Gene Morabito remembers his father as a man who immersed himself in the Ellwood City community. As a prominent local contractor, Cosmo Morabito played an active role in building Ellwood City both literally and figuratively. Cosmo passed away in 1946 when Gene was 11.
Sadly, in the 70 years since his passing, Cosmo's contributions to the Ellwood community are largely forgotten, even by his own grandchildren. Many of the buildings he constructed still stand, the Catholic Center, the old Ellport school among them, but few people are left who remember the builder or the local club that Cosmo started in 1934, The Workingman's Social Club on Division Ave.
Source: http://ellwoodcity.org/
