Vincent Dipuma- Evander Childs High School

Vincent DiPuma is the son of James Vincenzo DiPuma (1891-1938) and Rosa Lorello (1891-1990). He was born in to a large Catholic Italian family as he was the younger of two brothers and also had six sisters. He married Evelyn Perna (1924-1967) and together they had four daughters, Barbara, Vicky, Patty, and Laura. His wife died early and he never remarried and raised their four young daughters as a single working parent. Vincent worked hard but kept Sundays for God and family. He made the time to take his daughters to church and to instill in them a love for Jesus Christ and the celebration of Communion. Later in life Vincent was legally blind, hard of hearing, fighting prostate cancer, and had multiple other ailments. He was often referred to as a character larger than life and was well loved. More of his life story can be read at Vincent Dipuma Obituary .