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Vito Rappa Obituary


Family-Placed Death Notice

Vito Rappa, age 81 of Panama City Beach, FL, died January 15, 2007. He is survived by his wife, Marie Jackson Rappa; daughter and son-in-law, Tina and Mike Chisolm of Snellville; son and daughter-in-law, Al and Clara Rappa of Snellville; sister, Lucille Owens of Morrow, GA; grandchildren, Kelli Chisolm, Katrina Gregorich, Stacie Cook, Jeremy Rappa; great grandchildren, Nathan Gregorich, Hailey Gregorich and Connor Cook. Mr. Rappa was a Naval Veteran of World War II. He served in the Pacific on the USS Bayfield. He was a printer by trade, and had been employed by the Atlanta Journal and Dittler Brothers Printing Company.Funeral Services will be Thursday, January 18 at 2pm at Wages Snellville Chapel with Dr. Ron Davidson officiating. Interment Eternal Hills Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends Thursday from 12noon until service time at the funeral home. Tom M. Wages Funeral Service, Inc., Snellville Chapel, 770/979-3200 www.wagesfuneralhome.com

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Published by Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Jan. 17, 2007.

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