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Adolph "Al" Frank Gontero
Jody Hane2021-08-22T10:42:44-05:00
- Name: Adolph "Al" Frank Gontero
- Location of Birth: Keewatin, Minnesota
- Date of Birth: July 13, 1918
- Date of Death: November 6, 1999 (81 years old)
- Parents: Angelo Gontero and Maria (Amprimo) Gontero
- High School and Class: Keewatin High School, Keewatin, Minnesota
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- Branch: Marine Corp
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World War II
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Al had been employed by General Motors in Cleveland, Ohio for many years.
Al was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Liberato (his twin) and Victor; and a sister, Katherine Walker.
Survivors include his wife of 57 years, Anne (Maulorico); his children, Janice (Charles) Castrigano, Ronald (Debbie), John (Kathy), Gary (Gina), Sandra, and Marianne; two sisters, Olanda Merhar and Josephine Kapla; eleven grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Al formerly lived in Keewatin, Minnesota. He died in Cleveland, Ohio and is buried in Knollwood Cemetery at Mayfield Heights, Ohio.
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