LaBianca Couple, Victims Of Slayer, Given Final Rights
August 17, 1969
Los Angeles Times
By Dorothy Townsend
Times Staff Writer
Leno A. LaBianca was buried Saturday and his wife, Rosemary, was cremated as
police continued to search for clues to the Los Feliz couple's murder-called the
work of a "copycat killer."
The knife-slashed bodies of the 44-year-old market owner and his 38-year-old
wife were discovered last Sunday in a grisly scene similar in some respects to
that at the Benedict Canyon home were actress Sharon Tate and four others were
slain the day before.
Police investigators said Saturday they have full crews "working around the
clock" on both of the savage multiple killings but, as yet, " have nothing to
tell."
Services In Private
Rosary was recited for Mr. And Mrs. LaBianca Friday night at the, the Godeau
and Martinone funeral home, 828 W. Washington Boulevard.
Requiem Mass for Mr. LaBianca was celebrated Saturday in Calvary Cemetery
mausoleum chapel, followed by entombment. The services were private.
No further service was scheduled for Mrs. LaBianca, whose children by
previous marriage, Suzan Struthers, 21, and Frank Struthers, 14, made the grim
discovery at the LaBianca home last Saturday night.
Mr. LaBianca was the owner of Gateway's Markets, a small chain of Los Angeles
grocery stores headquartered at 2623 North Figueroa Street.
He leaves two daughters and a son by a previous marriage, Cory, Louise May
and Anthony Carl LaBianca; his mother, Mrs. Corina LaBianca, and two sisters,
Mrs. Stella Smalldino and Mrs. Emma De Santis.
Mrs. LaBianca leaves the Struthers children.
