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Birth:          6 Jul 1912 Serino, Italy
Death:          25 Apr 2004 Bridgeport, Conn.
Burial:         St. Michael Cemetery, Stratford, Conn.

Notes
Serino, Italy, 1912 Birth Register, antenati.com 
soc sec apps and claims on ancestry (has mother's name as Arino)
http://abriola.com/tribute/details/1564/Neil-Rodia/obituary.html

Obituary of Neil Rodia

Neil L. Rodia

Neil Lawrence Rodia, age 91, of Stratford, a retiree of General Electric Co. in 
Bridgeport with 40 years of service, died on Sunday, April 25, 2004 at Bridgeport 
Hospital following a brief illness. Born on July 6, 1912 in Serino, Province of Avellino, 
Italy, he was a son of the late Consolato and Giovanina Cerino Rodia. At the age of 6 
years, he came to the United States in 1918 with his parents and two sisters Jennie 
and Belinda. Mr. Rodia was a lifelong resident of Bridgeport before moving to Atria of 
Stratford three years ago. He was a Communicant of St. Ambrose Church, a member of 
the Quarter Century Club and the Pensioners Club of G.E. Mr Rodia was an avid 
gardener. He was pre-deceased by his devoted wife of 63 years, the late Josephine 
Torreso Rodia and two sisters, Belinda Memoli and Jennie Yacoviello. He was the 
loving father of a daughter, Madeline Jean Archibald and Bart Archibald of Stratford , 
a son, John A. Rodia and Fay Rodia of Huntington, also survived by a brother, 
Anthony Rodia of Trumbull, he was the beloved grandfather of Michael and Pamela 
Archibald, Denise and Christopher Goddard, Madeline and Gregory Alfonso, all of 
Stratford, Robin and Brian Casl of Fairfield, John and Gale Rodia and Amy and Eric 
Van Stone of Huntington, he cherished his nine great grandchildren, Samantha and 
Nicole Archibald, Gillian, Emily and Kelly Goddard, Cole and Kailey Casl, and Sloane 
and Phoebe Rodia. He is also survived by several nieces and nephews and will be 
sadly missed by his family and friends. Funeral Information

Funeral services will take place on Thursday, April 29, 2004 at 9 a.m. from the Abriola 
Parkview Funeral Home, 419 White Plains Road, Trumbull, and at 10 a.m. in St. 
Ambrose Church, Bridgeport for a Mass of Christian Burial. Interment will follow in St. 
Michael Cemetery, Stratford. Friends may call on Wednesday 4- 8 p.m .
obit of Anthony Joseph Rodia

Ottaviano De Biase, "I Rodia" (2021) has him as a duplicate of Anthony Joseph



Parents
RODIA Consolato (2 Jun 1874 - 25 Oct 1948)
CIRINO Giovanna (29 Jul 1880 - 27 Jan 1938)

Siblings
RODIA Vincenza (6 Dec 1900 - 1 Mar 1901)
RODIA Vincenza (Jennie) (23 Oct 1903 - 18 Mar 1986)
RODIA Belinda (21 Mar 1907 - 15 Sep 1998)
RODIA Maria (4 Aug 1908 - 18 Oct 1908)
RODIA Aniello (Neil Lawrence) (6 Jul 1912 - 25 Apr 2004)
RODIA Assunta (31 Dec 1913 - 12 Jan 1914)
RODIA Donato (1915 - )
RODIA Adamo (20 Dec 1915 - 29 Sep 1916)
RODIA Anthony Joseph (3 Dec 1921 - 7 Aug 2005)

Marriage To TORRESO Josephine C. (1915 - 8 Mar 2000)
    m. 31 Aug 1936 Bridgeport, Conn.

Notes

Parents
TORRESO Salvatore ()
----- Michelina ()

Children by TORRESO Josephine C. 1915 - 8 Mar 2000
RODIA John Anthony ()
RODIA Madeline Jean ()

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