Glad you joined in, Dorothy. I was going to call you and Sally for information, but Paul had already talked to Chookie. Mystery solved.
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On Aug 2, 2020, at 2:04 PM, Dorothy Mehl via < dhmehl@...> wrote:
I get busy for a while and come back to all of this interesting stuff on lafamiglia!! ?Once again, it is great to keep in touch with the past and present (and sometimes the future) of our family.
Dorothy
Thanks, Michael, for responding. Hope all¡¯s well in Philadelphia.
Read the article. It always amazes me how far missionaries (Michele Ruggieri for one) ventured in the 1500s. He went by way of India and then onward to China. Ruggieri is a fine, old Italian name. Characters, some good and some not so good, with the surname Ruggieri appear in the Divine Comedy by Dante and the Decameron by Boccaccio.
Elaine
On Jul 29, 2020, at 1:34 PM, Michael R. Ruggieri, Sr. < RUGG1@...> wrote:
I am also not interested in any of the remaining plots.? ? On a different note I received this link ?from an IT person at Temple: ? ? Cheers, Jen Ford?
Mike Michael R. Ruggieri, Sr. 196 Holstein Road PA Route #320, Gulph Mills King of Prussia, PA 19406 (610) 564-3926 (Cellular) ? ? Hey, Steve, it was always Lonie¡¯s and my intent that the remaining lots should be for the family. I¡¯ve recently contacted St. Pat¡¯s and had discussions with Marie Elliott, business manager. There are three available lots¡one directly in front of the large Ruggieri stone and two on the backside. The location of Mark¡¯s remains was decided by Andrea and Adam. As the last of Archie Ruggieri¡¯s siblings, I am in charge of those remaining plots. My father paid a total of $120 for the twelve (six in 1925 and six in 1927) and knowing his reputation for caring for family and family in need, I will honor that. I have no intention of charging any family member. ?And, maybe St. Pat¡¯s would have something to say about that even if I wanted to. In my conversations with Marie Elliott, I also asked about the four corner markers with the lovely R engraved thereon. They set the boundaries of the 12 plots. When I last visited the graves, I saw at least one was missing and asked Marie to see if they had sunk into the ground, were broken, or even vandalized. Nice result. They had sunk and are now being raised. I think the Ruggieri stone is one of the prettiest in the cemetery (no bias there) and the lettering (typeface) is beautifully carved. If any of the family who live in or visit ?Kennett Square, I suggest a short run to the cemetery. You can usually park right in front of the Ruggieri plot. I¡¯ve done it, sometimes with Amy and Jane, and always glad I did. Also look nearby and notice familiar plots - Pannell, Andriole, Leo, etc. If you see anything amiss, please let me know.
On Jul 28, 2020, at 10:56 PM, Steve Ruggieri via ??< sjrugged@...> wrote: ? Very interesting detective work. Thanks. I was paused in my reading of this thread of emails by?two things.? 1. Three plots? When I went through the St. Pats cemetery administration to get permission to have that bronze plaque installed for mom & dad?on the family stone I was told only Lonnie and or Elaine had rights to say who got plotted there and that there?were only two. I¡¯m pretty sure Mark got one. So with Elaine admitting she has no desire to take a plot,?whether 1,?2 or 3,?who will decide who gets them? I¡¯m with Elaine, no interest. But, that cemetery admin seemed to me to be very organized and potentially strict about passing on rights to those plots. I¡¯m open to ideas on setting aside these plots for a family member in need. First come first serve, consensus at the time of need, auction off with proceeds go the?church, you tell me. All just ideas. But discussing this could be helpful for some unfortunate soul and much easier with documentation from this group as to fulfilling Archie¡¯s purchase of these plots.? 2. Yea, I said there were two things. After all that above, I¡¯ve forgotten that second one and or it¡¯s late and wasn¡¯t important anyway.?
Steve Ruggieri
¡°...immense harm is caused by the belief that work is virtuous...¡± ? On Tuesday, July 28, 2020, 14:13, Elaine Ruggieri <elaineruggieri@...> wrote: I made the same mistake. Lonie accurately typed pages that recorded each sibling of my father with their spouses and children. She probably heard the oral history also about Vincent, but I never did. So when our grandmother walked to the cemetery every day she was visiting Melania and Vincent.
On Jul 28, 2020, at 3:07 PM, Sally Stier < sastier@...> wrote: ?
Louie did mention it. ?I was not clear. ?What I wrote came from her family history. ?I just copied it. ? Leave it to Lonie. ?She was devoted to family and detail. I thought she would have mentioned this in her family history. AND SHE DID:
Frank T. Ruggieri-Mary DeArchangelo Ruggieri ?06/17/29
o1/11/06 -10/06/70 ? ? ? ? ?11/17/09 ? ? ? ? ??
? ? ? ? ? ? Vincent Ruggieri- 1930-1930
After ?the call from Paul, I checked the history almost certain I would find ?
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