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Union Sun and Journal
Peter J. Licata, 58, of Lockport, a retired teacher, died Friday, Aug. 30, 1991, at home. A lifelong Lockport resident, he was valedictorian in the first graduating class at DeSales High School Licata earned his bachelor's degree in Spanish from Niagara University and master's degree in education from Canisius College. He taught English, Latin and Spanish at Lockport Senior High School and North Park Junior High School for 25 years. In that time, he also worked briefly for the Niagara County Sheriff's Department. Licata was a Fourth Ward city alderman for two terms and the youngest president elected to the city Board of Police Commissioners. He also served as summer Parks and Recreation Supervisor, was a member of the city Democratic Committee and an elected delegate to the 1980 Democratic Convention in New York City. Licata played football and basketball at DeSales and was a member of the Knights of Columbus, Lockport Council 319, and B. Leo Dolan Post 410, American Legion. He was a senior training officer at Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Base, North Carolina, in the summers. He retired in 1978 from the Marine with the rank of major. Surviving are his wife, Anne E. Kenney; three daughters and three sons, Elizabeth Anne of Buffalo, Peter John of Lockport, Mark Joseph of Santa Barbara, Calif., Catherine Grace of Buffalo, Michael Paul (Nancy) and Mary Patricia, both of Lockport, and a brother, Anthony of Phoenix, Ariz. Private services took place today at St. John R.C. Church. Arrangements were by Taylor & Reynolds Funeral Home, Inc.
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1933 - 1991 (58 years)