From Nancy: John (Krug) recently looked up Grandpa Perugi online and found information about his brother, Randolpho, who also came to the US at the same time. John discovered that Randolpho’s son, Alfio, passed away this past October (2016). He was 97 years old. I also did a Google search on Alfio and found several YouTube videos that someone posted. I received a card last Christmas from Alfio’s sister, Eugenia (Jean). She and Mom (Violet) were close cousins.
We are going to NYC with my brother Ed Slate and our families on Dec. 26 for 3 days. While there, we will go to Saint Patrick’s Cathedral to see Grandpa’s Pieta. I just read the New York Time’s article that Deb posted here about Grandpa’s last carving which is in the Church of Our Saviour (Park Avenue and 38th Street.) I recall going to watch Grandpa work on the carving that was featured in the article.