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Robert Bertie Melfi

Robert Bertie Melfi

Male 1896 - 1970  (74 years)


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  • Name Robert Bertie Melfi  [1, 2] 
    Birth 6 Jan 1896  United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Death 14 May 1970 
    Person ID I35975  Stewartsny
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

    Father Peppino Pasquale Melfi,   b. Apr 1856   d. 17 Apr 1917 (Age 61 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Elma Lenora Grahrar 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F325  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Ada Alice Meaker,   b. 7 May 1901, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. William Melfi  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Robert Thomas Melfi,   b. 1 Aug 1921   d. 14 Feb 2000, Onondaga Co., NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. Vincent Melfi
     4. John Melfi
     5. Jack Melfi
     6. Betty Melfi
     7. Dorothy Melfi
     8. Harold Melfi
    Family ID F11565  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

    Family 2 Irene Frances Lighthall,   b. 9 Feb 1911, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jul 1970, Sylvan Beach, Oneida, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years) 
    Family ID F11566  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

  • Notes 
    • Newspaper Obituary - Friday, May 15, 1970 - Rome Daily Sentinel - Robert Melf Dies After Brief Illness - Robert B. Melfi, 74, of Wood Creek Road, a former employe of Revere Copper and Brass Inc., died Thursday in Rome Hospital after a brief illness. Son of Pasquale and Elma Melfi, he was born Jan. 6, 1896, in Syracuse. He was a 1910 graduate of the Prescott School, Syracuse. He was twice married. In Syracuse he married Ada Meaker. On July 16, 1967, in the Town of Vienna, he married Frances Lighhall Page. A resident of Rome for the past three months, he had formerly lived in Sylvan Beach and prior to that in Oneida and Syracuse. He served in the Army in France during World War I. Prior to his retirement in 1962, he was employed by the Carrier Corp., Syracuse, and formerly by Revere Copper and Brass Inc. Mr. Melfi was a member of the American Legion. Surviving besides his wife, are a daughter, Mrs. Lawrence (Dorothea Frances) Dyer, Homer; four sons, Harold Melfi, Mattydale; Robert Melfi, Liverpool; Vincent Melfi, Boston, Mass., and William Melfi, Groton; eight grand-children and two step-grandchildren. Funeral services will be at 1 Monday at the Martin J. Nunn Funeral home with the Rev. Charles Sykes D.D., rector of Zion Episcopal Church, officiating. Interment will be in Woodlawn Cemetery, Syracuse. Calling hours are from 7 to 9 tonight and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 Saturday and Sunday.

  • Sources 
    1. [S184] Ancestry.com, New York, State Census, 1925, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), New York State Archives; Albany, New York; State Population Census Schedules, 1925; Election District: 06; Assembly District: 03; City: Syracuse Ward 16; County: Onondaga; Page: 33.

    2. [S346] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Syracuse, Onondaga, New York; Roll: 1625; Page: 20B; Enumeration District: 0008; Image: 798.0; FHL microfilm: 2341359.