Filippa Iannaccone

FITCHBURG -- Filippa (Anzalone) Iannaccone, 95, of Fitchburg, died on Wednesday, Oct. 17, in the Golden Living Center.

She was born on May 1, 1911, in Sicily, daughter of Antonio and Concetta (Fidente) Anzalone. She came to the United States with her family in 1914. She attended Fitchburg Public Schools. She worked for DuPont Chemical in Leominster until 1945, when she married Alfred Iannaccone of Fitchburg, who was an officer in the United States Air Force. As a military wife, she traveled extensively. With her husband and family, she lived in San Antonio, Texas; Bellville, Ill.; Levittown, N.Y.; Misawa, Japan; Eglin Air Force Base, Fla.; Tokyo, Japan; and Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. In 1968, after her husband’s retirement, she returned to Fitchburg, where she lived for the remainder of her life.

Mrs. Iannaccone was a member of Saint Anthony di Padua Parish and Madonna of the Holy Rosary Parish. She was also a member of the Daughters of Isabella.

Her husband of 49 years, Alfred Iannaccone, died in 1993. Four sisters, Mary Giunta, Connie Valera, Vincenza DiBella and Sadie Quatrale, all of Fitchburg; and three brothers, Michael Anzalone of New York, Joseph Anzalone of Leominster and Philip Anzalone of Fitchburg, all predeceased her. She leaves two sons, Alfred Iannaccone and his wife, Rebecca, of Westminster and David Iannaccone of Fitchburg; three grandchildren, Alfred Iannaccone and his wife, Keri, of Virginia, Lee Cofsky and her husband, James, of Worcester and Catherine Iannaccone of Westminster; three great-grandchildren, Brady and Benjamin Cofsky and Lilly Iannaccone; a sister, Jennie Bensuk and her husband, Alexander, of Fitchburg; many nieces and nephews.

IANNACCONE -- The funeral will be held on Saturday, Oct. 20, from Brandon Funeral Home, 305 Wanoosnoc Road, Fitchburg, with a Mass at 10 a.m. in Saint Anthony di Padua Church, 84 Salem St., Fitchburg. Burial will follow in Saint Bernard’s Cemetery. Calling hours are Friday, Oct. 19, from 4-7 p.m. in the funeral home.