GIORSETTI Michele

- UNKNOWN

• Name	GIORSETTI Michele
  Born	Italy
  Gender	Male
  Died	UNKNOWN
  Person ID	I5039	Combo
  Last Modified	22 Aug 2009

  
  

  Family	UNKNOWN Caterina,   b. Italy ,   d. UNKNOWN
  Children	1. GIORSETTI Provino B.,   b. 10 Mar 1926,   d. 23 Dec 1999  (Age 73 years)
  Family ID	F0663	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

  2008 Arizona newspaper article about Giorsetti Store Mentions Michele Giorsetti, his wife Caterina, Provino Giorsetti, Ruby Jean Prince, her children Jeff, Sandy and William Giorsetti.

  
  

• Notes

  In 1907 Mr. Michele Giorsetti started a bakery in Winkelman. His sweetheart, Caterina, joined him from Italy and they were married. The grocery store was added in 1910. They had eight children, but Michele died at 32. Caterina continued and the store sold everything from cakes to clothing, hay to horsehsoes. Michele's brother helped, and of course the children helped in the store until they were old enough to go off to college. Finally, Provino, the youngest, was left with the store. He stayed, though his two boys went off to NAU. Botn returned. Jeff says, "I grew up here." When Provino died in 1993 his wife Ruby Jean took over the grocery, with her children Jeff, Sandy and William as staff. The bakery had closed with the death of the old Italian baker. The kids are good natured, they know everyone in town, and townfolks remember that there was credit in tough times. So the old store rolls on, and as Ruby Jean notes, "It keeps the family together."