ROBERT WILLIAM CAPPETTO - OBITUARY

September 30, 1930 - June 7, 1968

In Loving Memory of Robert William Cappetto.

Rosary will be recited tomorrow at 8 PM and Requiem mass celebrated Tuesday at 9 a.m. in St. James the Less Catholic Church for 37-year old Robert William Cappetto of 3179 Abella Street, La Crescenta. Interment will follow in the San Fernando Mission Cemetery.

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Robert William Cappetto was born, September 30, 1930 in Waukegan, Illinois, to the parents of Luigi T. "Louis" Cappetto and Katherine Ann Clausen.

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PFC Cappetto was a Korean War Veteran serving in the United States Army from 1951-1953. He was honorably discharged Feb. 4, 1953.

 

Robert Cappetto was a musician associated with the Eddy Howard and Dick Charles Orchestras, he died Friday, June 7, in a Los Angeles Hospital. He was born in Chicago and lived in the foothills for seven years.

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Mr. Cappetto was an outstanding trumpet player and musician - really a genuius!! He was born before his time - and that there was no one in this era to discover him.

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Survivors include his wife, Helen Margaret; one daughter, Teresa Ann; two sons, Lawrence Robert and John Gerald; one brother Thomas of La Crescenta; his parents, Louis T. and Kathryn Cappetto of La Crescenta; and his grandmother, Agnes Clawson of La Crescenta.

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Crippen Mortuary is in charge of funeral arrangements.