Family Card - Person Sheet
NameJoseph Francis Rugo 
Birth26 Aug 1919, Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts
Death13 Feb 1983, N.E. Memorial Hospital, Stoneham, Massachusetts
BurialWildwood Cemetery, Wilmington, Massachusetts
OccupationGeneral Contractor - G.L. Rugo & Sons 1946-1965, Dev. Corp. of American, John B. Cruz Construction.
EducationBoston Latin School ?, Milton H. S. 1939, Duke Univ. 1943
FatherGuido Lawrence Rugo (1898-1984)
MotherBeatrice Veronica McHugh (1896-1985)
Spouses
1Billie Webb Thompson
Birth2 Jan 1923, Durham, North Carolina
EducationDurham H.S., Averett Jr. College, Danville, Virginia
FatherMoraine Webb Thompson (1881-1966)
MotherMinnie Arlina Reeves (1882-1978)
Marriage26 Mar 1943, South Carolina
Divorce22 May 1964
ChildrenRobert Francis (1944-)
Dianne (1946-)
Thomas James (1947-)
Joseph Patrick (1952-)
Birth2 Nov 1923
Death19 May 2009
FatherNunzio Bonarrigo (1893-1977)
MotherCatherine / Lena Shepis / Schepis (ca1892-1978)
Notes for Joseph Francis Rugo
First house was at 22 Sutcliffe Road in Canton, Massachusetts after the end of Navy service. Built a house at 500 Centre Street, Milton where they lived from 1950 - 1963. Bille and children moved to 18 Longwood Road, Milton after divorce.
City directories list him as president of G. L. Rugo and Sons, Inc. after his father left the business around 1961; in 1964 his brother Robert is listed as president.
CONTRACTOR IN BOSTON 20 YEARS
Author: Date: 02/16/1983
Section: RUN OF PAPER OBITUARY
Joseph F. Rugo , a contractor in Boston for more than 20 years, died of cancer Sunday at New England Memorial Hosptial in Stoneham after a long illness. He was 63.
He had been an estimator for his father's company, G.L. Rugo & Sons, Inc., early in his career and later became president of the company, which built a number of churches in the Boston area. He had been with his father's firm from 1946 until 1965.
He later became an estimator and project manager for several other contracting companies in the Boston area before joining the Development Corporation of America.
Before retiring last July, Mr. Rugo also had been with the John B. Cruz Construction Co. Inc. of Mattapan, also as an estimator and project manager.
Born in Boston, Mr. Rugo was graduated from Milton High School in 1939 and from Duke University in Durham, N.C., in 1943.
In World War II, he was a US Navy lieutenant, serving from 1943 until 1946.
He leaves his wife, Carmela (Bonarrigo) of Stoneham; three sons, Robert of Boston, Thomas Rugo of Londonderry, N.H., and Joseph P. Rugo of Parsipanny, N.J.; a daughter, Diane Phillips of Durham, N.C.; his parents, Guido and Beatrice (McHugh) of Boston; four brothers, Robert of Natick, Richard of Brookline, Lawrence of Marblehead and Paul of Newton; and four grandchildren.
A memorial Mass will be said in St. Eulalia's Church Winchester at noon Saturday. Burial will be in Wildwood Cemetery, Wilmington.
Joseph Rugo
SSN: 003-09-6521
Last Residence: 02180 Stoneham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States of America
Born: 26 Aug 1919
Last Benefit: 02180 Stoneham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States of America
Died: Feb 1983
State (Year) SSN issued: New Hampshire (Before 1951) - SS# issued in New Hampshire at same time as brother Robert.
City directories list him as president of G. L. Rugo and Sons, Inc. after his father left the business around 1961; in 1964 his brother Robert is listed as president.
CONTRACTOR IN BOSTON 20 YEARS
Author: Date: 02/16/1983
Section: RUN OF PAPER OBITUARY
Joseph F. Rugo , a contractor in Boston for more than 20 years, died of cancer Sunday at New England Memorial Hosptial in Stoneham after a long illness. He was 63.
He had been an estimator for his father's company, G.L. Rugo & Sons, Inc., early in his career and later became president of the company, which built a number of churches in the Boston area. He had been with his father's firm from 1946 until 1965.
He later became an estimator and project manager for several other contracting companies in the Boston area before joining the Development Corporation of America.
Before retiring last July, Mr. Rugo also had been with the John B. Cruz Construction Co. Inc. of Mattapan, also as an estimator and project manager.
Born in Boston, Mr. Rugo was graduated from Milton High School in 1939 and from Duke University in Durham, N.C., in 1943.
In World War II, he was a US Navy lieutenant, serving from 1943 until 1946.
He leaves his wife, Carmela (Bonarrigo) of Stoneham; three sons, Robert of Boston, Thomas Rugo of Londonderry, N.H., and Joseph P. Rugo of Parsipanny, N.J.; a daughter, Diane Phillips of Durham, N.C.; his parents, Guido and Beatrice (McHugh) of Boston; four brothers, Robert of Natick, Richard of Brookline, Lawrence of Marblehead and Paul of Newton; and four grandchildren.
A memorial Mass will be said in St. Eulalia's Church Winchester at noon Saturday. Burial will be in Wildwood Cemetery, Wilmington.
Joseph Rugo
SSN: 003-09-6521
Last Residence: 02180 Stoneham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States of America
Born: 26 Aug 1919
Last Benefit: 02180 Stoneham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States of America
Died: Feb 1983
State (Year) SSN issued: New Hampshire (Before 1951) - SS# issued in New Hampshire at same time as brother Robert.