AMHS Membership
Former AMHS President Loses Relative to COVID
By Nancy DeSanti Former AMHS President Omero Sabatini recently received the sad news that Erdo Graziani, husband of his cousin, Maria Simone, died on December 22, 2020, having contracted the coronavirus infection COVID-19.
Erdo was 96 and came from Secinaro, L’Aquila in Abruzzo. He was an active member of the Secinaro Club of the Detroit Metropolitan Area. He was predeceased by his wife and is survived by two daughters, several grandchildren, and numerous relatives in the United States, Italy and Venezuela.
Omero noted that Maria’s immediate family in Italy owns the land around a small lake in the Secinaro municipality, formed when a meteorite hit that spot in the 4th or 5th century. ❚
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