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- Niagara Gazette - 1/3/1966
Two Niagara Falls women
were among -the six Western
New York drivers or passengers
killed S u n d a y as bad
weather and slippery driving
conditions closed out an otherwise
mild holiday weekend.
Dead in Niagara Falls were
Mrs. Aid-a DeFazio, 58, of 1612
South Ave., the driver of one
car, and Mrs. Mary'Moro, 48,
528 28th St., a passenger in a
car driven by her husband,
Anthony Moro, 47.
Mr. Moro received facial
lacerations and Miss Marlene
Moro, 15, daughter of tne
couple, received head lacerations
and contusions of the
legs.
The two utomoviles col-
lided at about 1:15 p.m. on
the Hyde Park Boulevard
overpass after the DeFaxio
auto skidded on the ice-cover-
ed bridge. Police said that the
DeFazio car turned around
three times before colliding
sideways with the front end
of the Moro vehicle.
The rescue squad from the
Fire Department was summoned
when it appeared at
first that Mrs;.DeFazio was
trapped in the car. However,
police and other firemen were
able to free her quickly and
get her into a waiting ambulance..
Both women were dead
on arrival at Memorial Hospital.
Police said that the DeFazio
vehicle was equipped with
seat belts, but they were not
in use at the time of the accident.
The Moro car had no
seat belts.
Mrs. DeFazio was born in
tfhis city and attended area
schools. She graduated from
Stella Niagara.
She was employed as a
bookkeeper for Drs. Wiilliam
C. Gililick, Edward C. Weppner
and Joseph H: LaTona,
her brother. Previously, she
had been employed for 12
years as a bookkeeper for
Postal Telegraph. .
Mrs. DeFazio was a mem-
ber of -Ladies of Charity of
Sacred Heart Church and the
St. Francis Guild of Mount
St. Mary's Hospital.
Surviving are her husband,
Thomas DeFazio, three "daughters,
Loretta, Kathryn and
Mary Jo DeFazio; two sisters,
Mrs. Samuel Battaglia, Miss
Alumina LaTona; two brothers,
Dr. Salvatore LaTona and Dr.
Joseph LaTona, several nieces
and nephews.
Funeral services will be
held at 8:45 a.m. Wednesday
at.the M. J. Colucci Funeral
Chapel and at 9:15 a.m. at
Sacred Heart Church. Burial
will be in St. Joseph's Cemetery.
Friends may call from 2 to
5 and 7 to 10 p.m. today and
Tuesday. -
The family said that donations
to the Mount St. Mary's
Hospital Building Fund would
be acceptable as tributes.
Mrs. Moro also was born in
this city and attended Niagara
Falils school's.
Surviving are her husband,
Anthony Moro; two daughters,
Miss Marlene Moro and
Mrs. Thomas (Josephine) Parker;
four sisters. Mrs. Victor
(Angelina) Distefano and Mrs.
ell-a,. all of tin is city; Mrs. Anthony
(Carmela) Markette,
Allbridge, N.J., and Mrs. Louis
(Antoinette) Marino, this city;
two brothers, Vito Alongi, tfhis
city, and Samuel Alongi, Buf.
falo, and several nieces and
nephews...
Funeral services will be
held at 8:15 a.m. Wednesday
at the Magaddino Memorial
Chapel Inc. and at 9 a.m. at
Our Lady of the Rosary
Church. Burial will be in Gate
of Heaven Cemetery.
, Friends may call from 7 to
10 p.m: today and from 2 to
Russell (Josephine) Vaccar-
ella,. all of this is city; Mrs. Anthony
(Carmela) Markette,
Allbridge, N.J., and Mrs. Louis
(Antoinette) Marino, this city;
two brothers, Vito Alongi, tfhis
city, and Samuel Alongi, Buf.
falo, and several nieces and
nephews...
Funeral services will be
held at 8:15 a.m. Wednesday
at the Magaddino Memorial
Chapel Inc. and at 9 a.m. at
Our Lady of the Rosary
Church. Burial will be in Gate
of Heaven Cemetery.
Friends may call from 7 to
10 p.m: today and from 2 to
10 p.m. Tuesday.
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Abt 1918 - 1966 (~ 48 years)