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Celebrating 100th year

Five generations: Halle Cain, Simone Cain, Maria Greco and Cathy Leatherbarrow gather to celebrate Nicola Papaleo’s 100th birthday.

Five generations of family came together to celebrate Nicola Papaleo’s 100th birthday last Saturday.

Family and friends travelled from far and wide to commemorate the occasion at Mr Papaleo’s Geraldton home.

Mr Papaleo sailed from Italy to Fremantle aboard the Castel Felice in 1952, before his wife Alfonzina and six children arrived in 1955.

Originally from Stilo in the Calabria region of Southern Italy, Mr Papaleo settled in Geraldton and has called the Mid West home for the majority of his adult life.

Mr Papaleo worked at the Meat Works and was involved in Geraldton’s thriving tomato growing industry.

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