Family/Spouse: SCALZO, Franco. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John + TEDESCO, Josephine I. Josephine (daughter of TEDESCO, Frank and MILITELLO, Lena) was born on 24 Oct 1908 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; died in Jul 1984 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Frank married MILITELLO, Lena about 1907. Lena was born about 1893 in Italy; died on 19 Mar 1960 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette - 3/21/1960

Services for Mrs. Lena M.
Tedesco, 67, last survivor of
a family group that once operated
the largest macaroni factory
in the city, will be held
at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday at the
Spallino Funeral Home and at
9 a.m. at St. Joseph's Church.
Mrs. Tedesco, of 320 12th
St., died Saturday (March 19,
1960) at Mt. St. Mary's Hospital.
She was the wife of the late
Frank Tedesco, president of
the Tedesco Baking Co. and
Tedesco M a c a r o n i Works,
which until 1932 operated out
of a four-story buildjng in
12th St. The firm, established
by three brothers, once shipped
macaroni products all
over Western New York.
Mrs. Tedesco, who was active
in the firm, was born in
Italy and had lived in this
city for 50 years.
S u r v i v i n g are s e v e n
sons, Henry, John, Thomas,
Charles, Anthony and Frank
Tedesco, all of this city, and
Sebastian Tedesco, New Haven,
W. Va., and three daughters,
Mrs. Josephine Critelli
and Mrs. James Thorman,
both of this city, and Mrs.
Anthony Z e 1 i n s k y, Ozona,
Tex.
Also surviving are four sisters,
Mrs. Laura Cascio, Mrs.
Leonard DiMaria and Mrs.
George Gullo, all of Buffalo,
and Mrs. Angelo Patti, Hamburg;
a brother, Frank Militello,
of Buffalo; 16 grandchildren
and four great grandchildren.
Burial will be in St. Joseph's
Cemetery.