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RUMFORD - Dominick Zitoli, 80, of 19 Free St., died Oct. 5, 2001 at his home with his beloved wife at his side.

He was born Dec. 7, 1920, in New York City, the son of Genaro and Louise (Landi) Zitoli. He attended Gorton High School in New York City, the Long Island School of Drafting, the Electric Votech, the Radio Training Institute of New York City and the Wentworth Institute in Boston.

He was a veteran of World War II having served in the U.S. Navy as a machinist-mate first class aboard the destroyer "U.S.S. Abbott. He was retired from a U.S. Postal Service with more than 27 years of service in Rumsford as a letter carrier.

He was a communicant of St. Athanasius St. John Church and a member of the Robert Shand Post 1641 VFW, Napoleon Ouellette Post 24, American Legion, LeParasseux Snowshoe Club and Oakdale County Club.

An avid golfer, he enjoyed making and repairing golf clubs. He was also an accomplished painter who loved to paint landscapes, he also enjoyed dancing and traveling. On July 2, 1977, he married Mary Arita MacDonald of Rumsford.

Survivors include his wife of Rumsford; one daughter and her husband, Louise Ann and Clayton Child of Kennebunk; one son, Robert of Andover; three grandchildren, Eric Zitoli, Regine Chapman and Dominique Child; one sister, Mrs. Joseph (Anna) Sava of Albequerque, N.Y.; one brother, Alexander of Little Falls, N.Y.

He was predeceased by his first wife, Regine Gayer Zitoli in 1968.