Catherine GermanoAge: 73 years1890–1964
- Name
- Catherine Germano
- Given names
- Catherine
- Surname
- Germano
- Married name
- Catherine Gagliano
 Birth | October 17, 1890 |
 Marriage | Joseph Samuel Gagliano — View this family unknown |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 7 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 25 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 26 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 27 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
 Birth of a son#1 | Joseph S Gagliano Jr. March 11, 1921 (Age 30 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 38 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 51 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Marriage of a child | Joseph S Gagliano Jr. — Mary Addie Godwin — View this family 1946 (Age 55 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 59 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 55 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
 Death | May 23, 1964 (Age 73 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Calvary Cemetery |
| Family with Joseph Samuel Gagliano |
| husband |
Joseph Samuel Gagliano Birth: March 19, 1880 — Italy Death: September 27, 1964 — Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
| herself |
Catherine Germano Birth: October 17, 1890 Death: May 23, 1964 |
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Marriage: — |
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| son |
Joseph S Gagliano Jr. Birth: March 11, 1921 40 30 Death: January 14, 1979 |
No family available
| Note | Mrs. Catherine Gagliano of 547 East Frank, mother and grandmother of three well known Memphis athletic figures, died at noon yeserday, May 23, at St. Joseph Hospital after a heart attack.
Mrs. Gagliano, who was 74, was the mother of Anthony J. Gagliano of 5083 Highway 51 South, head baseball coach at Christian Brothers High School, and grandmother of Phillip Gagliano of Memphis and St. Louis, utility infielder with the Saint Louis Cardinals and Ralph M. Gagliano Jr. of 845 Dickinson, Prep League baseball star at CGHS.
Mrs. Gagliano was the wife of Joseph S. Gagliano Sr. of the East Frank address, a retired importer. She moved to Memphis about 50 years ago from Italy and was a communicant of St. Patrick's Catholic Church.
She also leaves two other sons, Joseph S. Gagliano Jr. of 4946 Newhaven, an inspector with the Memphis Police Department, and Ralph M. Gagliano Sr. of the Dickinson address; two daughters, Mrs. Jane Massey of the East Frank address and Mrs. Pete Faulkner of 2059 Laramie; a sister, Grace Germano and a brother, Frank Germano, both of Italy; 10 other grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
Burial in Calvary Cemetery.
Published in The Commercial Appeal on Sunday, May 24, 1964. |