Rosario Rossi SIGNORINO

4 JUL 1889 - NOV 1980

• BIRTH: 4 JUL 1889, Marsala, Sicily
• BURIAL: Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Osceola, IN
• DEATH: NOV 1980, Mishawaka, IN

• MARRIAGE: 19 JUL 1913, Marsala, Sicily

1. +Joseph T SIGNORINO
2. +Christopher SIGNORINO
3.  Francesca SIGNORINO
4. +Mary R. SIGNORINO
5. +Gasper SIGNORINO

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[N3902] Marsala is a seaport city located in the Province of Trapani on the island of Sicily in Italy. The low coast on which it is situated is the westernmost point of the island. It is best known as the source of Marsala wine. Marsala occupies the site of Lilybaeum, the principal stronghold of the Carthaginians in Sicily, founded by Himilco in 396 BC after the abandonment of Motya. Neither Pyrrhus nor the Romans were able to reduce it by siege, but it was surrendered to the latter in 241 BC at the end of the First Punic War as a condition of the peace treaty. In the later wars it was a starting point for the Roman expeditions against Carthage, and under Roman rule it enjoyed considerable prosperity. It obtained municipal rights from Augustus and became a colony under either Pertinax or Septimius Severus.

The Arabs gave it its present name "Marsala," which perhaps is derived from the Arab "Marsa Allah" (port of Allah) or, more probably, from "Marsa Ali-" ("port of Ali", or "Marsa a-liyy", "great port"). The huge ancient harbor that lay on the northeast was destroyed by Charles V in the 16th century, to prevent its occupation by pirates. The modern harbor lies to the southeast.

On May 11, 1860, Giuseppe Garibaldi and his Expedition of the Thousand landed at Marsala and began his campaign to overthrow Bourbon rule in Sicily, during the Unification of Italy process.

Birth: Jul. 4, 1889
Sicilia, Italy
Death: Nov. 24, 1980
Mishawaka
St. Joseph County
Indiana, USA

Rosario Signorino
July 4, 1889 Nov. 24, 1980
South Bend Tribune 11/24/1980

Mishawaka Rosario Signorino, 91, of 122 W. 12th Street, died today in his home after a lengthy illness. He was retired in 1954 from Uniroyal. He also operated a shoemaker shop in his home. He was born on July 4, 1889 in Marsala, Sicily, Italy, and lived here since 1919, coming from Italy. On July 19, 1913 in Sicily, he married Lora Agati. She died on March 15, 1977. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Richard (Mary) VanOoteghem, Mrs. Francesca Steed, and Mrs. Mary Sanders, all of Mishawaka; five sons, Gasper of South Bend and Joseph, Christopher, Gary and Michael, all of Mishawaka; 22 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; and two sisters in Italy. Services will be at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday in St. Bavo's Catholic Church. Rev Gerald Giggig, pastor, will officiate. Burial will be in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Osceola. Friends may call from 1 to 9 p.m. Tuesday in the Hahn-Peffley-DeVos Funeral Chapel, where a rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. He was a member of the church and the DeAmcis Club.

Family links:
Spouse:
Lora Agati Signorino (1889 - 1977)

Children:
Gasper Signorino (1914 - 2000)*
Joseph T Signorino (1922 - 1997)*
Christopher A Signorino (1924 - 2005)*

Burial:
Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens
Osceola
St. Joseph County
Indiana, USA