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Resource Number: 5BL7980
<br />Temporary Resource Number: 157508426008
<br />During World War II, Ring Dionigi acted as an unofficial Navy recruiter, encouraging many young men to enlist in the
<br />Navy. His own sons also served in the military. Glen served in the Coast Guard, Jack in the Army (stationed in the
<br />Aleutians during World War II), and Rudy in the Navy.
<br />According to his daughter, Marion, and his son, Jack, "Ring" got his nickname from his love of boxing; the nickname
<br />"Ring" is a reference to a boxing ring. But he is also remembered for going to pawn shops to buy inexpensive
<br />wedding rings and giving them to young couples about to marry if they couldn't afford them (as justice of the peace,
<br />he married many couples). According to Marion Dionigi Junior, Ring "was a jack-of-all-trades and a master of none
<br />... that's the way he put it. ... he lived and died for Louisville. And he knew everybody, everybody knew him." In
<br />1989, the Louisville Historical Commission awarded him its annual Pioneer Award, posthumously, for his
<br />contributions.
<br />According to a family member, Dionigi sons Jack and Rudy put in the bathroom in the house (likely in the early
<br />1950s) and remodeled the kitchen.
<br />Ring Dionigi died in 1966 and Lizzie Winkler Dionigi died in 1989. In 1990, Dionigi daughter Rosemarie Steinbaugh,
<br />in whose name the house was put in 1970, conveyed 721 La Farge to Mary Ann Colacci and Nancy Lee Green.
<br />In 1916, this property had the address of 210 La Farge. For the years 1921 and 1923, the address is given as 246 La
<br />Farge. For 1926 and 1928, it went back to 210 La Farge. In 1930, it was stated to be 222 La Farge. In 1932 and
<br />1935, it was given as 230 La Farge. Starting in 1940, the address was given as the current address of 721 La Farge.
<br />Sources of Information
<br />Boulder County "Real Estate Appraisal Card — Urban Master," on file at the Carnegie Branch Library for Local History
<br />in Boulder, Colorado.
<br />Boulder County Clerk & Recorder's Office and Assessor's Office public records, accessed through
<br />http://recorder.bouldercounty.org.
<br />Census records and other records accessed through www.ancestry.com .
<br />Directories of Louisville residents and businesses on file at the Louisville Historical Museum.
<br />Drumm's Wall Map of Louisville, Colorado, 1909
<br />Green Mountain Cemetery Index to Interment Books, 1904-1925, Boulder Genealogical Society, 2006.
<br />Louisville, Colorado building permit files
<br />Louisville, Colorado cemetery records, accessed at http://files.us iwarchives.org/co/boulder/cemeteries/louisville.txt
<br />Sacred Heart of Mary (Boulder County, Colorado) cemetery records, accessed at htto://www.findagrave.com
<br />Sanborn Insurance Maps for Louisville, Colorado, 1893, 1900, and 1908
<br />Archival materials on file at the Louisville Historical Museum, including newspaper clippings, "Miner for 43 Years
<br />Reviews Early Days," Louisville Times, April 4, 1990, reprinted from Louisville Times, 1932; Zuckerman, Leo, "Old
<br />Coal Mining Town Making Comeback." Rocky Mountain News, Feb. 10, 1952.
<br />Bacon, Bridget, "La Farge! A Closer Look at One of Louisville's Oldest Streets." The Louisville Historian, Fall 2008,
<br />Issue #80.
<br />Interviews with conducted by Museum Coordinator Bridget Bacon: Interview with Marion Dionigi Junior conducted
<br />June 5, 1995; Interview with Grace Dryer Dionigi and Jack Dionigi conducted on October 25, 2007; Interview with
<br />Grace Dryer Dionigi conducted November 17, 2010; Interview with Dionigi family member David Ferguson conducted
<br />January 19, 2011.
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