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ARETE A Fer manny: , COANE eS ai da raw Pe th Br On the same date, the following article appeared: ; "An Anastasio Goes to Grave in Style,Plus" by Joseph Kiernan, _ " In the grandest funeral seen in Bath Beach Since mob boss Frankie ‘Yale went to his reward 28 years ago, Joseph Anastasio of the celebrated longshore clan,. was buried yesterday after a Mass offered by his brother, a priest. "First came 23 flower cars, stretching for five blocks and loaded with 10,000 worth of sprays and wreaths. Frankie rated only five more cars, Next the hearse, carrying Anastasio's body in a $4,000 mahogany and bronze casket. Finally, the mourners rode in another 100 cars, just four less than at Yale's funeral, voce... At 8:00 A.M., the mourners started gathering at st the Andrew Torregrossa and Sons Funeral Home, 79th Street---~~-“--== and 13th Avenue, Brooklyn. Among them were hundreds of Brooklyn longshoremen, "Soon, the crowd around the funeral home had swelled to 1,500 and a sergeant and three patrolmen were rushed from the Bath Beach station to straighten traffic. "Inside were Anastasiots family, his wife, Stella, 48, sons, Robert, 21, and Joseph Jr., 9, and daughter, Rosemary, 16, and close relatives, Among the latter were his brothers, Albert, the Murder, Inec., en- forcer, Tony, labor boss of the Brooklyn docks, and Gerardo, who works with Tony."