Asanda married TIRABASSI, Salvatore about 1899. Salvatore was born on 1 Apr 1877 in Italy; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Santo married Greta about 1927. Greta was born on 2 Jan 1907 in Canada; died on 29 Sep 2002 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 1/15/1965

Services for Benjamin Tirabassi,
55, of 9470 Pine Ave.,
owner of the Bell-Aire "Motel,
will be held at
8:45 a.m. Monday
at the M.
J. Colucci Funeral
Cha p e l
a n d at 9:30
a,m. at Prince
o f P e a ce
Church.
Mr. Tirabassi
died Thursday
(Jan. 14,
1965). He wa
pronunced
dead on admis-
sion to Memor-
ial Hospital. Death was at-
tributed to a heart attack.
He was born in New York
City, the son of Mr. a id Mrs.
Salvatore Tirabassi, and had
lived in Niagara Falls for 46
years. He was a member of
the Bishop Duffy Men's Club,
the Niagara Falls Area Cham-
ber of Commerce, the YMCA,
the United Mote Business
Association and the Hoy
Name Society of Prince of
Peace Church.
He graduated from Niagara
Fallsl High School and, during
the earlly '30s, played guard
with the Niagara Falls Rang-
ers and the Stone Gordons
football teams and also play-
ed semi-professional baseball
with the Elperts team as a
second baseman.
Mr. Tirabassi opened the
Bell-Aire Motel in 1949. Prior
to that year he had been em-
ployed for 18 years as a chem-
ical operaor at the Oldbury
Electro-Chemical Co.
He is susrvived y his wid-
ow, Rose Tirabassi; one son,
Benjamin Tirabassi Jr.,, and
one daughter, Miss Sally Tira-
bassi, all of Niagara Falls; two
brothers, Santo and Alfred
Tirabassi and three sisteers,,
Mrs. Laurino (Filomina)
D'Amico,, Miss Stella Tirabas-
si, and Miss Antoinette Tira-
bassi,, all of Niagara Falls.
Friends may call at the
funeral home from 5 p.m. to
10 p..m. today and 1 to 10 p..m.
Saturday and Sunday.

Benjamin married BRUNO, Rose about Oct 1935 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. Rose (daughter of BRUNO, Joseph J and BRINDISI, Anna) was born on 22 Dec 1911 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; died on 14 Nov 1994 in Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: BACCELLI, Carmella D. Carmella (daughter of BACCELLI, James and Teresa) was born on 7 Nov 1913; died on 15 Feb 1994 in Riverside, Riverside County, CA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: D'AMICO, Laurino. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: MARSHALL, William. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Gazette

The.body of 24year-old Pfc. Sal-
Vatore T Tirabassi is expected to
arrive here at 9:20 a.m. tomorrow;
accompanied by an army corporal.
Funeral services for the GI, who
met death when an army .truck qverturned
in Austria one day after his
twenty-fourth birthday, will be held
at 9:30 a.m, Tuesday at the Spallino
Funeral home, followed by a Requiem
Mass at Our Lady of the Ros-
ary church.V Interment will be in
- Gate of Heaven cemetery.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. Santo
Tirabassi, 2451 LaSalle avenue, he
died February 3 of possible asphyxiation
due to drowning when the
vehicle in which he was riding skid-
ded on the ice and overturned into
a stream.
In Army Since January, 1951
-. Pfc. Tirabassi, who had been serving
with the 70th U..S. Engineering
battalion in Austria since October 8,
1952, was drafted here on January
17, 1951.
In addition to his parents, he is
survived by his. wife; Mrs. Delbres
Tirabassi (nee, Daunce), 3543 Ferry
avenue, to whom he was wed 2-1/2
years ago at Our Lady of the Rosary
church. The grandson of Salvatore
Tirabassi, this city, he is the brother
of Mrs. William Marshall, Buffalo,
and HM3/c George A. Tirabassi,
Camp Pendleton, Calif.
A military escort at the funeral
will be furnished by Air Defense
group 9518 with the Niagara Falls
Boys' club providing a. bugler. The
body is being brought, to Niagara
Falls aboard a train from New
York City by Cpl. Herbert N. Fogal,
at the direction of Maj. Frank M.
Green, Jr., chief of the American
Graves Registration branch of the
New York Port of Embarkation.
Worked for DuPont
- Prior to entering t h e service P fc
Salvatore was a process worker at
the duPont cyanide. pIant for nine
months. Before that, he had worked
for six years as a machine tender at
the Kimberly-Clark corporation.
A graduate of the Trott Vocational
high school at the age of 18, he was
active in sports there and on in-
dustrial teams. In' both the industrial
and scholastic leagues, he distinguished
himself as a capable football
and softball player.
The family received a. Defense
department telegram two days after
the accident occurred. In it, the military
stated that- every thing possible
had been done in an-attempt at reviving him.

Salvatore married DAUNCE, Delores about 1950 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

George married GRANIERI, Ida Ann on 18 Jul 1953 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. Ida (daughter of GRANIERI, Samuel and GUALTIERI, Carmela) was born on 7 Aug 1929 in New York; died on 13 Oct 2006 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Sally A. (Tirabassi) Virga age 72, formerly of Sandusky, NY died January 23, 2016. Wife of Glenn Virga Sr.

There will be no calling hours. A Memorial Service will be held Saturday, January 30, 2016 at 4 PM at the Central Baptist Church, 12045 Old Olean Rd., Yorkshire. Memorials may be made to the Ronald McDonald House, 780 West Ferry St., Buffalo, NY 14222 or to the Make-A-Wish Foundation, 4742 North 24th St., Suite 400, Phoenix, AZ 85016. Arrangements were completed by W.S. Davis Funeral Home, 358 Main St., Arcade.

Online condolences at wsdavisfuneralhome.com.

Sally married VIRGA, Glenn Joel on 15 Feb 1969 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. Glenn (son of VIRGA, Santo J and HENNEMAN, Maxine) was born on 27 Jul 1947 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; died on 12 Oct 2019 in Machias, Cattaraugus County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Benjamin married SESTO, Mary Jane [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Dolores married DEAN, Michael Virlin on 3 Oct 1967 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Donna M. O’Leary, 81, of Lewiston, NY, passed away on July 1, 2020 at Niagara Hospice House in Lockport, NY.  Born in Niagara Falls, she was the daughter of the late Laurino and Filomena (Tirabassi) D’Amico.
Donna graduated from Niagara Falls High School in 1957.  On November 26, 1959, she married Thomas P. O’Leary at St. Joseph Church in Niagara Falls.  Mr. O’Leary predeceased her on July 16, 2009.
During her high school years, Donna worked at Stella’s Tots to Teens Store.  After graduation, she worked at Marine Midland Bank, and later at Kimberly Clark Corporation as an office clerk until 1960, when she became a stay at home Mom.
She cherished the time spent with her family, and loved supporting her grandchildren at all of their events.  From soccer, basketball, baseball, softball, band, chorus, musicals, debate club and robotics, she never missed an opportunity to enthusiastically cheer on her grandchildren.  
Donna is survived by her sons, Michael A. (Pamela) O’Leary, Kings Park, NY; Dennis J. (Debra) O’Leary, Grand Island, NY; and Mark J. (Carol) O’Leary, Boca Raton, FL; six grandchildren, Matthew, Allison, Meaghan, Kevin, Sean and Patrick; her sister, Suzanne (Sam) Floro, her sister in law, Jennie Borgese, as well as several nieces, nephews and cousins.  In addition to her husband of 49 years, Donna was predeceased by her sister, Adeline (Joe) Vitale, and her brothers, Louis “Red” (Evelyn) D’Amico and John (Jennie) Cicchetti as well as her sister in law MaryEllen O’Leary.
Donna graciously donated her body to the University of Buffalo Anatomical Gift Program.  A Memorial Mass will be held on Saturday, July 18th at 10 AM at St. Peter’s R.C. Church, 620 Center Street, Lewiston, NY 14092.  In lieu of flowers, donations in Donna’s memory may be made to Niagara Hospice, 4675 Sunset Drive, Lockport, NY 14094, Roswell Park Alliance Foundation, PO Box 631, Buffalo, NY 14240 or to Lewiston Fire Company, No. 1, 145 North 6th Street, Lewiston, NY 14092.  Arrangements by M.J. Colucci & Son Niagara Funeral Chapel.  Visit mjcoluccifuneralchapel.com for online condolences

Donna married O'LEARY, Thomas P on 26 Nov 1959 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. Thomas died on 16 Jul 2009 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: VITALE, Joseph. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

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

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

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

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

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