Biographies

A section of biographies on all Marseglia family members.

Auriellia Ruzzano (Nardolillo)

Born in Prata, Sannita, Italy on June 17, 1886 Auriellia was the daughter of Alfonse and Angela (Ricci) Nardolillo. She came to America in 1906, settled in Providence, RI and married Giacinto Ruzzano. She had five daughters and four sons: Amelia, Rose, Anna, Lucy, Ella, Armando (Mondo), Nicholas, Louis, and Antonio.

She died Sunday, January 15, 1967 at her home 107 Orchard St, Cranston after an illness. She was buried at St. Ann's Cemetary, Cranston.

Eric Marseglia

Son of Mario Marseglia Jr. View Eric's IMDB Profile. View Eric's

Mario Marseglia Sr.

Mario Marseglia Sr. was born in Vairano Patinora, Italy, and son of Vincenzo and Paolina (Cipolla) Marseglia.

Previously a resident of Providence, he lived in Cranston for over 55 years at 30 Frances Ave., Cranston, RI 02910.

He was the brother of Olindo Marseglia of Providence, Alberto Marseglia and Michael Marseglia. He and his wife Rose (Ruzzano) Marseglia had three children, Mario Marseglia Jr. of Cranston, Vincent A. Marseglia of Warwick and Pauline A. Catauro of Cranston. He was also grandfather of Eric Marseglia, Christine, Michael Marseglia, Alaina, Kathryn Marseglia, Christopher Catauro and Jennifer Catauro; great-grandfather of Nicholas Marseglia.

Mr. Marseglia was owner of Mario’s Sanitary Barber Shop on Park Avenue in Cranston. According to his son, Vincent Marseglia, the word "Sanitary" was inserted by Mario's wife, Rose. He was one of the youngest to ever receive a barber license from the State of RI at the age of 16 on Feb. 27, 1932. He was very loyal to his customers, visiting and providing haircuts for them in their homes and in hospitals when they were ill.

Mr. Marseglia was a communicant of St. Matthew Church, Cranston and regularly served the church at Sunday mass as an Usher and volunteer for church functions. Mr. Marseglia was a third-degree Knight of Cranston Council 1738 for 21 years.

Mario's Godson is a member of the Cranston Police Department and currently holds the rank of Detective. Mr. Marseglia was also a longtime associate member of the Cranston FOP.

His funeral was held Tuesday, July 17, from the Nardolillo Funeral Home, 1278 Park Ave., Cranston, followed by a Mass of Christian burial in St. Matthew’s Church, Elmwood Avenue, Cranston. A burial was in St. Ann’s Cemetery, Cranston. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to St. Matthew’s Church, 15 Frances Ave., Cranston, RI 02910.

Michael Marseglia

Born in Warwick, RI, Michael is the son of Vincent and Patricia (Carlson) Marseglia. He currently resides in Lincoln with his wife, Stephanie, and their son, Nicholas.

Mike is currently employed by VeriSign, http://www.verisign.com, and provides Information Technology consulting services part time, http://www.mmars.org. An information technology professional, Mike is involved in the Southern New England Network Users Group and the Brown Linux Users Group.

An Eagle Scout, Mike is a member of Boy Scout Troop 49, Lakewood. For a number of years he has served as a volunteer adult leader and Committee Chair.

Mike was elected Warden for the Manville Fire Department on September 11, 2007.

Micki Marseglia

Married to Eric Marseglia. View Micki's IMDB Profile

Vincent Marseglia

Vincent Marseglia was born in RI and is the son of Mario and Rose (Ruzzano) Marseglia. He was one of three children. His siblings are Mario Jr. and Pauline (Catauro) Marseglia.

He grew up in Cranston as a child, attended St. Matthew's School and Cranston East High School. Vincent attended the University of Rhode Island and received his BSIE in 1974. He is a member of the Theta Delta Chi fraternity and made many good friends through this association.

Vincent is a part time instructor at URI. He is also an adjunct instructor at New England Institute of Technology, Warwick, RI, where he has taught operations management since January 2003. Vincent was previously adjunct instructor in operations management at Bryant University 2001-2002.

Education at a glance:

  • BSIE, University of Rhode Island, 1974
  • MBA, Bryant University, 1985
  • CAGS, Operations Management, Bryant University, 2000

He is currently Industrial Engineering Manager at CVS/Pharmacy headquarters in Woonsocket, RI. Previous to CVS, he was Director of Engineering at the Elizabeth Webbing Mills in Central Falls, RI and Manager of Industrial Engineering at the Cranston Print Works Company, Webster, MA.

Vincent is a director and past president of the Rhode Island Chapter 110 of the Institute of Industrial Engineers and served as IIE Region 1 Vice-President from 1993-1995.

Vincent has many hobbies and interest in sports including: golf, sailing, piloting light aircraft, running and woodworking.

He has run in about half a dozen races including the CVS/PHARMACY DOWNTOWN 5K, Providence, RI. On Sept. 17, 2006 he participated in the 5k, a USATF Certified race (#RI06008RN). His total time for this 5k was 45:23 min. Reference http://www.coolrunning.com/results/06/ri/Sep17_CVSPha_set1.shtml

CVS/PHARMACY DOWNTOWN 5K
Sept. 17, 2006 5k (USATF Certified #RI06008RN) Providence, RI
ChampionChip Timing By: Granite State Race Services www.gsrs.com
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Place Div/Tot Div Nettime Pace Name Age S Race#
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2732 214/230 M5059 45:23 14:37 Vincent Marseglia 56 M 3363

City/state Team/school
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Warwick RI CVS/PHARMACY

He currently resides in Warwick with his wife, Patricia, and daughter, Kathryn.