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BAPTISTE GARDETTO, 91

MILWAUKEE -- Baptiste Gardetto, founder of Gardetto's Bakery here, died of natural causes at the age of 91 in December.the 1960's he built on the success of his bakery by marketing his popular breadsticks to restaurants and grocery distributors.Gardetto lived to see his family take the company to another level as a leading snack mix brand with distribution in grocery, convenience, mass, drug and club

MILWAUKEE -- Baptiste Gardetto, founder of Gardetto's Bakery here, died of natural causes at the age of 91 in December.

the 1960's he built on the success of his bakery by marketing his popular breadsticks to restaurants and grocery distributors.

Gardetto lived to see his family take the company to another level as a leading snack mix brand with distribution in grocery, convenience, mass, drug and club stores as well as in vending machines and on U.S. military bases worldwide.

He is survived by his two sons, Richard and John, nine grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.