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Your Last Home

I know this is a little morbid, however it IS Halloween so bear with me here.  Have you ever given any thought to YOUR last home?  Your final resting place, that small slab of real estate that we don't really want to think about while we are still breathing.  What exactly does that mean - final resting place?  Is it really final? 

A few years ago I visited the Hearst Castle in San Simeon California, a truly beautiful place.  During the tour the guide pointed out very beautiful and ornate ancient caskets that adorned the gardens, mostly imported from Europe.  I'm certain that means that a "final resting place" was disturbed. I'd haunt them for that, I'd drag chains through the hallways late at night and scare the crapiola out of them, all the while laughing maniacally!

Think about it.  You are buried, money changes hands for eternal care, what does that mean?  If I give you money today how long does it last?  When several generations go by and memories of geneology has passed, your decendants have relocated and there isn't anybody left who remembers you, who pays for eternal care?  Who cares anymore?  Who even knows you are there? Where are the graves of 100's and 1000's of years ago?  With the exception of few, they are lost forever. 

There is a limited amount of precious real estate allotted to cemeteries.  We have a massive population and many generations have passed - what are they doing for space?  Are they recycling the space when nobody is looking?  Is the term "final resting place" just another scam?  If they are recycling the space (and in my opinion they would have to over the long haul) what the heck are they doing with the remains?  Hey I warned you that this was a little morbid! 

So, who's grave would be safe?  Celebrities?  Probably, if they were major and remained a box office draw like Marilyn Monroe, heck they run bus tours to her grave in Westwood California, she remains an icon and will for a very long time, perhaps even into eternity? 

Who would dare and disturb the graves of the Mafia Dons?  I grew up in an Italian neighborhood in Middle Village, New York.  The movie Goodfellas (shout out to Nicholas Pileggi for that movie) was written, based on a story, about a neighbor who lived down the block from my family, we went to school with his children.  I can tell you for certain that if any of those graves were disturbed, even hundreds of years from now that all hell would break loose. The Italians have that family thing down pat. 

Middle Village is located in Queens New York and is home to St. Johns Cemetery.  Many of the mafia bosses are buried in this very established cemetery.  My grandmother left us earlier this year which involved a trip back home.  Many of my family members are buried in St. Johns, so I made the trek over there with my camera and took some pictures of the Mafia Dons graves and a few others too.

Abbundando Frank Mafia hitman for Murder Inc.	Carlo Gambino Mafia Boss	Vito Genovese Mafia Boss

St. Johns is home to many opulent Last Homes, some of the famous, the infamous and the gentrified.

The graves of all the infamous at St Johns Cemetery can be viewed at Find A Grave

Paul Castellano was "Capo di tutti" "Boss of all Bosses" of the Gambino family.

Carlo Gambino is interred at St. Johns Cemetery, as is John Gotti, Vito Genovese and Lucky Luciano

Notable Figures Buried at St. Johns Cemetery

From Wikipedia

Politicians

• Joseph Patrick Addabbo (1925-1986), US Congress
• Victor L'Episcopo Anfuso (1905-1966), US Congress
• Louis Gary Clemente (1908-1968), US Congress
• John F. Hylan (1868-1936), Mayor of New York City from 1918 to 1925

Organized crime

• Salvatore D'Aquila (1878-1928), mafioso
• Rosario Parrino (1890-1930), mafioso
• Salvatore Maranzano (1886-1931), mafioso
• Harry Maione (1908-1942), mafioso
• Lucky Luciano (1897-1962), mafioso
• Joseph Profaci (1898-1962), mafioso
• Vito Genovese (1897-1969), mafioso
• Joseph Berardi (1903-1974), mafioso
• Carlo Gambino (1902-1976), mafioso
• Joe Colombo (1923-1978), mafioso
• Carmine Galante (1910-1979), mafioso
• John Dioguardi (1914-1979), mafioso
• Frank Tieri (1904-1981), mafioso
• Roy Albert DeMeo (1941-1983), mafioso
• Paul Vario (1914-1988), mafioso
• Wilfred Johnson, (1935-1988), mafioso
• Carmine Fatico (1910-1991), mafioso
• Philip Rastelli (1918-1991), mafioso
• James Napoli (1911-1992), mafioso
• Carmine Lombardozzi (1913-1992), mafioso
• John Gotti (1940-2002), mafioso
• Michael Jermain (1981-2005), reputed gang leader and drug trafficker
• Vannie Higgins (1897-1932), Prohibition era Mob Boss and Rum Runner

Others

• Ignazio Alcamo (1873-1959), anti-Fascist author, poet and anti-poverty activist
• Emile Ardolino (1943-1993), filmmaker
• Charles Atlas (1892-1972), body builder
• William Henry Morin (1868-1935) Spanish-American War, Medal of Honor
• Anne Cropsey (1906-2000) Award Winning Grandmother
• Robert Mapplethorpe (1946-1989), artist
• Louis E. Willett (1945-1967) Vietnam War, Medal of Honor
• Frank Christi (1929-1982), actor
• Thomas Joseph Nally (1919-2007), WWII Navy Captain, FBI Special Agent

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