CELEBRATING HIS 80TH    April 28, 2006

Lifelong Leominster resident John A. Proietti celebrated his 80th birthday April 16. Proietti, a retired plastics moldmaker and U.S. Navy veteran, was born April 16, 1926, to Concetta and Augusto Proietti, who raised eight children here. Proietti and his wife, Dorothy, have six children: Paul of La Grange, Ill., Michael of Leominster, Linda Grossi of Leominster, Deborah Carbone of Leominster, John Jr. of Ashby, and Matthew of Penn Valley, Calif. Michael and his wife, Laura, hosted a birthday party in his honor April 15 at their home. The Proiettis have 14 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. They will celebrate their 57th wedding anniversary June 4, 2006. Proietti interrupted his studies at Leominster High School from 1944 to 1946 to serve in the Navy during World War II. He returned to school and graduated as a member of the Class of 1947.