Town mourns passing of Little Leaguer Chris Sacco, 9
Page 4 • Wednesday, May 2, 2018 • The Hammonton Gazette
SACCO, from Page 1
according to his obituary, Sacco
played baseball for the Hammon-
ton Little League and the Ham-
monton Hornets travel team. He
played soccer for the Hammonton
Youth Soccer association, football
for the Hammonton Hawks and
was a Washington redskins fan.
Sacco is predeceased by his pa-
ternal grandparents, frank and
Nancy Sacco and maternal grand-
father, John L. Morrison. He is sur-
vived by his loving brother, frank
G. Sacco; his father, frank P. Sacco
and trish radd and her children
Jarett, Jake and abbey; his mother,
Maryanne (Morrison) Sacco and
robert templeton and his children
Joseph and Brayden. His obituary
said Sacco was the dear grandson
of Maryann “mom-mom” Morri-
son.
“Christopher will be sadly
missed by many aunts, uncles,
cousins, friends and teammates,”
his obituary said.
family and friends were invited
to attend a Mass of Christian Burial
on Monday, april 30 at St. Mary of
Mt. Carmel Parish—St. Joseph
Church. Burial was at Greenmount
Cemetery in Hammonton.
Donations in Christopher
Sacco’s memory can be made to
the Hammonton Little League,
P.O. Box 1025, Hammonton, NJ
08037 or Hammonton Hawks, P.O.
Box 782, Hammonton, NJ 08037,
his obituary said.
Hammonton Little League Pres-
ident Dave Cappuccio said the
Hammonton Little League wanted
to honor Sacco’s memory with a
ceremony at the Major League
field, the one where Sacco played,
and the members of the 1949 Ham-
monton all-Stars, who became Lit-
tle
League
World
Series
Champions, played on decades
Memorial Day
parade May 28
HaMMONtON—the tri Vets
of Hammonton, which includes
american Legion Post 186, VfW
Post 1026 and Disabled american
Veterans Chapter 66, invite you to
join in for the celebration of the
150th anniversary of Memorial
Day on Monday, May 28 at 10:30
a.m. with a march along Bellevue
avenue to Veterans Park.
Memorial Day was set aside by
Commander-in-Chief John Logan
in 1868.
all are invited to join in the pa-
rade including schools, civic
clubs, churches, business owners,
bands, dance groups, sports teams,
kids clubs, girl scout troops, boy
scout troops, and any others.
Make a float, march together,
bring your classic car and decorate
your bikes. all entries must have
a patriotic theme.
Lining-up will begin at 10 a.m.
on May 28 at Orchard Street and
Egg Harbor road.
for more information, please
call John DeLucca at (609) 561-
5329.
Teen arts fest
TEEN, from Page 2
like the teen arts festival that
have, in part allowed the arts cul-
ture of Hammonton to grow at an
impressive rate—a rate she be-
lieves has the town on pace to be-
come a “cultural giant” that will
attract p