OBITUARY: STONE INDUSTRY VETERAN, ROBERT J. ZAVAGNO, SR.
Robert J. Zavagno, Sr., passed away peacefully on
March 6, 2010 at the age of 86. He was the President of The Cleveland Marble
Mosaic Co., with offices in Cleveland, OH, Chicago, IL, and Los
Angeles, CA. He was
also President of The National Terrazzo Mosaic Association, President of The
Marble Institute of America and President of The Building Stone Institute. He
was husband of Lorraine M. (nee Ameln); father of Dr. Pamela Beach-Reber
(Robert) of St. Louis, MO, Deborah Zola (Robert) of Wilmington, DE, Denise
Zavagno-Skibinski (Bernard) of Arlington, VA, Nancy Vitrano (Mitchell) and
Robert J. Jr. (Angela); dear grandfather of 18; great-grandfather of 11;
brother of The Honorable Judge Walter Savage (Helen, deceased) and Raymond
Zavagno (deceased) (June). A graduate of Rhodes
High School, he attended the University of Connecticut and the Citadel. A U.S. Veteran of
World War II, Airways Communications Specialist in the Army Air Corp., he
served in The China-India-Burma Campaign. The family suggests memorial
contributions to Hospice of the Cleveland Clinic, 6801 Brecksville Rd., Suite #
10, Independence, OH 44131.
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