NAME(S) ON TILE:                 JULIUS BARAZZONI

IRMA DECUBERT BARAZZONI

DONOR NAME(S):                   ESTHER L. BARAZZONE, Ph.D.

Julius Barazzoni was born in 1886 in northern Italy, probably Turin, emigrated around 1904 and was naturalized in 1921.  He married Irma Decubert from Belgium, born in 1895.

Employed as a miner in West Frankfort, Illinois in Old Ben Mine No.8, he was Secretary of the Local Union #959, United Mine Workers of America.

Julius and Irma died, tragically, in September of 1926 in West Frankfort, leaving 11 year old Vincent (1915-1965) and six year old Martha (Schultz, 1920-1993) orphans.  Both eventually made their way to Charleston, West Virginia.

Vincent Barazzone and Martha Schultz each had children (Vincent, Samuel, Esther,

Barry and Irma Barazzone; David and Roesanne Schultz) and have grandchildren and great-grandchildren living in the Pittsburgh area and throughout the United States.