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EAST HAVEN -- Moving to Connecticut was the best thing that ever happened to Salvatore D'Amato Sr. Born in New York City, this Depression-era survivor often told his children, "You would never want to see what the Great Depression was like." "My father frequently told us how hard it was back then," said his oldest child, Sally Ann DeAngelo of New Haven. "His family had nothing. They lived in a coldwater flat and my grandmother had to stand in line for food. In the end, that's why they came to Connecticut. One of my great uncles owned a house here. And the jobs were here. My grandfather was a barber, and had a connection to come here to work."
Once the D'Amato family moved here, things slowly got better, although D'Amato told his daughter it wasn't all that great when they first arrived. "My father caught pneumonia, and had to walk a long way to school everyday," said DeAngelo, "At 15, he became a short-order cook and then did some construction work before going to Whitney Blake, where he worked for 35 years."See the full content of this document
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East Haven Man Prized Respect
D'Amato died Nov. 17 at age 93.
Born April 22, 1918, a son of Natale and Rachael D'Amato, he also worke...See the full content of this document
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