Maria Luigi "Laura" Serra

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Maria Luigi "Laura" Serra

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Genoa, Province of Genoa, Liguria Region, Italy
Death: April 28, 2011 (76-85)
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Luigi Serra and Rosetta [surname is TBD]
Wife of Cmdr. Aubrey Wray Fitch, Jr., USNR and Dudley Roberts
Ex-wife of Dr. Henry Pinkney Phyfe
Mother of Aubrey Wray Fitch, III; Private and Private

Managed by: A1C Paul Alan Fine, USAF, B.A.
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About Maria Luigi "Laura" Serra

  • Laura's birth and death information are available in her obituary at https://www.easthamptonstar.com/archive/laura-serra-roberts, which is provided below, as well:
    • "Laura Serra Roberts -- The East Hampton Star, May 12, 2011
    • "Laura Serra Roberts, a native of Italy who lived in East Hampton for over three decades, died at home in Atlanta of a heart attack on April 28. She was 81.
    • " Mrs. Roberts was born to Luigi and Rosetta Serra in Genoa on May 14, 1929. During World War II, she lost her only brother, Giovanni, who fought for the Italian resistance against the Fascists.
    • "After the war, she attended the Sorbonne in Paris and then moved to the United States. In the early 1970s, she moved to East Hampton, where she lived until moving to Atlanta in 2005.
    • " She was married to Dudley Roberts, a lifelong East Hampton resident, in 1990. Mr. Roberts died in 2000.
    • "Mrs. Roberts is survived by two sons, Wray Fitch III of McLean, Va., and Henry Phyfe of Brooklyn, and a daughter, Mina Ferguson of Atlanta. Six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren also survive.
    • "A memorial celebration will be held at the family residence in East Hampton at 1 p.m. on May 21, with a reception following. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions have been suggested to the Coastal Maine Botanical Garden, P.O. Box 234, Boothbay, Me. 04537."
  • Laura and Henry were married on 6 June 1966 in Englewood, Bergen County, New Jersey. See The New York Times, June 7, 1966, page 54.
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Maria Luigi "Laura" Serra's Timeline

1930
1930
Genoa, Province of Genoa, Liguria Region, Italy
1951
March 1951
2011
April 28, 2011
Age 81
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States