Ghilarza says goodbye to another centenary
A few hours after the death of Margherita Oppo (almost 102 years old), the lawyer Antonio Loi also dies in Ghilarza (105 on 12 December)A strange game of fate wanted the two over one hundred year olds of the country to die within a few hours of each other.
After Margherita Oppo, who would have turned 102 on 7 December, Ghilarza also mourns the death of the lawyer Antonio Loi, ready to celebrate his 105th birthday on 12 December . The eldest of the community, he died in the house in via Alghero, surrounded by the affection of his wife Emma, his four children Francesco, Gianpaolo, Giorgio, Alessandro, his daughters-in-law, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Originally from Ula Tirso, graduated in law, he was honorary vice-interpreter of Sorgono while from 1942 to 1945 he was mayor of Busachi and, in the post, at only 23 years old, he was the youngest in Italy .
This earned him the title of Knight of Labor. He was also an appreciated teacher first at the CAIP in Abbasanta and still a professor of French at the middle schools of the same center. The funeral will take place tomorrow morning at 11 in Ghilarza.