Immaculate Conception Church, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member sherpes
N 40° 27.702 W 079° 56.868
17T E 589208 N 4479535
memorial for the church parishioners that served and lost their lives in World War II
Waymark Code: WM6VXA
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 07/25/2009
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member GT.US
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The church of Immaculate Conception is a catholic church in the heart of Bloomfield, an italian-american neighborhood located in the city of Pittsburgh.

The church and school themselves date back to the late 1930's.
The memorial is from 1946.

Text of the plaque is as follows:

In memory of the men of the immaculate conception church, who died in action World War II

Antonino, Patsy
Argenas, Joseph
Buccigrossi, Anthony
DecCimmuto, Nicholas
DeSabato, Herman
DiCocco, Richard
DiSanzi, Oreste
Donatelli, John
Dortenzo, Reynolds
Fazio, Joseph
Ferracano, Anthony
Gentile, Dominic
Iole, Jules
Longo, Frank
Marasco, Robert
Minnitte, Gaetano
Motta, Anthony
Pacella, Henry
Pelusi, Charles
Pietrone, John
Ricci, Raymond
Russo, Richard
Sciullo, Joseph Paul
Sunseri, Michael
Tague, Paul
Visconti, George
Vivio, John

Donations by parishioners and friends Mary Annacchione solicitor

Property Permission: Private

Access instructions: The memorial is located inside the entrance lobby of the church. The door is open on normal daytime hours, and no permission is required to enter. Given that this is a place of worship, it is requested that visitors behave with decorum.

Access times: From: 9:00 AM To: 5:00 PM

Website for Waymark: [Web Link]

Location of waymark:
321 Edmond Street
Pittsburgh, PA USA
1522


Commemoration: parishioners that died in WWII

Date of Dedication: Not listed

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