Ciao
I still enjoy summer in Sicily, well my grandfather was from Pagliara, a very little town in the middle of nothing, i think the population is about 900 souls.
It could be possible that some Stracuzzi emigrated from Messina to somewhere in provincia (idk the term in english), so being not really ...

My grandfather's surname was Stracuzzi too and sicilian; i still do have a grandmother there just about 35 km south from Messina, anyway i live in Emilia now.
Sorry for my english but i'm italian ehe, i found interesting that you have this surname that is not really usual but live in USA.