FARMINGTON – Romolo Lorenzi, 93, formerly of Wilton and a resident of Orchard Park Living and Rehabilitation Center, Farmington, for nearly the past two years, died Tuesday, Feb. 7, at Franklin Memorial Hospital.

He was born in Vitiana, Italy, on March 22, 1912, of American citizens, and came to the United States at the age of three months. His parents were Ferruccio and Eletta (Giubbi) Lorenzi. He married the former Carmen DiTata on June 22, 1940, at St. Rose of Lima Church, Jay.

He received his early education in Jay schools, graduated from Farmington Normal School, received his degree from Farmington State Teachers’ College and did his post-graduate work at the University of Maine, Orono. He began his teaching career in a rural school on Macomber Hill in Jay in 1934, was principal of the Emerson School in North Jay, then taught at Wilton Academy and Wilton Central School in the 1940s.

He was appointed principal of Jay Junior High School, then moved to the position of principal of Jay High School in 1956, where he remained until 1967. He taught at Farmington High School in 1968. He returned to Wilton Academy as principal, remaining there as principal when the academy became a middle school and part of SAD 9. He served in a supervisory capacity for SAD 9 at the Ingalls School in Farmington and the Weld School during the last six years of his professional career. He retired in 1978.

He served as summer recreational director of Wilton when the program was sponsored by a volunteer citizens’ group, and was an honorary member of the Jay Fire Department. He was a member of the national, state and local teachers’ associations.

He is survived by his daughter, Mary Sirois and her husband, Ted, of Wilton; two grandsons, Patrick Sirois of Manhattan, N.Y., and Jamie Sirois and his wife, Kristen, of Potomac Falls, Va; and one great-grandson, Jackson Joseph Sirois.

He was predeceased by his beloved wife, Carmen on Oct. 7, 1998.

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