Julio H. Leandri, 91, formerly of Tyler Ave., Groton, died peacefully Sunday morning, Jan. 4, 2015, at Fairview in Groton, Conn.

Julio was born in Groton, on June 21, 1923, the son of Albert and Marina (Fiorini) Leandri. He was a 1941 graduate of Robert E. Fitch High School in Groton. After high school, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served honorably in World War II with the Amphibious Forces in the Pacific. He attended college on the GI Bill and received a bachelor of science degree from the University of Connecticut in 1950.


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