ANDOVER — Alfred A. Spatola died on Thanksgiving morning, Thursday, Nov. 25, 2010 after a short illness.
He was born in Augusta, Sicily, Italy on Oct. 8, 1919, and came to this country in 1921.
He attended Lawrence schools and enlisted in the Navy in 1940. He served in the southwest Pacific in World War II after he had completed the Navy's Aerological School at Lakehurst, N.J. When his Naval service ended, he attended the Berkley Preparatory School in Boston and later graduated from Northeastern University.
He worked for the U.S. Weather Bureau in Boston and later transferred to the U.S. Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories in Bedford. He was a resident of Andover for nearly 50 years and served as a trustee of the Andover Village Improvement Society (AVIS).
He was the widower of Constance M. (Santagati) Spatola. He leaves two children: Kenneth Spatola of Hampton, N.H., and Sharyn S. Weidlein of Andover; five grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.
ARRANGEMENTS: Wake will be held at Conte Funeral Home, 28 Florence St., Andover, on Sunday, Nov. 28, 2010 from 2 to 5 p.m. A funeral Mass will be held the Corpus Christi Parish, Lawrence, on Monday, Nov. 29, 2010 at 10 a.m.
Burial will follow at the Bellevue Cemetery in Lawrence.
For online condolences, please visit our wesite at www.contefuneralhomes.com. The family requests donations to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105-3678 in his memory, in lieu of flowers.
(From Eagle Tribune, MA)
He was born in Augusta, Sicily, Italy on Oct. 8, 1919, and came to this country in 1921.
He attended Lawrence schools and enlisted in the Navy in 1940. He served in the southwest Pacific in World War II after he had completed the Navy's Aerological School at Lakehurst, N.J. When his Naval service ended, he attended the Berkley Preparatory School in Boston and later graduated from Northeastern University.
He worked for the U.S. Weather Bureau in Boston and later transferred to the U.S. Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories in Bedford. He was a resident of Andover for nearly 50 years and served as a trustee of the Andover Village Improvement Society (AVIS).
He was the widower of Constance M. (Santagati) Spatola. He leaves two children: Kenneth Spatola of Hampton, N.H., and Sharyn S. Weidlein of Andover; five grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.
ARRANGEMENTS: Wake will be held at Conte Funeral Home, 28 Florence St., Andover, on Sunday, Nov. 28, 2010 from 2 to 5 p.m. A funeral Mass will be held the Corpus Christi Parish, Lawrence, on Monday, Nov. 29, 2010 at 10 a.m.
Burial will follow at the Bellevue Cemetery in Lawrence.
For online condolences, please visit our wesite at www.contefuneralhomes.com. The family requests donations to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105-3678 in his memory, in lieu of flowers.
(From Eagle Tribune, MA)
ANDOVER — Alfred A. Spatola died on Thanksgiving morning, Thursday, Nov. 25, 2010 after a short illness.
He was born in Augusta, Sicily, Italy on Oct. 8, 1919, and came to this country in 1921.
He attended Lawrence schools and enlisted in the Navy in 1940. He served in the southwest Pacific in World War II after he had completed the Navy's Aerological School at Lakehurst, N.J. When his Naval service ended, he attended the Berkley Preparatory School in Boston and later graduated from Northeastern University.
He worked for the U.S. Weather Bureau in Boston and later transferred to the U.S. Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories in Bedford. He was a resident of Andover for nearly 50 years and served as a trustee of the Andover Village Improvement Society (AVIS).
He was the widower of Constance M. (Santagati) Spatola. He leaves two children: Kenneth Spatola of Hampton, N.H., and Sharyn S. Weidlein of Andover; five grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.
ARRANGEMENTS: Wake will be held at Conte Funeral Home, 28 Florence St., Andover, on Sunday, Nov. 28, 2010 from 2 to 5 p.m. A funeral Mass will be held the Corpus Christi Parish, Lawrence, on Monday, Nov. 29, 2010 at 10 a.m.
Burial will follow at the Bellevue Cemetery in Lawrence.
For online condolences, please visit our wesite at www.contefuneralhomes.com. The family requests donations to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105-3678 in his memory, in lieu of flowers.
(From Eagle Tribune, MA)
He was born in Augusta, Sicily, Italy on Oct. 8, 1919, and came to this country in 1921.
He attended Lawrence schools and enlisted in the Navy in 1940. He served in the southwest Pacific in World War II after he had completed the Navy's Aerological School at Lakehurst, N.J. When his Naval service ended, he attended the Berkley Preparatory School in Boston and later graduated from Northeastern University.
He worked for the U.S. Weather Bureau in Boston and later transferred to the U.S. Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories in Bedford. He was a resident of Andover for nearly 50 years and served as a trustee of the Andover Village Improvement Society (AVIS).
He was the widower of Constance M. (Santagati) Spatola. He leaves two children: Kenneth Spatola of Hampton, N.H., and Sharyn S. Weidlein of Andover; five grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.
ARRANGEMENTS: Wake will be held at Conte Funeral Home, 28 Florence St., Andover, on Sunday, Nov. 28, 2010 from 2 to 5 p.m. A funeral Mass will be held the Corpus Christi Parish, Lawrence, on Monday, Nov. 29, 2010 at 10 a.m.
Burial will follow at the Bellevue Cemetery in Lawrence.
For online condolences, please visit our wesite at www.contefuneralhomes.com. The family requests donations to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105-3678 in his memory, in lieu of flowers.
(From Eagle Tribune, MA)
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