Della Maffiola, who pressed for change after her son died in Our Lady of Angels school fire, dies at 99
Della Maffiola, who advocated for safety changes after her son died in the 1958 Our Lady of the Angels School fire in Chicago, has died at age 99.
Della Maffiola was never the same after her 10-year-old son, Joseph, died in the horrific fire at Chicago’s Our Lady of the Angels School.The Dec. 1, 1958 blaze killed 92 children and three nuns at the Catholic school in Humboldt Park.A few days before the tragedy, Joseph found a Christmas present in the garage that his parents tried unsuccessfully to hide before the big day — a spiffy red-and-white Schwinn bicycle.Mrs. Maffiola let her son ride it under one condition: Don't tell dad.“He was…
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