Anthony Salvatore Ragusa

Anthony Salvatore Ragusa
1930 - 2024
Born to Mario and Lena (Sunseri) Ragusa in his beloved San Francisco, Marina District where he lived his 94 years, except for seven years in North Beach (1957-1964). He was a very proud Italian American. He served in the United States Coast Guard during the Korean War. He attended Galileo High School where he received a baseball scholarship to the University of San Francisco. He played both baseball and soccer at USF, which included being a member of the 1950 National Champion Soccer Team.
In 1957 he married his beautiful wife Esther Zolezzi at Saints Peter and Paul Church in North Beach. They had two sons, Tony (Cindy) and Ronnie (Michelle). He enjoyed taking his sons & neighborhood kids to Funston for batting practice, attending all their sporting events, and driving them out to Candlestick Park for Giants games in the Impala. He taught and coached at Luther Burbank Junior High for 40 years. During summer breaks he worked at Silver Tree Camp (Purple Camp), where he also brought his sons. He was a Lifetime Member of the SF Italian Athletic Club, Salesian Boys' and Girls' Club Old Timer, Galileo Baseball Hall of Fame, Marina North Beach Hall of Fame, and San Francisco Old Timers Baseball Association.
In his retirement years he enjoyed playing tennis in his old stomping grounds at Funston and jogging at the Marina Greens. He enjoyed going to dinners and movies with his dear friend Norene Ghiglieri.
His greatest joy was being Nonno to Frankie (Lauren), Annie (Brett), Gino (Christina), Maria, Angelina, and Bisnonno to Dino and Bruno. He will be greatly missed at our big family dinners with his focaccia and wine in hand, and listening to his stories of growing up in the Marina.
Services are private. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Salesian Boys' and Girls' Club, or Sacred Heart Cathedral Prep for the Esther Ragusa Scholarship Fund.