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==Background==
 
==Background==
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Fulco was born in tiny Paincourtville in Assumption Parish in southLouisiana, to Rosario Fulco and the former Concetta Russo, both natives of [[Sicily]]. He was the twelfth of thirteen children. The Fulcos moved to Shreveport in 1909, where Frank was educated in the public schools. He graduated from Clifton Ellis Byrd High School in 1928. He attended [[Tulane University]] in [[New Orleans]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.e-yearbook.com/yearbooks/Tulane_University_Jambalaya_Yearbook/1929/Page</ref> at which he was a member of the [[boxing]] team. In 1934, Fulco married the former Josie Tritico (1914–2001) of [[Lake Charles]] in Calcasieu Parish in southwestern Louisiana. The marriage lasted until Fulco's death; Josie died two years later.<ref>Frank Fulco, Sr., obituary, ''Shreveport Times,'' August 22, 1999.</ref>
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Fulco was born in tiny Paincourtville in Assumption Parish in southLouisiana, to Rosario Fulco and the former Concetta Russo, both natives of [[Sicily]]. He was the twelfth of thirteen children. The Fulcos moved to Shreveport in 1909, where Frank was educated in the public schools. He graduated from Clifton Ellis Byrd High School in 1928. He attended [[Tulane University]] in [[New Orleans]], at which he was a member of the [[boxing]] team. In 1934, Fulco married the former Josie Tritico (1914–2001) of [[Lake Charles]] in Calcasieu Parish in southwestern Louisiana. The marriage lasted until Fulco's death; Josie died two years later.<ref>Frank Fulco, Sr., obituary, ''Shreveport Times,'' August 22, 1999.</ref>
    
Fulco was a co-founder of Standard Printing Company, which published community newspapers throughout the state, including the ''Broadmoor News,'' which served his own Shreveport neighborhood.<ref name="ReferenceB">Frank Fulco, Sr., obituary, ''Shreveport Times,'' August 22, 1999.</ref> Fulco resided at 148 Pennsylvania Street in Broadmoor.<ref>William McCleary, "The Broadmoor Neighborhood: One of Shreveport's Older Communities", ''[[North Louisiana History]]'', Vol. XLII (Winter-Spring 2011), p. 5.</ref>
 
Fulco was a co-founder of Standard Printing Company, which published community newspapers throughout the state, including the ''Broadmoor News,'' which served his own Shreveport neighborhood.<ref name="ReferenceB">Frank Fulco, Sr., obituary, ''Shreveport Times,'' August 22, 1999.</ref> Fulco resided at 148 Pennsylvania Street in Broadmoor.<ref>William McCleary, "The Broadmoor Neighborhood: One of Shreveport's Older Communities", ''[[North Louisiana History]]'', Vol. XLII (Winter-Spring 2011), p. 5.</ref>
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