Anita Santos

Ross Salvatore Lorello Sr. was married to Josephine (Chiodo) Lorello (1921-2008) and they had two children Sandra Jo Stewart and Ross S. Jr.. Ross was a successful restaurant owner in Omaha and so when Ross S. Lorello III was booked into jail in connection with the death of an Omaha real estate agent on 12/30/2020 it made headlines. More details about Ross S. Lorello III are below. According to Ross Lorello Sr.'s World War II draft card, Ross was 25 years old at the time, listed his employer as Piccolo Peze, he weighed 198 pounds, had black hair and brown eyes and was 6' tall. He enlisted in the US Army on October 30th 1942 and was released on November 26th 1945. In 1956 he built Lorello's Ross' Steak House on South 72nd Street in Omaha Nebraska which would become a local favorite. He and Josephine spent their time at their homes in Omaha and Palm Springs, California. There is a record of him flying to San Juan Puerto Rico on February 5th 1962 when he was 46 years old. A copy of his obituary is below.

Ross Lorello III's great grandfather came from Sicily and was the son of Ross Lorello II, his grandfather owned and built a local well known Steakhouse he named after himself Ross's Steakhouse that was built in spring of 1956 and closed in November 1996 and located 909 South 72 street in Omaha, Nebraska before that he had owned Ross's Villa located at 111 North 13 street that was also located in Omaha, Nebraska that he left behind. His grandfather was born in the midwest in Council Bluffs, Iowa. His Aunt had also owned Aksarben Racetrack in the Omaha, Nebraska area too and most of his family live in the area as well.