Individual Details
Mary Porto
(22 Dec 1893 - 26 Jul 1986)
Deceased Name: Mary Argenzio , 92, co-founded floral shop
Mary Argenzio , 92, a retired florist, died Saturday at the Imperial Convalescent and Geriatric Center on the North Side.
Mrs. Argenzio and her late husband, Nicholas, founded the Argenzio Floral Shop at 1471 W. Grand in 1916. It was one of the first Italian florist shops in Chicago. The couple lived above the business and operated it for more than 50 years before retiring in the late 1960s.
Mrs. Argenzio was a volunteer at the Villa Scalabrini residential home in Northlake. She also was active in the Italian Women's Club and in several organizations that assisted Italian-American artists.
Survivors include five daughters, Roslyn Groot, Winifred Ursini, Beverly Argenzio , Marlene Mazzoni and Arlette Contento, an employee of the Chicago Sun-Times circulation department.
Services will be at 10 a.m. tomorrow at the Rago Brothers Funeral Home, 624 N. Western. Burial will be in Mount Carmel Cemetery, Hillside.
Events
| Birth | 22 Dec 1893 | Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States |  | ||
| Marriage | 26 Apr 1916 | Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States - Nicholas Argenzio | | ||
| Residence | 1930 | Chicago (Districts 1001-1250), Cook, Illinois, United States | | ||
| Residence | 1935 | Same Place | | ||
| Residence | 1940 | Ward 26, Chicago, Chicago City, Cook, Illinois, United States | | ||
| Death | 26 Jul 1986 | Imperial Convalescent and Geriatric Center, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States | | ||
| Burial | 30 Jul 1986 | Mount Carmel Cemetery, Hillside, Proviso Township, Cook, Illinois, United States | |
Families
| Spouse | Nicholas Argenzio (1892 - 1955) |
| Child | Rosalind Argenzio (1917 - ) |
| Child | Theresa Winifred Argenzio (1920 - 2008) |
| Child | Beverly Vilma Argenzio (1927 - ) |
| Child | Arlette Valera Joan Argenzio (1928 - 2012) |
| Child | Marlene Argenzio (1933 - 1994) |
| Father | Joseph Porto (1856 - ) |
| Mother | Teresa Volina (1862 - 1941) |
| Sibling | Felix Porto (1880 - ) |
| Sibling | Millie Porto (1883 - ) |
| Sibling | Dominicum Porta (1892 - 1949) |
| Sibling | Lucy Porto (1896 - 1981) |
| Sibling | Louisa Porto (1899 - ) |
| Sibling | Rose Magdelan Porto (1900 - 1967) |
Endnotes
1. , "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1994," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QV9K-DVT2 : accessed 15 January 2016), Mary Argenzio, 26 Jul 1986; citing Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, source reference , record number , Co (N.p.: n.p., n.d.).
2. , "Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1920," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N7D1-2YJ : accessed 15 January 2016), Nicholas Argenzia and Mary Porta, 26 Apr 1916; citing Chicago, Cook, Illinois, 723801, Cook County Courthouse, (N.p.: n.p., n.d.).
3. , "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KWB1-T8T : accessed 15 January 2016), Mary Argenzio in household of Nick Argenzio, Ward 26, Chicago, Chicago City, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing (N.p.: n.p., n.d.).
4. , "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XSGY-WQM : accessed 15 January 2016), Mary Argenzio in entry for Nick Argenzio, 1930. (N.p.: n.p., n.d.).
5. , "Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1920," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N7D1-2YJ : accessed 15 January 2016), Nicholas Argenzia and Mary Porta, 26 Apr 1916; citing Chicago, Cook, Illinois, 723801, Cook County Courthouse, (N.p.: n.p., n.d.).
6. , "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XSGY-WQM : accessed 15 January 2016), Mary Argenzio in entry for Nick Argenzio, 1930. (N.p.: n.p., n.d.).
7. , "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KWB1-T8T : accessed 15 January 2016), Mary Argenzio in household of Nick Argenzio, Ward 26, Chicago, Chicago City, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing (N.p.: n.p., n.d.).
8. , "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KWB1-T8T : accessed 15 January 2016), Mary Argenzio in household of Nick Argenzio, Ward 26, Chicago, Chicago City, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing (N.p.: n.p., n.d.).
9. , "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1994," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QV9K-DVT2 : accessed 15 January 2016), Mary Argenzio, 26 Jul 1986; citing Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, source reference , record number , Co (N.p.: n.p., n.d.).
10. , "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1994," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QV9K-DVT2 : accessed 15 January 2016), Mary Argenzio, 26 Jul 1986; citing Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, source reference , record number , Co (N.p.: n.p., n.d.).