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His Life

Growing Up

February 14, 2013

Louie grew up in Hartford, CT.  He attended St. Augustine parish school and Buckley High School.  He was very proud of the time he spent in the Boys Brigade at St. Agustine and talked about it often.  He would tell stories about how he would stand up for the smaller, weaker kids, and you could see the pride in his face as he would talk. He would also tell us about the "paddle" and how he got it a "few" times because, of course, he "wasn't no angel".  It was during those years at St. Augustine that he met Josephine, who went on to become his childhood sweetheart, wife, and mother of his four children. At the age of 12 he lost his mother, and took on the role of raising his little brother, Frank, with his father, and aunts and uncles.  At age 18, he left Buckley High School, to join the Marine Corp.

The Beginning

March 4, 2012

Louis George LaPorto was born in Hartford, CT on February 14, 1937 to Nancy (Petrella) and Louis Frank LaPorto.