Ahoy to the descendants of John Lodi,

I offer my condolences in the passing of your Dad. 

Although we never met, (too many years and too many miles between us), your Dad I are second cousins because we share the same great grand parents.  

During 2009, Dad & I worked on the Lodi update to the book, "The Guarino Family Tree, a Twentieth Century Journey, Palermo to New York."    I have a PDF file that provides additional Guarino & Lodi family information that was gained after the book was published.

I wish you all well,   


Ciao, Capt. Joe Guarino

In Phoenix for Lorenne's Birthday

Brenda and I (Kathy) are in Phoenix this weekend to celebrate Lorenne's 59th birthday on Saturday.  We will sit down, go thru pictures and put together an obituary for the blog.  We have new pictures to post and more stories to tell.

Please if you have any pictures or stories about John, feel free to send them to lodidaughters@gmail.com and we will get them up.

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Shaken not stirred.....

From Allene,

1958 –

My friend Martha, her daughter Jan, myself and Kathy had taken our vacation in California. We were visiting and staying with Martha’s sister Marjel, who lived a very high life in Beverly Hills. We had driven all the way from Idaho in Martha's 1957 Mercury to have an exciting time in Tinsel Town.

Jan was just one and Kathy was into her twos. 

Marjel was an agent with the Morris Agency and well connected with people we had only read about, seen on TV or in movies.  Martha and I were young naive women from Boise, Idaho and very far out of our element in the Hills of Beverly.  It was wonderful and exciting.

One morning the doorbell rang and I opened the door to a very handsome well dressed man wanting to visit with Marjel.  I introduced myself and he said this name was John Lodi.  Even in Idaho I knew this was an Italian name and this man was very much Italian.

His suit was very much like one I had seen Mr. Sammy Davis Jr. wearing recently on a TV show.  This John was pretty will decked out and had a very serious twinkle in his eye.

Being the well mannered girl that I was, I asked if he would like coffee.

“Yes" he said, "with one quarter of a level teaspoon of sugar!”

Huh?  One quarter, of a level teaspoon?  This man was not a big talker but he certainly knew how he preferred his coffee. 

I very carefully measured his sugar into his coffee, served it to him and went to find Marjel.

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Late this evening, John Lodi passed through the veil and out of this life.  While the days leading up to his final breath were sometimes arduous, he understood and embraced the transition, dying peacefully with family and friends at his side.