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Frances Marie Tapella ZagarriThis is where the anecdotal information will go. This will stay pretty stable. For more volatile information, a link will be provided to a PDF file that can be composed and maintained with tools such as Word and then saved as a PDF for loading to the web site. This eliminates the need to know how to program the individual web pages.
Frances Tapella was the seventh child and third daughter of Geralamo Tapella, born in St. Louis on November 6, 1918, the last of the family born in the US. Fran, as she was known, worked many years at ???. The best story going around is when Fran started dating Sam Zagarri, she was invited to dinner at her brother Louis's house. When Louis found out that Sam was Sicilian, he refused to have them come, for there was significant bias against southern Italians. It took the intervention of Louis's wife Lena to resolve the issue and, as they say, the rest is history. He married Sam on July 8, 1945. Thier first residence on Shaw Ave. near Viviano's market. They had two sons, Gerald and Ronald. As their family expanded, they moved to a new home in South County off Weber Road. Their basement hosted many family parties. by Charles Tapella |
| 1 | Gerolamo Tapella (June 14, 1870 - April 25, 1946) married in Italy about 1896 Francesca Bonali (July 13, 1876 - November 10, 1918) |
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| 2 | . | Frances Marie Tapella (November 6, 1918 - March 7, 2008) married July 8, 1945 Sam Paul Zagarri (April 20, 1919 - November 6, 1993) Go To Frances Tapella's Page |
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| 3 | . | . | Gerald Louis Zagarri (October 25, 1947) married February 23, 1973 Patricia Ann Schulte (July 28, 1948) |
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| 4 | . | . | . | Sarah Ann Zagarri (July 9, 1975) married August 4, 2001 Andrew Krueger (April 4, 1973) |
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| 5 | . | . | . | . | Thomas Joseph Krueger (August 21, 2004) | |||||
| 5 | . | . | . | . | Olivia Edith Krueger (March 4, 2008) | |||||
| 4 | . | . | . | Jessica Ann Zagarri (November 19, 1977) married July 30, 2011 Benjamin Roman Schmitt |
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| 3 | . | . | Ronald Charles Zagarri (November 30 1949) | |||||||
