IN MEMORIAM: ANTONIO CERESINI (1936-2015)
On September 9, 2015, Antonio (Tonino) Ceresini passed away peacefully surrounded by his family. Tonino used to play with the band “Innersound”. He played throughout the Baltimore, Washington, Northern Virginia and Pennsylvania area. He played for numerous functions at Casa Italiana in Washington over the course of many years. Antonio was born in Bisenti, in the province of Teramo in Abruzzo; he immigrated to the United States in 1958. He was also a member of the Abruzzo and Molise Heritage Society, which he joined in 2001. Antonio is survived by his wife, Liliana, his two sons Anthony and Dennis and their wives, and his grandchildren Stephanie, Julia and Dean.
CONGRATULATIONS ROBERT AND LAUREN!
AMHS member Robert D’Onofrio was engaged to his finance Lauren Barkay on Monday, October 12, 2016, which happens to be Columbus Day – a fitting day and one that is not easily forgotten! Lauren is originally from Michigan and followed her job here to Washington, DC about 3 years ago. The couple met in March 2014 and is looking forward to their pending nuptials in 2016.
DC UNITED TAKES ON THE NEW YORK CITY FOOTBALL CLUB
On Friday, October 2, Ennio DiTullio, his daughter Daniella, and his grandson Sebastian, braved the pounding rain to watch the soccer match between DC United and the New York City Football Club, featuring Italian soccer champion Andrea Pirlo. According to Ennio, in spite of the weather, it was a good game and they had a lot of fun; Sebastian said it was the best DC Sebastian DiTullio with Talon, the DC United mascot United game he has attended. It was also good to see Pirlo give a good performance but happy that DC United won the match, 2 to 1. Sebastian was also excited to get a photo with the DC United mascot! As you may recall, the tickets for this soccer match were made possible through a special group rate made available by DC United to the Italian American community in the Washington, DC area.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WESTMINSTER BOCCE CLUB AND THEIR LEADER, LUCIO D’ANDREA
At the recent annual Senior Olympics of Northern Virginia, Lucio D’Andrea was a member of the bocce gold-medal winning team, comprised of members from Westminster at Lake Ridge, VA, the independent living community where he and Edvige moved two years ago. Lucio introduced bocce to the residents of Westminster. They now play and practice bocce twice a week at the River Ridge community bocce court and having a very good time together.