Elena was my great grandmother
Elena was born in Milan Italy and married my great grandfather she was very young he had already been married and had 2 sons Charles Palma and Vincent Michael Palma who died in wwII , my great grandfather was from Sicily and was living in Maine at the time but was originally from Brooklyn New York after Michael Palma passed Elena Palma and Charles Palma ( Charlie) moved to North Miami Beach of Sans Soici Blvd af A1A Michael Palma had many buildings in the Manhattan area and had purchased them very cheaply towards the end of his life he sold them and made millions Elena lived very well she made the best meatballs and sauce I have ever tasted and always spoke to ne in Italian my grandfather Charlie had ties with the mafia from what I heard and now that I see these movies I can tell he was one of them he always gave me a Silver dollar when I seen him and drove ne around in his huge Cadillac visiting all his girlfriends fir sone reason my gmfather Robert Charles Palma never git aling eizh him but he was a great man sonwas my father Ekena was tough as they come