Bazzani - Fred
FRED BAZZANI
August 26, 1920 - January 17, 1997
This is my daddy - what a wonderful one too - an amazing man - full of fun, such a wonderful worker and so much love for his family !!
Source: Crawfordsville Journal Review Jan 18, 1997 p 2
WAVELAND - Fred Bazzani, 75 (sic - he was actually 76), of Waveland died at 1:40 a.m. Friday in Culver Union Hospital at Crawfordsville. he had been a carpet layer for 45 years and had worked for the US Postal Service for 26 years, retiing 1976. Mr. Bazzani had coached baseball for Waveland High School and coached in the Waveland Little League. He started the Waveland Fire Department in 1951 with the assistance of Clarhud Moore. He was an Army veteran of WWII and received a Presidential Citation for Meritorious Service; was a 50-year member of the Waveland Amnerican Legion Post; member of Browns Valley Christian Church; past member of St. Bernard's Catholic Church; Rural Letter Carriers Association; National Association of Civil Conservation Corps; and was a Cub Scout leader. Mr. Bazzani was a 1938 graduate of Clinton High School and attended Rose Poly Institute. He was born Aug 26, 1920 at Universal Indiana to Antonio and Carolina Berti Bazzani. He was first married to Kathryn G. Smith on April 20, 1946 at West Terre Haute. She died in 1982. He was then married to Doris Simpson Jeffries on Jan 13, 1983 at Paris Ill. She survives. Also surviving are two sons, Gary and Larry, both of Waveland, a daughter, Mrs. James (Karen) Zach of Crawfordsville; a sister, Alice Certain of Clinton; six grandchildren; three stepgrandchildren; three great grandchildren; and four step great grandchildren. A brother is deceased. Funeral services are scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Monday in Powers-Priebe Funeral Home at Crawfordsville with the Rev. Ron Whitacre officiating. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery at Crawfordsville. Friends may call at the funeral home 3-7 p.m. Sunday. Military rites will be conducted by the Crawfordsville Veterans of Foreign Wars and The American Legion. - kbz