So it begins...
John Dominic Maleno and Marcella Marie Fischer
were married on October 18, 1947
at St. Peters Cathedral in Erie, PA
The ceremony was followed by a dinner and
reception at Hotel Vernon. Then off to
Niagara Falls for their honeymoon. They stayed
at Hotel Niagara. Then they traveled to Canada.
They stayed in Trenton, Ontario. Then they
visited St. Joseph Shrine in Montreal. Also did a
sightseeing tour in Montreal. John commented that
Montreal was a “fabulous city.” They then visited
Watertown, Oswego, Rochester and Batavia NY.
Then Allegheny State Park, and after 7
days returned to Warren, PA
Their History
On August 25, 1947 John Maleno proposed to Marcella Fisher!! In the next month they planned a small wedding and reception. They painted and cleaned their newly rented apartment on…
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Marcella spoke about living post World War II. Things had not returned to normal yet and there were shortages of many food items, especially meat. John was assigned…
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John got a job at the Erie Dispatch Herald (Warren Office) when he returned from the military. John wrote in his journal, “My future has been decided, to…
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Marcella lived In Milwaukee, Wisconsin with her young son, Tom Sanders. She felt the need for a change in her life! Marcella tells us she went to the…
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John Maleno served in the US Army during WWII as a guard at an Italian Internment Camp. In talking about this time, he recalls this as a pleasant…
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The Children
