Lee Gagnon and Frank Fiore.
Honorary bearers were Samuel Amadeo, Alesandro Calacrino and John Rota, representing the Cristoforo Colombo Society and Frank Diana, Anniboto Gerevini and Joseph Vinci, representing the Italian American Society.
*****
(This is a biography for Anthony (Antonio) Lupacchino prepared by his youngest son Anthony Daniel Lupacchino).
Antonio (Tony) Lupacchino (Lubeck)
Born: July 18, 1884 – Sepino, Campobasso, Molise, Italy
Death: May 7, 1958 – At his home in Manchester CT, USA
(The attached photo was taken circa 1908/1909 or that of a wedding photo around the same time.)
(An explanation of the last name Lubeck).
Antonio Lupacchino came to the United States around April 1903 at age 19. Ships manifests might have listed him as Lupacchino or Lupacchini. When being interviewed by canvassers for the U.S. Census and City Directories he would have pronounced Lupacchino in the Italian dialect 'Lu-Pac-Kino'. Officials would hear and record the name in any of the following forms as sourced from U.S. Census and City Directories: 'Lobec', 'Lubec', 'Lubeck', 'Lupec', 'Lupeck', 'Luvec', 'Levake', or other versions of the name and recording it accordingly.
The English translation for Lupacchino is 'little wolf' . . . Lupa = wolf and chino = little.
His first marriage around 1908 or 1909 was to Maria (Dellarippa) Lupacchino and they had four children, Joseph, Frances, Mary and Philomena. The four children of the first family used Lupacchino and Lubeck interchangeably.
Maria passed away during the Pandemic of 1918, on November 3, 1918 at Wildwood State Sanatorium in Newington CT (Elmwood Section).
His second marriage was to Angela Maria (Pontillo) Lupacchino in Sepino, Campobasso, Italy in March of 1922 and they returned to the United States in April of 1922. They had five children, Clement, Philomena, John, Elizabeth and Anthony who all used the name Lupacchino.
He worked with my Uncle Clement Pontillo, who was recruited through Cheney Brothers as a stone mason, helping to build some of the buildings. Clement Pontillo made several crossings to and from Italy, in the Spring and Fall of each year. It was through Clement I believe my father met my mother, Angela Maria (Pontillo) Lupacchino.
The attached article MANCHESTER LABORER BURIED BY CAVE-IN – Special to The Courant November 3, 1909, describes the incident and gives an insight of his earliest time with Cheney Brothers in the South Manchester Sanitary and Sewer District, a company within Cheney Brothers under the leadership of Captain J. D. Cheney, in charge with all outdoor work. The Sewer District later became the Town of Manchester Highway Department.
The reference to the 'shanty where he lived' I believe to be 22 Hartford Road (The Rogers Block) as listed in the 1910 City Directory as Tony 'Levake' employed by Cheney Brothers.
In the 1924 book, The History of Manchester Connecticut by Mathias Spiess, my father is listed as an Indian Brave during the 1923 Centennial Parade. In the early 1940's I recall wearing the Indian Headdress that he wore in the parade.
From my recollections of the 1940's He worked as a Laborer doing several jobs from ditch digging (by hand), toppling trees by use of two handled saws (two man operation), cleaning street sewer traps with long handled shovels. In the winter he was on the back of Town of Manchester trucks filled with sand, spreading it by hand on roads and sidewalks. He also cleared snow from sewer openings and fire hydrants.
In later years he supervised storm sewer installations and worked on the reconstruction of the Park Street Bridge, replacing the wooden planking with a steel grate surface. In the evening I would accompany him to the Park Street Bridge to refill and light the kerosene lanterns.
In the winter he also tended coal fired furnaces for widows in some of the larger homes along East Center Street, in the area between Spruce and Holl Streets.
He was employed by Cheney Brothers for about 50 years and was proud to be a citizen of the United States. He worked hard to support his family and saved his money to buy a home on Florence Street and a four family house on Birch Street.
I also had a sister who worked in the Velvet Mills, a sister who worked in the business office and a sister who worked at Pioneer Parachute Company. My mother worked at Manchester Modes as a joiner (joining sleeves to the body of coats).
(ANTHONY D. LUPACCHINO – Researched, compiled and recorded all this information for the ANTONIO LUPACCHINO (LUBECK) Family Tree)
MANCHESTER LABORER BURIED BY CAVE-IN
Special to The Courant
The Hartford Courant: Nov 3, 1909; ProQuest Historical Newspapers Hartford Courant (1764-1922)
Page 12
MANCHESTER LABORER BURIED BY CAVE-IN
Rescued With Little Apparent Injury
(Special to The Courant)
MANCHESTER, Wednesday, Nov. 3, (1909)
Tony Lubec (Antonio Lupacchino), a laborer employed in the sewer work being carried on by the South Manchester Sanitary & Sewer District, was buried to his chin under a caving bank while engaged digging in a ditch on Summit Street yesterday (Tuesday, Nov. 2, 1909) morning shortly before 10 o'clock. His condition was soon discovered by other men at work on the sewer and little time was lost in digging him out. He was taken to a house nearby and Dr. W. S. Gillam was called. As far as external appearances were concerned Tony seemed to be little the worse of the accident, but he complained of pains in his chest and about his body and, fearing that he might have been injured internally, Dr. Gillam ordered that he be taken to the Hartford Hospital where he could receive better care than he would have in the shanty where he was living. Captain J. D. Cheney, who has charge of all the outdoor work carried on by Cheney Brothers, the sewer district being a company inside their own firm, was notified and carried the injured man to the Manchester railroad station from where he was taken to Hartford by steam train. He is the second to be buried by cave-in since the work of extending the sewers on the side streets north of the Center was started in the summer.
(ANTHONY D. LUPACCHINO – Researched, compiled and recorded all this information for the ANTONIO LUPACCHINO (LUBECK) Family Tree)
Family Members
Siblings
Children
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Joseph John Lubeck Sr
1910–1996
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Frances Lupacchino Balch
1911–2007
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Mary Lupacchino Kearns
1913–2009
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Philomena "Minnie" Lupacchino
1915–1915
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Clement Lawrence "Clem" Lupacchino Sr
1923–2009
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Philomena Angela Maria Lupacchino Kaszowski
1924–1972
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John Joseph Lupacchino
1926–2010
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Elizabeth Ann "Betty" Lupacchino McKeen
1928–2016
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