Born May 23, 1936, in Paganica, Abruzzo, Italy, he was a son of the late Luigi and Augusta Iovenitti.
Iovenitti emigrated to the U.S. from Italy in 1976 at age 40. He spoke no English but within six years had opened a tailor shop on Palmer Avenue in Larchmont. Businesses followed in Stamford, Conn., and Rye.

He founded the Connecticut/Westchester Tailors Association to foster camaraderie among its members and to promote what he felt was an underappreciated craft. He was a member of the Calabria Society and La Societa' Sciaresi D'America, both of New Rochelle, and the Italian American Civic Association of Vero Beach, Fla., where he maintained a vacation home.

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