Mary (Petrarca) Williams
Updated Jun 30, 2018
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Mary (Petrarca) Williams (1921 - 2013)

Mary (Petrarca) Williams was born on June 6, 1921 in Warwick, RI. She was born into the Petrarca family and married into the Williams family. She was born to Vincent Petrarca and Liberty (Mazzocco) Petrarca, with siblings Domenic, Ralph, Clotilde, William, and Victoria. Mary died on March 24, 2013 in Warwick, RI at 91 years of age. Her family lists the cause of death as: parkinson's Disease.
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Warwick, Kent County, RI

Death


Warwick, Kent County, RI
Cause of death: Parkinson's Disease

Cause of death

Parkinson's Disease

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Mary (Petrarca) Williams lived 16 years longer than the average Petrarca family member when she died at the age of 91.

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Family

Father: Vincent Petrarca
Mother: Liberty (Mazzocco) Petrarca
Siblings: Domenic L Petrarca, Ralph Petrarca, Clotilde (Petrarca) Lombardi, William Petrarca, and Victoria (Petrarca) Leco

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1921 - In the year that Mary (Petrarca) Williams was born, the silent film The Sheik, directed by George Melford and starring Rudolph Valentino and Agnes Ayres (also featuring Adolphe Menjou) debuted on October 21st. Critics weren't enthusiastic but the public loved it - in the first few weeks 125,000 people had seen the movie - and it eventually exceeded $1 million in ticket sales. And Rudolph Valentino, an Italian American, became the heartthrob of a female generation.

1924 - At the age of merely 3 years old, Mary was alive when J. Edgar Hoover, at the age of 29, was appointed the sixth director of the Bureau of Investigation by Calvin Coolidge (which later became the Federal Bureau of Investigation). The Bureau had approximately 650 employees, including 441 Special Agents. A former employee of the Justice Department, Hoover accepted his new position on the proviso that the bureau was to be completely divorced from politics and that the director report only to the attorney general.

1926 - By the time she was merely 5 years old, on October 31st, Harry Houdini died in Michigan. Houdini was the most famed magician of his time and perhaps of all time, especially for his acts involving escapes - from handcuffs, straitjackets, chains, ropes slung from skyscrapers, and more. He was president of the Society of American Magicians and stringently upheld professional ethics. He died of complications from a ruptured appendix. Although he had received a blow to the area a couple of days previously, the connection between the blow and his appendicitis is disputed.

1952 - When she was 31 years old, on July 2, Dr. Jonas E. Salk tested the first dead-virus polio vaccine on 43 children. The worst epidemic of polio had broken out that year - in the U.S. there were 58,000 cases reported. Of these, 3,145 people had died and 21,269 were left with mild to disabling paralysis.

1987 - She was 66 years old when was the first time that a criminal in the United States - a serial rapist - was convicted through the use of DNA evidence.

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Mary (Petrarca) Williams passed away on March 24, 2013 in Warwick, RI at age 91. Her cause of death is listed as: parkinson's Disease. She was born on June 6, 1921 in Warwick, RI. She was born to Vincent Petrarca and Liberty (Mazzocco) Petrarca, with siblings Domenic, Ralph, Clotilde, William, and Victoria.

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