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Submitted: 3/2/11 • Approved: 3/2/11 • Last Updated: 3/30/18 • R38281-G38275-S3
Brizzolara Mausoleum
On the pediment:
LOUIS BRIZZOLARA
Over the door:
1916
The mausoleum has room for 8 internments, 4 on each side. There is a marble altar and a 3-panel stained glass window on the back wall, depicting, on the left, Mary, on the right Jesus, and in the center, St. Francis with the Christ child.
Internments:
Left side, from top to bottom:
1. Empty
2. Empty
3. LOUISA BRIZZOLARA
NEE REPPETTO
BELOVED WIFE OF LOUIS
1873 - 1927
4. ISABELLE POLALES
NEE BRIZZOLARA
BELOVED WIFE OF GEORGE
1934 (?) - 1980 (?)
Right side, from top to bottom:
1. Empty
2. JOHN A. COLUCCI
BELOVED HUSBAND OF DORIS COLUCCI NEE BRIZZOLARA
1923 - 1990
3. LOUIS BRIZZOLARA
BELOVED HUSBAND OF
LOUISA BRIZZOLARA NEE REPETTO
1864 - 1909
4. GEORGE N. POLALES
BELOVED HUSBAND OF
ISABELLE POLALES NEE BRIZZOLARA
1934 - 1985
Section M
Contributed on 3/2/11 by pasteffen99
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