Family/Spouse: Brenda. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Charles married SCALZO, Ruth on 23 Aug 1947 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. Ruth (daughter of SCALZO, Luigi and LOGAN, Irene) was born about 1928 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; died on 29 Apr 2019 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Ruth Terrana, 90, of Niagara Falls, NY, passed away peacefully on April 29, 2019 at N.F. Memorial Medical Center. Born in Niagara Falls, she was the daughter of the late Louis and Irene (Logan) Scalzo. Ruth married her beloved husband, Charles Terrana, Sr., at St. Joseph’s Church on August 23, 1947. Mr. Terrana predeceased her on February 11, 1997. Ruth worked as a dietician in the kitchen of N.F. Memorial Medical Center for over 17 years until her retirement. She enjoyed playing bingo, spending time with her family and vacationing at the family camp on Chautauqua Lake. Mrs. Terrana is survived by her children, Charles Terrana, Jr., Frank L. (Patricia) Terrana, Ronald (Brenda) Terrana, Robert (late Marilyn) Terrana, John Terrana and Debra Gage; five grandchildren, Frank Terrana, Jr., Anthony (Andrea) Terrana, Michael Terrana (Katie), Nicole (Damian) Winiecki and Robert Terrana, Jr.; five great-grandchildren, Lexie, Samantha, Madison, Bella and Chloe; her sister, Ann (late Jack) Waldriff, as well as many nieces, nephews and cousins. She was predeceased by her siblings Dorothy (late Carl) Guidotti, Evelyn (late Frank) Syracuse, Brandalyn (late Frank) Bellavia, Anette (late Frank) Cottete, Loretta (late Salvatore) Musolino, Joseph Scalzo, and Louis (late Julie) Scalzo. Visitation will be on Thursday, May 2nd from 6 – 9 P.M. at M.J. COLUCCI & SON NIAGARA FUNERAL CHAPEL, 2730 Military Road, Niagara Falls, NY, where funeral services will begin on Friday at 11:00 A.M. Interment will follow in St. Joseph Cemetery. Memorial offerings may be made to the National Kidney Foundation of Western New York 300 Delaware Ave. Suite 101 Buffalo, NY 14202.  Visit mjcoluccifuneralchapel.com for online condolences. 

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NOTE - SS Index states birth date as Feb 9, 1883 - Obit says 1/15/1884

Niagara Gazette - 9/5/1965

Luigi Scalzo, 81, of 2780
Niagara St.. died Saturday
(Sept. 4, 1965) at Mount St.
Mary's Hospital
a f t e r a
short illness.
Mr. Scalzo
was born in
Italy Jan. 15,
1884 and
came to the
United States
and to Niagara
Falls in
1900. He operated
neigh-
borhood theaters
here for
40 years and
operated a shoe repair shop
in Niagara Street at the
time of his retirement in
1949.
He was a musician and
one of the founders of the
Scalzo Band that played in
Niagara Falls during the
1920s and 1930s.
Mr. Scalzo is survived by
one son, Joseph Scalzo,
Niagara Falls, and seven
daughters, Mrs. Carl (Dorothy)
Guidotti, Mrs. Frank
(Evelyn) Syracusa, Mrs.
Frank (Brandy) Bellavia,
Mrs. Frank (Anetta) Cottet,
Mrs. Jack (Anne) Waldriff,
Mrs. Sam (Loretta) Musolino
and Mrs. Charles (Ruth)
Terrana, all of Niagara
Falls.
Thirty-seven grandchildren
and 16 great-grandchildren
also survive. He was
predeceased by his wife,
Irene Logan Scalzo, in 1935
and a son, Louis Scalzo,
North Tonawanda, in 1963.
Services will be held at
the Magaddino Memorial
Chapel Inc., at 9:45 a.m.
Tuesday and at St. Joseph's
Church at 10:15 a.m. Burial
will be in St. Joseph's
Cemetery.
* Friends may call at the
funeral chapel from 2 to 5
and 7 to 10 p.m. today and
Monday.

Luigi married LOGAN, Irene about 1912. Irene was born about 1897 in New York; died in 1935. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]