Romeo G. Petroni

Romeo G. Petroni was born in 1929 in Ridgefield, Connecticut. He became Ridgefield town attorney in 1957 and served as a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from 1961-1967. In 1966, he made an unsuccessful run for Congress. From 1971-1974, he was state senator and in 1974 was elected Ridgefield’s probate judge, a post he held for 16 years. In 1986, he ran for governor, but failed to get the Republican nomination. He died in August 2015.

Source: Romeo Petroni Obituary. (2015, August 3). Legacy. https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/nhregister/name/romeo-petroni-obituary?id=15921859