EWGS does so many wonderful projects! One current project concerns gathering/correlating obituary information for over 100 years of Spokane history. A group of dedicated members gathers monthly at the MAC Ferris Library to work on this project.
Born to Garibaldi and Louise (Ottoboni) Albi on 5 Oct 1892, he married Mazie Lyons and they had four children; Joe died from what's called Lou Gehring's Disease on 8 May 1962 after a long and illustrious career serving Spokane.
Anybody remember going to high school football games at Joe Albi Stadium? Joe was behind the movement in 1949 to build the stadium, named in his honor. The above photo is of the bronze statue of him near the stadium.
There is history all around us if we but look and ask.
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Yes I went to a lot of games at Joe Albi Stadium. Marched in the marching band at halftime and nearly froze at a couple of games.
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