(Recollection of Dominic Ragucci recorded by Joseph)
My father Giuseppe Ricucci died at an early age – (39) in 1923.  He was working on the Railroad under terrible conditions and became sick which turned to pneumonia.   This resulted in his death at home.  His son, Dominic (age 5)  remembers his mother upstairs with his father while his siblings Angelina (age 6), Mary (age 3) and Tony (age 1) were downstairs.   He remembers his mother coming downstairs and saying his father died.  He was told that he now was the “man of the house” at 5 years old.