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Frank Michael Pinna 1927 - 2002

Frank Michael Pinna of Sun City, Maricopa County, AZ was born on August 20, 1927 in North East, Erie County, Pennsylvania United States to Mary (Allessie) Pinna and Leonard Michael Pinna. He married Nancy June (Finazzo) Pinna, and they were married until Frank's death on April 1, 2002. He had children Leonard Michael Pinna and John Anthony Pinna. Frank Pinna was buried at Sunland Memorial Park & Mortuary 15826 N Del Webb Blvd, in Sun City.
Frank Michael Pinna
Sun City, Maricopa County, AZ 85351
August 20, 1927
North East, Erie County, Pennsylvania, 16428, United States
April 1, 2002
Sun City, Maricopa County, Arizona, United States
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Frank Michael Pinna's History: 1927 - 2002

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  • Introduction

    Frank Pinna lived on the golf course in Sun City AZ with his wife Nancy Pinna during his later years in life. He had two children Leonard Michael Pinna and John Pinna. He was a devoted Catholic.
  • 08/20
    1927

    Birthday

    August 20, 1927
    Birthdate
    North East, Erie County, Pennsylvania 16428, United States
    Birthplace
  • Ethnicity & Family History

    100% Sicilian, his parents immigrated into the States from Sicily, passing through Ellis Island. Much of his family stayed in New York and Pennsylvania even through today.
  • Nationality & Locations

    Frank was born in North East Erie Pennsylvania, and lived there until at least 1951. By 1956 he lived at 355 Hull Ave in Willow Glen (San Jose, California) with his parents and Frank was referred to as a 'M field rep Genl Mtrs Acceptance Corp'. This would explain his appearance at an annual barbeque in Santa Cruz - see 125 At Annual Prolo Company Barbecue Here. In 1960 he was listed as a treasury agent for the Internal Revenue Service living with his wife Nancy at 18854 Afton Ave in Saratoga. Later he and his wife moved to 1024 Almarida Dr in San Jose next to Campbell in California. By 1984, he moved to Arizona and spent much of his life in his home on the golf course of Sun City which is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Maricopa County, Arizona that is within the Phoenix metropolitan area.
  • Early Life & Education

    Frank graduated from North East High School in North East Pennsylvania in 1945, then went on to graduate from Gannon University in Eerie Pennsylvania.
  • Religious Beliefs

    Catholic
  • Military Service

    When Frank filled out his World War 2 draft registration card he listed his address as 50 Eagle St. in North East Erie Pennsylvania. He entered active military service on June 20th 1945 in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania and was assigned US Navy service number 252-74-83. He ended service with an honorable discharge on July 27th 1946.
  • Professional Career

    Frank was a Special Agent for the IRS and worked with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives (ATF).
  • Personal Life & Family

    See John Pinna's Birth Announcement for the birth announcement of Frank's youngest son.
  • 04/1
    2002

    Death

    April 1, 2002
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Sun City, Maricopa County, Arizona United States
    Death location
  • Gravesite & Burial

    mm/dd/yyyy
    Funeral date
    Sunland Memorial Park & Mortuary 15826 N Del Webb Blvd, in Sun City, Maricopa County, Arizona 85351, United States
    Burial location
  • Obituary

    Frank died in Arizona
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10 Memories, Stories & Photos about Frank

Frank Kroetch & Frank Pinna
Frank Kroetch & Frank Pinna
My grandfathers Frank Kroetch and Frank Pinna at the marriage of my parents Kathleen Rae (Kroetch) Pinna and Leonard Michael Pinna.
Date & Place: at Church of the Valley 400 North Winchester Boulevard, in Santa Clara, Santa Clara County, California 95050, United States
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1944 North East High School Engineering Drawing Club
1944 North East High School Engineering Drawing Club
The 1944 North East High School Engineering Drawing Club. Above the image it reads: Only organization of its kind in North East High...no dues to pay...successful from the first day...all advanced Mechanical Drawing students...eight of us left...quote Miss Gorndt, "nice little bunch"...daily grab for Weinheimer's French curve...our original half year project, namely the Steam-Turbo-Electric Truck...the success of our farewell dance to the seniors?...the party for Don Locke on his leaving for the army...the cark, ice cream, and pop...our picture taken on Weinheimer's truck...the following elected to do the most work: Russell Taccone, chief engineer; Loreto Ognibene, head designer; Donald Triana, head draftsman; Thomas Weinheimer, secretary-treasurer...our seventy dollar instrument bill...proved obsolete...the great Gray trial...guilty...we hope next year's club does half as well...we end the year with three cheers for Miss Gorndt for her patience with us. - Gerald M. Lewis.

First row: D. Triana, R. Taccone, T. Weinheimer, G. Lewis; second row: D. Locke, A. Douglas, F. Pinna, L. Ognibene, V. Shioleno
Date & Place: at North East High School 1901 Freeport Rd, in North East, Erie County, Pennsylvania 16428, United States
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1945 North East High School - Engineering club
1945 North East High School - Engineering club
What a classroom might have looked like when Frank Pinna attended North East High School in 1945. This photo is of the engineering club that appeared in the 1945 yearbook.

Frank is the farthest back in the image - 1st in the third row.
Date & Place: at North East High School 1901 Freeport Rd, in North East, Erie County, Pennsylvania 16428, United States
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125 At Annual Prolo Company Barbecue Here
The following appeared in the Santa Cruz Sentinel-News page 2 on Monday June 29th, 1953:

Ideal summer weather prevailed yesterday for the annual barbecue and outing sponsored by Eugene E. Prolo for employes (sic) of his Prolo Chevrolet company here, their families and guests at the Seahawks' grounds. About 125 were present for the event which Prolo has presented for more than 20 years.

The following Chevrolet and General Motors officials were present from Oakland with their wives and families:

William Kave, district manager for Chevrolet; Hal Lee, organization manager; Russ Hall, service department; Mrs. Alice Taliaferro, secretary to the zone manager; William Schwalbe, Frank Pinna and Jack Bartlett, GMAC officials. Others introduced by the host included Mr. and Mrs. William Rice. Judge James J. Scoppettone and family, Dr. and Mrs. James Raggio of San Francisco, Allen Horton and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Jenkins.

Dr. Raggio, son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. Prolo, will enter the service soon. He is a physician and surgeon.

Horton again was barbecue chef, assisted by Prolo. Other Prolo company officials servicing on the committee were Carroll Wood, Ed Olivas, Al Tosta and Stanley Prolo. Olivas again took the group picture.

In the morning, playground activities and sports were featured.
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Warren fed information to IRS, agent tells court
The following appeared on page 1 of the Arizona Republic on Friday January 6th 1978 and was written by Frank Turco:

Confessed swindler Ned Warren was an informant for the Internal Revenue Service at the time the federal government was pressing extortion charges against him, a federal agent claimed Thursday. Fred J. Cannon, a supervisor in the IRS office here, testified in Maricopa County Superior Court that most of the information obtained from Warren was not specific enough to be useful.

He said he terminated the arrangement late in 1976 because he felt the information he was getting was not helpful or constructive. Canon was among six persons who testified at a presentence hearing for Warren, who pleaded guilty to 22 felony charges. The hearing is to continue today before Judge Howard F. Thompson.

"You got to remember that the relationship and the information we were getting was tempered by his asking our agency to help him with his own problems," Canon testified.

Although he did not mention the specific problems, the period in which Warren acted as an informant - 1975 and 1976 - was the same time the government was moving on extortion charges against him. Canon did not say if his agency attempted to aid Warren, who later was convicted of the extortion charges and was sentenced to 12 years in prison. The conviction is under appeal.

The IRS agent said he knew of only one time when Warren's assistance may have been used by government prosecutors. He said Warren may have helped arrange for a woman to testify in a successful tax case against former Phoenix businessman Clyde Dinnell.

A retired IRS agent, Frank Pinna, said he recalled that Warren helped him locate three other witnesses in another case and once gave him information that was turned over to the Phoenix Police Department.

Pinna, however, said he took medical retirement from the IRS late in 1976 and never found out if the witnesses or the information proved helpful.

Two medical heart specialists - Drs. Ruben Valdez and Howard Reuben - testified, they did not believe that Warren could receive the proper care for his heart problem at the Arizona State Prison. "I think New Warren can be in jail," Valdez said, but stressed that the jail facility should have special medical equipment to treat a heart patient and the prison does not have the necessary equipment.

Valdez, who has treated Warren since last July, testified that the defendant is suffering from a serious heart condition, which could be fatal at any time. He said that if Warren is sent to prison, it could have a "very bad effect" on his health.

Both doctors admitted under cross-examination by Deputy County Attorney Frank Murray that Warren's complaints of pain and other symptoms are subjective and no drastic changes in his heart condition have been seen in recent electronic examinations. Others who testified included Robert Parrish, a Pima County deputy attorney, and Larry Simpson, a Pima County sheriff's deputy.

Parrish testified that Warren had assisted him in the preparation of a fraud case involving four former employees of Equitable Mortgage Co. The trial will be held in Tucson Feb. 7 and Parrish said he plans to use Warren as a witness.

Simpson told the court of a conversation he had in Tucson with Warren in which the defendant urged that he not be called as a witness in the Equittable case because much of the information he had supplied authorities was wrong.

Warren, who has been held at the Maricopa County Jail since Dec. 13, sat through the hearing dressed in the jail uniform of Levis and a white T-shirt.

His wife, Barbara, was sworn in as a witness, but she was not called by the defense attorney, Harry A. Stewart Jr. She was permitted to visit with her husband during two recesses.
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IRS Probing Gary Nelson, Sources Say
The following appeared on page 1 of the Arizona Daily Star Saturday October 26th 1974 and was written by Alex Drehsler:

PHOENIX - The Internal Revenue Service is investigating allegations that former Atty. Gen. Gary K. Nelson, now a State Court of Appeals judge, was involved with land fraud figures, according to informed state and federal sources. The sources said that Frank Pinna, an IRS intelligence agent, was all prepared yesterday to fly to Arlington, Va., for an interview with a former employee of the now defunct Crest Southwest Land and Cattle Co.

Reached at his home here late last night, Nelson said he was surprised. "In no way is there anything to that report. If the IRS wants to look at my two cars with 60,000 miles on them, and my home mortgaged for $21,000, they can. The source is no good."

Atty. Gen. N. Warner Lee yesterday confirmed that he asked the Phoenix Police Department in July to investigate the allegations. He said the charges turned out to be a "lot of hot air." Lee said when he took office there were a lot of allegations "floating around" about persons allegedly involved in land fraud, including state officials.

He said he talked to various law enforcement officials and told them to "continue with their on-going investigations into these allegations." Asked why he didn't have the Department of Public Safety investigate Nelson, Lee answered, "I wanted to be sure it was pursued by a non-state agency."

Pinna has for at least two weeks been busy gathering information about Nelson prior to getting ready to leave for the East Coast, the source said, and the agent is expected to talk to Francina Van Curen when he arrives in Arlington.

Miss Van Curon was once a secretary for Great Southwest, she said during a telephone interview. However, she added, "I don't feel free to answer any questions at this time."

Fred Cannon, an IRS official here, declined to talk about the investigation, saying: "Officially, our regulations don't allow us to either confirm or deny that an investigation is taking place." Nine people formerly associated with the defunct Great Southwest Land and Cattle Co. were indicted for land fraud. Three are in prison, three others pledged guilty and were given probation and two were not prosecuted.

A land promoter for the company, Ned Warren Sr., was indicted Sept. 27 in connection with his sworn depositions in the bankruptcy case for Great Southwest.
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