Arthur R. Spadafora, 98, of Woodbridge VA passed away peacefully at home on January 24th, 2021 with his family by his side. Arthur was born in 1922 to Pietro and Concetta Spadafora as the youngest of their 4 children. He had one brother and 2 sisters all whom proceeded him in death.
Born and raised in the Bronx NY, he had many stories of life during the depression. He spoke about getting ice for the icebox, his various jobs like the fruit stand, and hanging out with his friends. They were all either playing stickball, hanging out on the street corner, or in the alley playing with baseball cards. Baseball was his favorite sport throughout life and stickball was his favorite sport to play. They would even play games against other neighboring teams. When he played stickball they only had one ball between all of them and they used a broomstick as a bat. From stickball grew his love for baseball. He grew up as an avid NY Yankee fan and remembered seeing many famous p