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Eugene Fagnano
Eugene Fagnano, eighty-four years old. Born in Niles, Ohio; grew up in Fairview, N.J.
Married to his wife Edna for sixty-one years. They have two married daughters, Debbie
and Cind...view moreEugene Fagnano, eighty-four years old. Born in Niles, Ohio; grew up in Fairview, N.J.
Married to his wife Edna for sixty-one years. They have two married daughters, Debbie
and Cindy, six grandchildren Emma, Eugene, Sara, Amy, Sam, and Luke. It was during
his last few years of high school, while employed at a White Castle that he met his future
wife, Edna. Upon graduation, he enlisted in the US Army for a year and a half. After being
discharged, he was admitted into the New York Newspapers Pressmen’s Union. Worked as
an apprentice at Alco Gravure, Hoboken, N.J. for fourteen years, then as a pressman for the
New York Times for thirty-two more years for a total of forty-six years, when he then retired
as pressroom foreman. He is a musician, plays trumpet, is a member of the musicians
union, also an artist, belongs to several local art clubs. Active in politics, he was elected to
four terms as a councilman. He was appointed as a commissioner to the Bergen County
Housing Authority, served twenty years, ten as chairman. He is an active parishioner in his
church, a trustee, and finance chairman. His hobbies are music and art. He has a large
collection of records from jazz to opera. He still enjoys painting and playing his trumpet. This
is his first effort at writing.view less