Colombo-Stella Lodge #1149

SAVE THE DATE!

We are celebrating our 100th Anniversary on September 17th, 2022. Please save this date. We are coordinating with Grand Council and State President Barbara Fumosa Wisniewski to reduce travel. We will be sending more details in the coming months, but for now, please reserve this date to join us in our celebration. This is a very big accomplishment, not just for Colombo-Stella, but for all of Sons and Daughters of Italy. Our Lodge got the sad news that member LeRoy Scolari had passed away in January. LeRoy has always lived in Lompoc, but was a member of Colombo-Stella exclusively. In March, he would have been a member for 70 years!! I would call LeRoy every few months to let him know what was happening with our Lodge. The calls would always last for more than an hour, as he was a great conversationalist. LeRoy was a cattle rancher and he recently completed a turbine farm that he boasted the blades being 230 ft in diameter! Marin Clean Air buys the power to supply Lompoc and a couple of small towns nearby, and he was so proud that he was able to achieve this. He had pancreatic cancer. He survived 5 years after that diagnosis. When I spoke to him in November, he said he was going to do a clinical trial, but it got cancelled. He was always upbeat, happy, and had a story to tell. I wish I knew him better. He was planning to come for our 100th Anniversary. LeRoy, you will be missed. I also want to give our condolences to the Hanford Lodge, who lost a great man, Charles Sant’Agata. I know they will have a more informative tribute to him, so I will just say this: I had many laughs with that man. Charles always had a smile, a calm manner to get people to understand, and he always had the best interests of Sons Of Italy at heart. When we were voting for selling the Grand Lodge Building, Charles went above and beyond to get all the information he could to the membership. He was a devoted husband to Joyce, and a wonderful family man. I considered him my friend. Rest in peace, Charles. Until next time, Ciao.