tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31758730.post4616897220492183019..comments2023-09-27T13:20:49.976-07:00Comments on lnostra-costa: REMEMBERING TOM MARKETELLO - FIGLIO DELLA POLIZIA (SON OF THE POLICE)Ivano Franco Comellihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17088771740643993831noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31758730.post-84275794981005361682013-02-27T10:56:39.350-08:002013-02-27T10:56:39.350-08:00I am Tom's fifth granddaughter, I got to live ...I am Tom's fifth granddaughter, I got to live with him for a while and write down stories of his life from his perspective, unfortunately not enough. I concentrated on his early years, childhood and army. We never got to his police years. I would love to get together one day with any cop friends that are left. Sadly, the officer that was taken yesterday was one of them. My prayers for his family and also the woman cop's family. Thank you for this tribute to my grandfather, it's nice to hear what he meant to people. Please email me oneday: kay.marketello@yahoo.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31758730.post-22531585486810474432012-02-07T10:54:02.396-08:002012-02-07T10:54:02.396-08:00I received the following from Dick Tush,a retired ...I received the following from Dick Tush,a retired San Jose Police Motorcycle Officer:<br /><br />A TRIBUTE TO AND ABOUT TOM MARKETELLO......I'VE KNOWN HIM SINCE HE JOINED MMOC AROUND 1975 WHEN I WAS ON THE MMOC BOARD OF DIRECTORS. ALWAYS ENJOYED BEING AROUND HIM BECAUSE HE MADE SENSE. HE HAD SOME OF THE MOST INTERESTING STORIES TO TELL ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCES ON THE SANTA CRUZ PD AND WAS KIND OF A LEGEND IN HIS OWN TIME. YOU KNEW HE WAS A GOOD MAN BY THE TOTAL RESPECT HE GOT FROM HIS MEN, THEY'D FOLLOW HIM OF A CLIFF...PROVIDING HE LED THE WAY. SOME OF HIS STORIES WOULD BE OF INTEREST TO MOST COPS....SOME SCARY...SOME HILARIOUS, LIKE HIS MANY AMUSING STORYS ABOUT EMO PIERACCI [SP]. WHEN WE HAD OUR CONVENTION IN MONTEREY WE HAD A BIG BAR B QUE AT ROARING CAMP IN FELTON, WHICH INCLUDED SEVERAL KEGS OF COORS WE GOT DONATED BY COORS IN SAN JOSE. THE SANTA CRUZ GROUP TOOK CARE OF THE AFTERMATH, THE OWNER OF COORS IN SAN JOSE WAS A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE [JOE MAIZANO ?]...I SAW HIM SHORTLY AFTERWARDS AND HE WAS AMUSED BY HOW THE EMPTY KEGS WERE RETURNED. EMO FROM SANTA CRUZ, AT THE DIRECTION OF MARKETELLO, DELIVERED THEM IN THE SANTA CRUZ PD PADDY WAGON. THOSE WERE INDEED THE GOOD OLD DAYS.<br /> <br />ONE TIME HE TOLD ME A STORY ABOUT BREAKING IN A NEW POLICE HARLEY BY TAKING A RIDE UP THE COAST FROM SANTA CRUZ TO SAN FRANCISCO AND ENROUTE WAS RUN OFF THE ROAD BY AN ERRANT DRIVER. HE MANAGED TO STOP THE DRIVER, AND ACCORDING TO TOM HE GRABBED THE MAN BY FRONT OF THE SHIRT, PUNCHED HIM IN THE NOSE, GOT BACK ON THE BIKE AND RODE OFF. WHEN HE TOLD ME THE STORY MY JAW DROPPED OPEN AS I RECALLED A CITIZEN COMING TO THE SAN JOSE PD TO LOOK AT PHOTOS OF OUR MOTOR OFFICERS TRYING TO IDENTIFY HIS ASSAILENT.<br /> <br />HIS MEN LOVED HIM AND THEY TOO WERE CHARACTERS, PROBABLY TAKING THEIR CUE FROM HIM SO WHEN I WROTE ABOUT SANTA CRUZ MEMBERS I ALWAYS LABELED THE ARTICLE "MARKETELLOS MARUADERS". AND TO END THIS JUST A SHORT ONE...AT ONE OF OUR SAN JOSE DINNER DANCES TOM BOUGHT A BUNCH OF DOOR PRIZE TICKETS. SITTING AT HIS TABLE WITH HIS GROUP HE WAS BRAGGING ABOUT HOW HE WAS GOING TO WIN SOME GOOD PRIZES WITH ALL THE TICKETS HE BOUGHT. HIS MEN SMILED AND SMILED THEN FINALLY ONE OF THEM BROKE DOWN AND POINTED OUT THE FACT THAT TOM WASN'T GOING TO WIN ANYTHING AS LONG AS HE HAD BOTH SIDES OF THE TICKETS.<br /> <br />THERE ARE COUNTLESS INTERESTING STORIES ABOUT THIS GOOD MAN THAT WOULD TAKE PAGES TO TELL, WHICH MEANS HE MUST HAVE HAD ONE HELLOVA LIFE BUT ........???? HE WAS ALSO ONE HELLOVA MOTORCYCLE RIDER AND NOW IS ON THE BIG RIDE IN THE SKY...<br /> <br />DICK TUSHIvano Franco Comellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17088771740643993831noreply@blogger.com