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
That was my family : West Milford First Aid Squad captain signs off after 50 years
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WEST MILFORD A sign on the small First Aid Squad building off Route 23 in Newfoundland was enough to lure Beverly Lujbli.
“There was a number on the sign, and I made the phone call,” she said. “Who knew what it meant?”
It meant time away from her family, making lifelong friends and saving lives. It also meant having a calendar with just six days in a week, Lujbli said. Since the age of 28, the 78-year-old’s Tuesdays were set aside for her town’s First Aid Squad.