More detail on this person: Albert Badia, a
resident of Enterprise, died Monday, Feb. 20,
2006, at Southeast Alabama Medical Center. He
was 77.
A funeral mass will be 1 p.m. Friday, Feb. 24,
from the St. John Catholic Church with Father Jim
Dane officiating. Burial with full military honors
will follow in the Gardens of Memory Cemetery
(Headland). The family will receive friends from 6
to 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 23, at the funeral home
with a rosary being said at 7 p.m.
Mr. Badia was born in Italy on April 6, 1928. He
enlisted in the U.S. Army June 11, 1947, and
served for 34 years including four tours in
Vietnam, as well as during the Korean Conflict.
Survivors include his wife, Gertrude I. Badia; one
son, Peter A. Badia (Donya) of Tallahassee, Fla.;
two daughters, Patricia A. Thorpe (Dennis) and
Barbara A. Preston (Thomas), both of Enterprise;
one sister, Eila Badia (Vince) of Ohio; five
grandchildren, Carrie, Christopher, Michelle,
Joseph, and Peter; three great-grandchildren,
Codie, Caitlyn, and Wyatt; and several nieces.
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