Wisconsin State Journal, Saturday, August 7, 1976 Baraboo – Funeral services for Anthony C. Canepa, 63, prominent Baraboo businessman and head of a dancing family that once had 13 family members performing professionally, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday in St. Joseph’s Catholic Church here. He died Thursday night in his home of an apparent heart attack after playing golf. Mr. Canepa, a native of Palermo, Sicily, came with his parents to Wisconsin in 1915, was a 1935 graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He lived in Baraboo, where he owned the Canepa Tire Co., since 1946. He performed with four brothers in a tumbling act in Madison YMCA shows in the early 1930’s, learned to dance a little and then appeared in three Haresfoot shows during his years at the university. Although he did not accept offers to dance professionally after graduation, he did perform during World War II service shows while in the U.S. Navy and later. He and his wife, who was also a dancer, operated a dance school in Baraboo. As the 11 Canepa children grew to dancing size, they were incorporated into the family act and performed professionally in the state as the Dancing Canepas. Survivors include his wife, Alberta, two brothers Theodore and John, Baraboo, and 11 children, Christopher, Chicago, Mrs. Michael Gallagher (Mary), Toldeo O.; Mrs. John Scully (Antonette), Bozeman, Mont.; James 2109 Rusk St., Madison; Mrs. Vidar Bjorgvinsson (Jane), Chicago; Alberta, Chicago, Claire, Milwaukee; Anthony Jr., Milwaukee; Joseph a students at the University of Minnesota; and Diane and Tom, at home. Mr. Canepa was a Lieutenant in the United States Navy serving in World War II and Korea.