Philip D'Agostino, former police chief, dies
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Philip A. D'Agostino, a Southington native who had the chance to play major league baseball but stayed home and worked his way up through the ranks of the Southington Police Department, has died.
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D'Agostino died at his home on New Year's Day at the age of 78.
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A 1947 graduate of Lewis High School and a U.S. Army veteran who served during the Korean Conflict, D'Agostino was a standout baseball player at LHS and was offered a minor league contract by the Brooklyn Dodgers. According to his obituary, he had to decline the offer due to family responsibilities. Years later, he was inducted into the Southington High School Baseball Hall of Fame. In 1953 he became a supernumerary police officer and a regular patrolman in 1955. He was promoted through the ranks and was appointed as chief of police in 1983. He retired in 1991 (under circumstances that will likely be the only thing on which the local newspapers will focus).
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Calling hours will be on Friday from 9-10:30 a.m. at the DellaVecchia Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at St. Aloysius Church. Burial with military honors will be at St. Thomas Cemetery.
1 comment:
Good dig at the papers. Good for you. Chief D'Agostino should not be remembered for his downfall. A police officer for upwards of 40 years, a veteran of World War II. Who are we to judge when someone makes a stupid mistake?
Shame on our public officials for staying silent at the time of his death.
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