Dominic Lozupone - Obituary

n Wednesday, January 29, 2014; the beloved husband of Mary Eloise Lozupone; father of Laura L. (Richard) Gulick, Deborah (Benjamin) Rose and Suzanne (Robert) Hay; brother of Phyllis Antosca and Rosalynn Petrasek; grandfather of Jessica, Robert, Emily, Mary, Matthew, Patrick, Clare, Angela and the late Christopher; great-grandfather of Anabella, Christopher and James. Relatives and friends are invited to Dominic's Life Celebration on Monday, February 3 from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8PM at the GEORGE P. KALAS FUNERAL HOME, 6160 Oxon Hill Rd., Oxon Hill, MD 20745. Mass of Christian Burial will be offered on Tuesday, February 4 at 11AM at St. Philip the Apostle Catholic Church, 5416 Henderson Way, Camp Springs, MD 20746. Interment Resurrection Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Tribute Program, PO Box 1000 Dept. 142, Memphis, TN 38101-9908. A Tribute to the Life of Dominic J. Lozupone Whether you knew him as Dominic, Nick, Uncle Nick, Daddy, or Poppy, Dominic Joseph Lozupone was a man who touched many lives and brought joy to more people than we could ever know. Nick was born on March 2, 1924 in Washington DC and despite years of travelling all over the country, was always a DC native at heart. Born to an Italian immigrant father and a first generation Italian immigrant mother, he graduated from St. John’s College High School and joined the navy as a musician. It was here that young Dominic Lozupone’s talents blossomed. Structured by the navy’s discipline but free to meet and play with some of the greatest musicians of that era, he traveled around the country as an enlisted man playing for admirals, generals, and all kinds of military greats. He played at and lived in Pearl Harbor (Ford Island) for a number of months after the bombing and spent time at beautiful locations like San Jose and Charleston, SC. In what might have been a career highlight, he served as part of a Navy honor guard at the White House during one of Winston Churchill’s visits with President Franklin Roosevelt. After he was discharged from active duty in 1946, he joined the Navy reserve and was discharged from there in 1950. However, his musical career was far from over. In addition to the Navy band, he spent time in the Washington Redskin’s Marching Band and played casually with a number of buddies he met in the Navy. You may recognize some of their names; Teo Macero was a band mate in Anacostia who went on to produce Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue and Dave Brubeck’s Time Out, making him maybe the most influential jazz producer of all time. His Navy bunkmate Johnny Best played trumpet with the Glenn Miller band and Ella Fitzgerald. His musical career brought him together with some of the legends of jazz as well as some people who, though