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DeLuca was born June 29, 1917, in Ridgefield to David and Mary DiOrio DeLuca. He attended Ridgefield schools and graduated from Ridgefield High School. DeLuca retired from the former Schlumberger-Doll Research Company.
He was married to Leonora Roberti DeLuca, who predeceased him. DeLuca was a member of the Italian American Mutual Aid Society and St. Mary Church in Ridgefield.
He is survived by a niece, Scarlett Kleinow, of Homewood, Ill.; two nephews, Dean DeLuca, of Weston, and David O'Hara, of Colleyville, Texas; three first cousins, Anna DeLuca, with whom he lived in Redding, Giuliano DeLuca, of Bethel, and Anthony DeLuca Sr., of Redding; and a sister-in-law, Joan DeLuca, of Weston. DeLuca was predeceased by a sister, Jenny O'Hara; and a brother, Dominic DeLuca.
A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 10:15 a.m. Wednesday at St. Mary Church, with the Rev. Laurence Bronkiewicz officiating. Burial will follow at St. Mary Cemetery in Ridgefield. Visitation is from 9 to 10 a.m. before the services at Kane Funeral Home in Ridgefield.
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