PRICE — George Farlaino, 91, died April 10, 2011 at Garden Terrace in Salt Lake City. He was a member of Notre Dame de Lourdes Parish. Farlaino was born April 25, 1919 in Sunnyside, Utah to Salvatore and Tarasina Lamana Farlaino. He married Angelina Barbara Angotti on April 12, 1947, in Price. She died Dec. 21, 2008. He was a lifetime resident of Carbon County and a member of the Price Elk’s B.P.O.E. #1550. He graduated from Carbon High School and was a member of the 1938 State Championship Football Team, where he threw the winning pass. He attended BYU on a football scholarship until he was drafted to serve in the U.S. Army during World War II. For his bravery and service to his country he was awarded the Silver Star. He loved and played all sports, and he made the first hole-in-one at the Carbon Country Club. He also loved music, waltzing with his wife and singing. He was a man of many trades. Farlaino was a grocery store owner, milkman, restaurateur, and retired from Soldier Creek Mine. He is survived by his children, Sam, Price, Kelly (John) Mannos, Salt Lake City, Reggie (Renae), Grand Junction, Colo., and Ernestine Pippas, Salt Lake City; grandchildren Anthony (Maryann) Farlaino, Sami F. Carlisle, Patrick Mannos, Whitney and Paige Farlaino, William and Christina Pippas; and four great-grandchildren, Jaxon, Charlyze, Liam Carlisle and Brian Tate Camplin. A funeral Mass was celebrated at Notre Dame de Lourdes Catholic Church, Price. Committal was in Cliffview Cemetery.
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