| Since the exact death date was not given, the date of the newspaper article was used. Published in Pilot-Tribune, April 9, 1936
DEATH ENDS HER DREAM OF HOME; MRS. ANTHONY DE VECCHIS, 34, IS DEAD AT HER HOME IN ATLANTIC CITY
Death came this week to Mrs. Anthony De Vecchis. 34, of Atlantic City, New Jersey, formerly of Blair, and ended her dream of a happy home and security just as it was beginning to be realized.
Mrs. De Vecchis died late Monday night in an Atlantic City hospital after suffering eight years from a spinal injury, sustained when helping a patient while she was a nurse in a Philadelphia hospital.
She leaves her husband and two small children, Michael Peter, 6, and Jean Lorraine, 2.
A BLAIR GRADUATE - - As Ellen Nora Peterson, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Peter F. Peterson, she was born near Spiker March 28, 1902. The family later moved to Blair, residing at South street and Walker avenue for many years. She was graduated from Blair high school and entered the University of Nebraska, pursuing a medical course. She quit her studies before receiving a degree, and became a nurse, following this occupation until her marriage to Anthony DeVecchis in Atlantic city in August, 1928. She received her spinal injury shortly before her marriage.
Tribulations beset Mr. and Mrs. De Vecchis the year following their marriage. Her injury kept her abed much of the time. When the depression hit the East, the large hotel in which DeVecchis operated a thriving barber shop closed its doors. Two children born to the couple died in infancy.
DEATH ENDS PLANS - - In 1982 the family came to Blair, Mr. DeVecchis working in a local barber shop for more than a year. After returning to Atlantic City in August, 1933, DeVecchis again secured employment as a barber. This spring things were beginning to look better, and they were making plans to own a home of their own. Death interfered.
Surviving in addition to the husband and two children are three brothers, Fred F. and John H. Peterson of near Herman; and Harold O. Peterson of Riverhead, New York; and a sister, Mrs. W. H. Rahlfs of Arlington. Another relative, Mr. DeVecchis’ brother, is personal physician to Premier Mussolini in Italy. Mrs. DeVecchis’ mother died January 20, 1936.
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