ACCRISTO, Antoine E., age 88 of Helena passed away Friday, September 27, 2019. A memorial service will take place at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, October 11, 2019 at Anderson Stevenson Wilke Funeral Home, 3750 N. Montana Ave in Helena. A reception will follow the service in the social hall of the funeral home. A burial will follow the reception at Montana State Veterans Cemetery.
Published by Anderson Stevenson Wilke Funeral Home on September 30, 2019
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Antoine “ Little Tony” Esprit Accristo was born on January 7, 1931 in Grasse, France. He was the 6th child of Elvira Carelli and Teodoro Accristo who had 12 other children.
Tony is survived by Teresa, Josephine, Orlando, and Salvatore.
He was in the French Resistance during WWII. He was a scout for the allies. Little Tony came to America November 19, 1945 as a stowaway with Sgt. Nicholas Botera. Little Tony volunteered to serve in the US Air Force. He served in the Philipines and Korea. He was wounded in Korea and was service connected. He was a member of DAV and VFW.
Little Tony became an American citizen. He went to collage in engineering and worked as a draftsman. He had 5 children from his first marriage, Claire Benesh, Cynthia Gleeson, Marc Accristo, Anthony Accristo, and Leslie Vinson.
He met the love of his life Pat, they were married 42 years. Their son Nicholas lives in Helena. He had 7 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren. Tony and Pat built a successful business that they sold to move to Montana in 1991. He wrote a book about his life, “Little Tony”.
He loved Montana, hunting, fishing, gardening and wood working. He always extended his hand in friendship. His sense of humor and hospitality was infectious. Antoine volunteered over 5000 hours at the VA Ft. Harrison.
Antoine loved God, Pat, and his family. He will be buried with his French bible, a rosary, and an afghan that Pat made for him.
A memorial service will take place at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, October 11, 2019 at Anderson Stevenson Wilke Funeral Home, 3750 N. Montana Ave in Helena. A reception will follow the service in the social hall of the funeral home. A burial will follow the reception at Montana State Veterans Cemetery.
Published by Anderson Stevenson Wilke Funeral Home, Helena, MT on October 3, 2019
Published by Anderson Stevenson Wilke Funeral Home on September 30, 2019
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Antoine “ Little Tony” Esprit Accristo was born on January 7, 1931 in Grasse, France. He was the 6th child of Elvira Carelli and Teodoro Accristo who had 12 other children.
Tony is survived by Teresa, Josephine, Orlando, and Salvatore.
He was in the French Resistance during WWII. He was a scout for the allies. Little Tony came to America November 19, 1945 as a stowaway with Sgt. Nicholas Botera. Little Tony volunteered to serve in the US Air Force. He served in the Philipines and Korea. He was wounded in Korea and was service connected. He was a member of DAV and VFW.
Little Tony became an American citizen. He went to collage in engineering and worked as a draftsman. He had 5 children from his first marriage, Claire Benesh, Cynthia Gleeson, Marc Accristo, Anthony Accristo, and Leslie Vinson.
He met the love of his life Pat, they were married 42 years. Their son Nicholas lives in Helena. He had 7 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren. Tony and Pat built a successful business that they sold to move to Montana in 1991. He wrote a book about his life, “Little Tony”.
He loved Montana, hunting, fishing, gardening and wood working. He always extended his hand in friendship. His sense of humor and hospitality was infectious. Antoine volunteered over 5000 hours at the VA Ft. Harrison.
Antoine loved God, Pat, and his family. He will be buried with his French bible, a rosary, and an afghan that Pat made for him.
A memorial service will take place at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, October 11, 2019 at Anderson Stevenson Wilke Funeral Home, 3750 N. Montana Ave in Helena. A reception will follow the service in the social hall of the funeral home. A burial will follow the reception at Montana State Veterans Cemetery.
Published by Anderson Stevenson Wilke Funeral Home, Helena, MT on October 3, 2019
ACCRISTO, Antoine E., age 88 of Helena passed away Friday, September 27, 2019. A memorial service will take place at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, October 11, 2019 at Anderson Stevenson Wilke Funeral Home, 3750 N. Montana Ave in Helena. A reception will follow the service in the social hall of the funeral home. A burial will follow the reception at Montana State Veterans Cemetery.
Published by Anderson Stevenson Wilke Funeral Home on September 30, 2019
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Antoine “ Little Tony” Esprit Accristo was born on January 7, 1931 in Grasse, France. He was the 6th child of Elvira Carelli and Teodoro Accristo who had 12 other children.
Tony is survived by Teresa, Josephine, Orlando, and Salvatore.
He was in the French Resistance during WWII. He was a scout for the allies. Little Tony came to America November 19, 1945 as a stowaway with Sgt. Nicholas Botera. Little Tony volunteered to serve in the US Air Force. He served in the Philipines and Korea. He was wounded in Korea and was service connected. He was a member of DAV and VFW.
Little Tony became an American citizen. He went to collage in engineering and worked as a draftsman. He had 5 children from his first marriage, Claire Benesh, Cynthia Gleeson, Marc Accristo, Anthony Accristo, and Leslie Vinson.
He met the love of his life Pat, they were married 42 years. Their son Nicholas lives in Helena. He had 7 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren. Tony and Pat built a successful business that they sold to move to Montana in 1991. He wrote a book about his life, “Little Tony”.
He loved Montana, hunting, fishing, gardening and wood working. He always extended his hand in friendship. His sense of humor and hospitality was infectious. Antoine volunteered over 5000 hours at the VA Ft. Harrison.
Antoine loved God, Pat, and his family. He will be buried with his French bible, a rosary, and an afghan that Pat made for him.
A memorial service will take place at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, October 11, 2019 at Anderson Stevenson Wilke Funeral Home, 3750 N. Montana Ave in Helena. A reception will follow the service in the social hall of the funeral home. A burial will follow the reception at Montana State Veterans Cemetery.
Published by Anderson Stevenson Wilke Funeral Home, Helena, MT on October 3, 2019
Published by Anderson Stevenson Wilke Funeral Home on September 30, 2019
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Antoine “ Little Tony” Esprit Accristo was born on January 7, 1931 in Grasse, France. He was the 6th child of Elvira Carelli and Teodoro Accristo who had 12 other children.
Tony is survived by Teresa, Josephine, Orlando, and Salvatore.
He was in the French Resistance during WWII. He was a scout for the allies. Little Tony came to America November 19, 1945 as a stowaway with Sgt. Nicholas Botera. Little Tony volunteered to serve in the US Air Force. He served in the Philipines and Korea. He was wounded in Korea and was service connected. He was a member of DAV and VFW.
Little Tony became an American citizen. He went to collage in engineering and worked as a draftsman. He had 5 children from his first marriage, Claire Benesh, Cynthia Gleeson, Marc Accristo, Anthony Accristo, and Leslie Vinson.
He met the love of his life Pat, they were married 42 years. Their son Nicholas lives in Helena. He had 7 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren. Tony and Pat built a successful business that they sold to move to Montana in 1991. He wrote a book about his life, “Little Tony”.
He loved Montana, hunting, fishing, gardening and wood working. He always extended his hand in friendship. His sense of humor and hospitality was infectious. Antoine volunteered over 5000 hours at the VA Ft. Harrison.
Antoine loved God, Pat, and his family. He will be buried with his French bible, a rosary, and an afghan that Pat made for him.
A memorial service will take place at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, October 11, 2019 at Anderson Stevenson Wilke Funeral Home, 3750 N. Montana Ave in Helena. A reception will follow the service in the social hall of the funeral home. A burial will follow the reception at Montana State Veterans Cemetery.
Published by Anderson Stevenson Wilke Funeral Home, Helena, MT on October 3, 2019
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