Santo \u201cSam\u201d Vaccaro, 93, of Kenosha passed away peacefully in the loving arms of his family\u00a0at his residence on Wednesday, July 22, 2020.<\/p>\n
Born on May 8, 1927, in Kenosha, Sam was the youngest son of the late Pasquale \u201cCharlie\u201d and Angeline (Fuoco) Vaccaro. He was educated in the schools of Kenosha, but left high school to begin working to help support his family.<\/p>\n
Sam met the love of his life, Marion B. Meyer, when they both worked at Samuel Lowe Co. On June 5, 1948, they were married at St. George Catholic Church. Sam and Marion borrowed her grandmother\u2019s Nash Statesman for their honeymoon.<\/p>\n
In 1951, Sam was hired by American Motors Corporation, working on the assembly line and eventually in final repair. He and Marion made their home in Kenosha and worked together to raise the roof on their first home in order to have space for their four sons.<\/p>\n
Sam and Marion loved to attend the dances sponsored by the UAW in the 1970s and 1980s. Sam\u2019s hobbies included woodworking, fishing, maintaining his own cars and, after he retired from AMC in 1984, he restored a 1932 Chevrolet. Sadly, Marion passed away in 1991.<\/p>\n
Sam is survived by his sons and their wives: Dan and Kathy Vaccaro, Tim and Cheri Vaccaro, Randy and Jan Vaccaro and Jeff and Debbie Vaccaro, all of Kenosha. He was a loving grandfather to: Brian Vaccaro; Michelle Vaccaro-Biegler and her husband, Adam; Kim Vaccaro-Schmitt and her husband, Eric; Willie Vaccaro and his wife, Phaya; Chris Vaccaro; Heather\u00a0Vaccaro; Doug\u00a0Vaccaro; James Vaccaro; and Joseph Vaccaro and his wife, Amanda. He was a proud \u201cPapa Sam\u201d to 5 great-grandchildren: Owen Schmitt; Avery and Jaxon Vaccaro; and Abigail and Kaela Vaccaro.<\/p>\n
In addition to his beloved wife, Marion, he was preceded in death by his siblings: Frank\u00a0Rotunda, Mary\u00a0Cambria, Mamie\u00a0Haber, Rose\u00a0Raether, Frances\u00a0Vaccaro and Santo Vaccaro who died in infancy in 1923; and his companion, Betty Battersby, who passed away in 2010.<\/p>\n
The family would like to thank Dr. Antoo and Dr. Jefferies for Dad\u2019s care over the last year or so; Dad\u2019s in-home caregivers over the last two months, Michelle, Kristina and Elaina; and Dad\u2019s wonderful neighbor\/friend from AMC, John Tenant, who was always the first one out after a snow fall, clearing snow from not only his sidewalks but also those of his neighbors.<\/em><\/p>\n Funeral Services honoring the life of Sam will be held on Tuesday, July 28, 2020 at 12:00 p.m. at the Piasecki Funeral Home, 3720 39th Avenue, Kenosha, WI.\u00a0 Private interment will take place in St. George Cemetery. A visitation for Sam will be on Tuesday, from 10:00 a.m. until the time of the service at the funeral home.<\/p>\n In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials be made in Sam\u2019s memory to a charity that is near and dear to your heart.<\/p>\n Due to public health concerns, and in compliance with CDC guidelines, only 50 people will be permitted to enter the funeral home at one time.\u00a0 For the safety of our guests, you may be required to wait outside.\u00a0 Social distancing will be maintained and we encourage those in attendance to wear a face covering.\u00a0 We thank you for your understanding and cooperation during this difficult time.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Santo \u201cSam\u201d Vaccaro, 93, of Kenosha passed away peacefully in the loving arms of his family\u00a0at his residence on Wednesday, July 22, 2020. Born on May 8, 1927, in Kenosha, Sam was the youngest son of the late Pasquale \u201cCharlie\u201d and Angeline (Fuoco) Vaccaro. He<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":12897,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"service-location":[],"class_list":["post-12896","obituary","type-obituary","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenoshafuneralhome.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/obituary\/12896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenoshafuneralhome.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/obituary"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenoshafuneralhome.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/obituary"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenoshafuneralhome.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12896"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenoshafuneralhome.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenoshafuneralhome.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"service-location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenoshafuneralhome.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/service-location?post=12896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Informaci\u00f3n del servicio<\/h3>\n