Page 2, Herald Statesman, Yonkers, N. Y , Wednesday,
January 27, 1960
Salvatore DiMase Dies, Orchestra Leader in 30's Salvatore DiMase, a musician who headed his own orchestra under the name "Sal Deems" during the 1930s, died at St. Joseph's Hospital yesterday after a short illness. Mr. Dimase group, the Midshipman Band and Orchestra was popular in Yonkers during the 1930s and early 1940s. The band was dissolved when World War ll demands sapped it's members. Mr. DiMase, a banjo player and violinist, never reorganized the band, instead performed for various city orchestras and private groups. He was a steamfitter by trade and worked on jobs throughout the country. However, he often returned to Yonkers where he had lived since he was a small boy.
Mr. DiMase was a member of the Steamfitters Union Local 343. the Musicians Union Local 402 and the Yonkers Republican Organization.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Mary Kokinchak DiMase of 29
Vineyard Ave.; four daughters Mrs. Angela Catullo; Mrs. Frank (Christine) Racioppi, Mrs. John Frances Colacurcio, all of Yonkers, and Mrs. Jerry (Lucille) Reed of Tucson, Ariz.; three sons Anthony and Nicholas of Yonkers and Salvatore Jr. of Arrowsmith, Ill: 16 grandchildren; and nine great grandchildren.
OBITUARY ADDENDA
In yesterday's obituary of Salvatore DiMase, his brother Leonard A. Dimase was omitted in the list of survivors.
Page 2, Herald Statesman, Yonkers, N. Y., Thurs., January 28, 1960
DIMASE-Salvatore on Tuesday, January 26, 1960,
beloved husband of Mary Kokinchak of 29 Vineyard Ave. Reposing at the Cola Funeral Home. 136 Yonkers Ave. Missa Cantata, 10 o'clock on Saturday in St. Joseph's Church. Interment St. Joseph's Cemetery.
His first wife was Anna Rohm who died
18 October 1918.
January 27, 1960
Salvatore DiMase Dies, Orchestra Leader in 30's Salvatore DiMase, a musician who headed his own orchestra under the name "Sal Deems" during the 1930s, died at St. Joseph's Hospital yesterday after a short illness. Mr. Dimase group, the Midshipman Band and Orchestra was popular in Yonkers during the 1930s and early 1940s. The band was dissolved when World War ll demands sapped it's members. Mr. DiMase, a banjo player and violinist, never reorganized the band, instead performed for various city orchestras and private groups. He was a steamfitter by trade and worked on jobs throughout the country. However, he often returned to Yonkers where he had lived since he was a small boy.
Mr. DiMase was a member of the Steamfitters Union Local 343. the Musicians Union Local 402 and the Yonkers Republican Organization.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Mary Kokinchak DiMase of 29
Vineyard Ave.; four daughters Mrs. Angela Catullo; Mrs. Frank (Christine) Racioppi, Mrs. John Frances Colacurcio, all of Yonkers, and Mrs. Jerry (Lucille) Reed of Tucson, Ariz.; three sons Anthony and Nicholas of Yonkers and Salvatore Jr. of Arrowsmith, Ill: 16 grandchildren; and nine great grandchildren.
OBITUARY ADDENDA
In yesterday's obituary of Salvatore DiMase, his brother Leonard A. Dimase was omitted in the list of survivors.
Page 2, Herald Statesman, Yonkers, N. Y., Thurs., January 28, 1960
DIMASE-Salvatore on Tuesday, January 26, 1960,
beloved husband of Mary Kokinchak of 29 Vineyard Ave. Reposing at the Cola Funeral Home. 136 Yonkers Ave. Missa Cantata, 10 o'clock on Saturday in St. Joseph's Church. Interment St. Joseph's Cemetery.
His first wife was Anna Rohm who died
18 October 1918.
Page 2, Herald Statesman, Yonkers, N. Y , Wednesday,
January 27, 1960
Salvatore DiMase Dies, Orchestra Leader in 30's Salvatore DiMase, a musician who headed his own orchestra under the name "Sal Deems" during the 1930s, died at St. Joseph's Hospital yesterday after a short illness. Mr. Dimase group, the Midshipman Band and Orchestra was popular in Yonkers during the 1930s and early 1940s. The band was dissolved when World War ll demands sapped it's members. Mr. DiMase, a banjo player and violinist, never reorganized the band, instead performed for various city orchestras and private groups. He was a steamfitter by trade and worked on jobs throughout the country. However, he often returned to Yonkers where he had lived since he was a small boy.
Mr. DiMase was a member of the Steamfitters Union Local 343. the Musicians Union Local 402 and the Yonkers Republican Organization.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Mary Kokinchak DiMase of 29
Vineyard Ave.; four daughters Mrs. Angela Catullo; Mrs. Frank (Christine) Racioppi, Mrs. John Frances Colacurcio, all of Yonkers, and Mrs. Jerry (Lucille) Reed of Tucson, Ariz.; three sons Anthony and Nicholas of Yonkers and Salvatore Jr. of Arrowsmith, Ill: 16 grandchildren; and nine great grandchildren.
OBITUARY ADDENDA
In yesterday's obituary of Salvatore DiMase, his brother Leonard A. Dimase was omitted in the list of survivors.
Page 2, Herald Statesman, Yonkers, N. Y., Thurs., January 28, 1960
DIMASE-Salvatore on Tuesday, January 26, 1960,
beloved husband of Mary Kokinchak of 29 Vineyard Ave. Reposing at the Cola Funeral Home. 136 Yonkers Ave. Missa Cantata, 10 o'clock on Saturday in St. Joseph's Church. Interment St. Joseph's Cemetery.
His first wife was Anna Rohm who died
18 October 1918.
January 27, 1960
Salvatore DiMase Dies, Orchestra Leader in 30's Salvatore DiMase, a musician who headed his own orchestra under the name "Sal Deems" during the 1930s, died at St. Joseph's Hospital yesterday after a short illness. Mr. Dimase group, the Midshipman Band and Orchestra was popular in Yonkers during the 1930s and early 1940s. The band was dissolved when World War ll demands sapped it's members. Mr. DiMase, a banjo player and violinist, never reorganized the band, instead performed for various city orchestras and private groups. He was a steamfitter by trade and worked on jobs throughout the country. However, he often returned to Yonkers where he had lived since he was a small boy.
Mr. DiMase was a member of the Steamfitters Union Local 343. the Musicians Union Local 402 and the Yonkers Republican Organization.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Mary Kokinchak DiMase of 29
Vineyard Ave.; four daughters Mrs. Angela Catullo; Mrs. Frank (Christine) Racioppi, Mrs. John Frances Colacurcio, all of Yonkers, and Mrs. Jerry (Lucille) Reed of Tucson, Ariz.; three sons Anthony and Nicholas of Yonkers and Salvatore Jr. of Arrowsmith, Ill: 16 grandchildren; and nine great grandchildren.
OBITUARY ADDENDA
In yesterday's obituary of Salvatore DiMase, his brother Leonard A. Dimase was omitted in the list of survivors.
Page 2, Herald Statesman, Yonkers, N. Y., Thurs., January 28, 1960
DIMASE-Salvatore on Tuesday, January 26, 1960,
beloved husband of Mary Kokinchak of 29 Vineyard Ave. Reposing at the Cola Funeral Home. 136 Yonkers Ave. Missa Cantata, 10 o'clock on Saturday in St. Joseph's Church. Interment St. Joseph's Cemetery.
His first wife was Anna Rohm who died
18 October 1918.
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