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Ex-Bronxville Sanitation Worker, Rapa, Dies at 79

BRONXVILLE, N.Y. - Michele Rapa, a retired employee of the Bronxville Department of Public Works, died on Oct. 18 at the age of 79.

Mr. Rapa, a resident of Tuckahoe, worked for the Bronxville Sanitation Department for many years, before retiring in 1996. He was born on Sep. 29, 1932 in Veroli, Italy to Natale and Maria Luisa Rapa.

Surviving him are his wife Domenica Mimma Rapa, his son Luciano Rapa with his wife Christine, his daughters Emanuela Cellamare with husband Robert and Isabella Autorino with husband Nick and seven grandchildren.

The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to p.m. at Westchester Funeral Home in Eastchester on Thursday. The funeral mass will be held at Assumption Church in Tuckahoe at 10:30 a.m. on Friday. Interment to follow at Bronxville Cemetery.

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