John Clarke

JOHN M. CLARKE SR., on January 2, 2012. of Glenolden PA. Beloved husband of Laura L. (nee Prosseda) Clarke; devoted father of Filomena M. (Chad) Ahlefeld, John M. Clarke Jr., Thomas L. (Nora) Clarke, Kimberly A. (Kevin Trippton) Fell and Laura B. Clarke; loving grandfather of Emily, Jesse, William, Michael, Erin, Chloe and Jacob. Private family service.

Contributions to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital , 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis TN 38105.

Published in Philadelphia Inquirer & Philadelphia Daily News on January 5, 2012

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/philly/obituary.aspx?n=john-m-clarke&pid=155336998

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Justin Mazzei, Come On Down!
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Hi all, just want to let you know that my lucky husband Justin won the showcase on The Price is Right. His show will air on November 30 if you want to see him acting crazy!

The panoramic picture is one that Rick Matash took while standing on the front porch of Camillo Melchiorre’s house looking out over the valley.

Here is where Camillo came from:

With Google you can see right down to the roof tops!

The web site Comuni-italiani.it says the population is 2,305 with 815 families. AND there are 2 Melchiorres in the phone directory!

This grist mill stone is one of several located at the Brandywine River Museum which houses a collection of works by three generations of Wyeth art (N.C., Andrew, and Jamie) in a 19th-century grist mill.

See www.brandywinemuseum.org

Below are surnames (aka last names) associated with descendants of Camillo Melchiorre and Generosa DiPippa and their children… Louisa, Josephine, Thomas, Filomena, Anthony, Angelo, Filomena (Lena), Amy, Camillo, Florence, Ida, Lawrence, Christina, Betty and John.

Surname
Adami
Ahlefeld
Ashe
Atkinson
Austin
Baillie
Barragan
Bleiler
Bowman
Campbell
Cardenas
Cashman
Cerasaro
Cerullo
Chestnutt
Chiaro
Clarke
Cook
Creme
D’Ercole
Davis
DeGaetano
Delp
Dentith
Digiandomenico
DiPippa
Eckert
Edwards
Emerson
Espigh
Fell
Fick
Fisher
Fitzgerald
Fuessinger
Gentzler
Giunta
Gladstone
Haddon
Hamblin
Harmon
Haycock
Hayes
Henry
Hulme
Hunley
Kapsak
Kelchner
Kleckner
Landis
Langhorne
Lovecchio
Lupashunski
Maletesta
Massimo
Matash
Mazzei
McClure
McCormick
Melchiorre
Mills
Moore
Moran
Myong
Ortlip
Pandelidis
Pardo
Pearl
Phares
Pilger
Prosseda
Reagan
Reider
Reilly
Rhodes
Riel
Riofski
Robinson
Roma
Ross
Ruckle
Sabatini
Scala
Shultz
Shuman
Silvers
Spezialetti
Swoboda
Taylor
Twiss
Vattima
Visser
Westbrook
Whitlock
Williams
Zampino

My dad, Angelo Melchiorre, served in the Army Air Corp during WWII as a tail gunner on a B-24 Liberator named Sunshine. On March 29, 1944 Sunshine was forced to land in enemy territory. My dad and the rest of the crew spent the next 13 months in a German POW camp.

Read the story: The Saga of Sunshine

Keywords: 719th Squadron, 449th Bomb Group, 15th Air Force, Combat #5, Serial# 42-52106 , Grottaglie, Venegono Inferiore, Varese, Italy, Italia, Stalag Luft #1, Barth, Germany, WWII, World War II

An Easy Make Ahead Recipe

3 large, red ripe tomatoes chopped (6 cups)
4 large cloves garlic, peeled but left whole
1/2 tsp. or less red pepper flakes
1/2 cup chopped fresh basil or 2 tbs. dried
salt and pepper to taste
1/2 cup olive oil
1 lb. penne rigate or other tubular pasta
1/2 lb. muenster cheese (shredded)
1/2 cup grated Romano cheese

Add the first six ingredients into a container. Let stand at room temperature several hours or chill overnight but let return to room temperature before serving. Cook pasta. Spoon off 1/4 cup of oil from the surface of tomatoes and add to drained pasta. Add grated cheese and toss. Add 1/2 tomato sauce and shredded muenster cheese and toss. Add remaining sauce as needed.

Makes 4 generous bowls

Preparation Time: 25 minutes