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Seaford grad, loving father, friend to many ald’s). The couple later purchased Strole’s childhood home on Oakland Avenue. A faithful friend. A railway Longtime f amily friend enthusiast. An inspiring and lov- Audrey Healy said she met Gering father. Those are just a few aldine at a Seaford PTA bowling of the ways those who knew him event around 1970, before the described Harry J. Stroles’ daughter Strole Sr., who died Deborah, and on July 16. He was Healy’s daughter, 79. Lorraine, were born. Strole was born The families clicked, in Queens to Harry and have been close E. and Naomi Strole for over 50 years. on June 8, 1942. In “The girls have been 1 9 4 6 , t h e f a m i ly friends since birth,” moved to Wantagh, Audrey said. where they took up Within a year residence on Oakafter the Stroles marland Avenue. Strole ried, they welcomed Harry J. Strole Sr. would live there for a son, Harry John Jr. over 50 years. Deborah (now DeboHe attended the Seaford rah Chaney) was born eight School District and graduated years later. from Seaford High School in 1960 “I really learned a lot from — a member of the school’s first him,” Harry Jr., who now lives graduating class. in Albany, said of his father. “He Strole met his sweetheart, taught me how to be a human Geraldine Harris, at a stock car being, in all sorts of aspects. It race at the old Freeport Speed- wasn’t just one thing or the other way in the early 1960s. They — he taught me how to enjoy life, were married in 1964 at the have fun, and the hard lessons, Wantagh Hotel (a building that too, like finances and how to eventually became a McDonContinued on page 14
By KATE NAlEpiNSKi knalepinski@liherald.com
Courtesy Darlene Capobianco
ANdrEw CApoBiANCo, 21, left, and his partner, Michael Hixon, 27, celebrated their success in the men’s 3-meter synchronized diving finals last week in Tokyo.
Wantagh native earns silver in 3-meter synchronized diving By MAllory wilSoN mwilson@liherald.com
At the age of 21, Wantagh native Andrew Capobianco is an Olympic medalist. Capobianco and his partner, Michael Hixon, earned a silver medal in men’s synchronized 3-meter springboard diving at the Tokyo Olympics on July 28, with a score of 444.36 points. The pair finished just behind the Chinese duo of Wang Zongyuan and Tie Siyi, who won the gold medal with
467.82 points. “I’m extremely proud,” Andrew’s mother, Darlene Capobianco, said. “He has exceeded all of our expectations. We knew that he had the talent and the will and the drive, but once you get on the stage, everything changes. He was surrounded by o t h e r d ive r s wh o h ave already won medals and won the Olympics. “I will say this,” Darlene added. “Andrew did say he felt that he was at his strongest, mentally, physically and
emotionally, right now.” “The past 24 hours has been surreal and it still hasn’t really sunk in yet,” Capobianco wrote in an Instagram post last Thursday. “The whole journey up to this point has been incredible and I’m so proud that we could cap it off with a silver medal.” He also qualified for the semifinals of the individual 3-meter springboard event on Monday, as the Herald went to press. He ranked 17th out Continued on page 12