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John DeJerome (Giovanni DeGeronimo) Obituary 2

John P. DeJerome, 66, of 24 Brookline Dr., died yesterday in St. Luke's Memorial Hospital Center after a brief illness.

He was born on June 26, 1894, in Ausonia, Italy, son of Laurence and Catherine Salerno DeJerome. He came to Utica when he was 10 years old and was educated in Utica schools.

During World War I he returned to Italy and served four years in the Italian Army. He was a prisoner of war in Hamburg, Germany, for three years. He returned to this country and to Utica in 1919.

in July 1920, in Utica, he married Carmelena Cataldi. She died March 21, 1946. Mr. DeJerome was a musician and was active in Utica area bands and orchestras.

For many years he operated a tailoring business on Washington St. He retired five years ago. He was a member of Westminster Presbyterian Church. He was a former member of Utica Aerie, 97, FOE.

He leaves two daughters, Mrs. Forrest I (Clarice) Schaeffer, and Mrs. Pasquale A. (Joan) Rizzo, both of Utica; two sisters, Mrs. Antoinette Delli Colli and Mrs. Vincenza Baleno, both of Utica; two grandsons, and several nieces and nephews.

The funeral will be at 10:30 Tuesday from the Surridge & Roberts Memorial Home, 144 Eagle St., with the REv. P. Arthur Brindisi, Pastor of Westminster Presbyterian Church, officiating. Burial will be in Crown Hill Memorial Park.

Calling hours are from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 tomorrow and Monday.

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