Saro Panuccio

by Karole Marois,  acrylic on plywood, June 2008

Saro Panuccio began in Canada in 1952 as a diesel mechanic, the small photo. In an upward success story shared by so many of his hard working countrymen, he was able to rent a gas station at 241 Preston in 1964, the main view at right, to buy it in 1974, and to add a body shop at 75 Aberdeen.
His sons still run both businesses.