Nicholas Ruggieri, 79; former reporter, editor for Journal-Bulletin
Nicholas Ruggieri, 79, a former reporter and city editor for the Providence Journal-Bulletin and former general manager of radio station WRIB, died Wednesday of cancer at Suburban Hospital. He was the husband of Linda Ruggieri.
Born in Providence, he was a son of the late Andreanna (Napolitano) and Ludovico Ruggieri. He had lived in the Washington area on and off since 1965.
At the time of his death, he was community affairs editor of the Potomac Almanac newspaper.
Mr. Ruggieri attended Air University in Montgomery, Ala., and served in the National Guard in World War II.
He worked as a reporter and city editor of the Providence Journal-Bulletin from 1931 to 1939 and later as a reporter and copy desk chief for the Pawtucket Times and as an announcer and general manager of radio station WRIB.
He joined the U.S. Foreign Service in 1955, specializing in public affairs, and served as a public affairs officer for U.S. Embassies in Rome, Buenos Aires and Saigon. He retired in 1977 and became a freelance editor and writer in the Washington area.
After retiring, he was an editor with Raven Systems Inc. before joining the Potomac Almanac.
He was a member of the Lido Club of Potomac, St. Raphael's Church in Rockville and the Foreign Service Officers Association.
Besides his wife he leaves two sons, Nicholas L. Ruggieri of Bethesda and David S. Ruggieri of Gaithersburg; a daughter, Mary Ann Krause of Potomac; a brother, Domenic Ruggieri of Providence (also known as Don Rogers), a former radio announcer, and six grandchildren.
The funeral service will be held from the Joseph Gawlers and Sons funeral home, 5130 Wisconsin Ave., N.W., Washington. Calling hours are tomorrow from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. A funeral mass will be held Monday at 9 a.m. from St. Raphael's Church, Falls Road. Burial will be at the Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Silver Spring.
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