Anna DiBuono

Anna B. DiBuono VIRGINIA BEACH - Anna B. DiBuono, 80, passed away May 22, 2010 after leading a full and vibrant life. She was predeceased by her parents, Tom Pecco and Mariah Pecco; her husband, Carlo John DiBuono, the love of her life and her son, Carlo John DiBuono Jr.; her sister, Lois Stratton; and her brothers, Sam Pecco and Buster Pecco. She leaves to honor and cherish her memory her son, Thomas Vincent DiBuono and his wife Robin Gilman DiBuono of Virginia Beach; her three beloved grandchildren, Kristin Mariah DiBuono, Thomas Carlo DiBuono and Carly Marina DiBuono; her sisters, Pauline Hackney of Belfry, Ky., Irene Salyers of Hampton, Va., Jennie Nelson of Abingdon, Va., Marie Ball of Belfry, Ky.; her brother, Tom Pecco of Belfry; her brother-in-law, William V. DiBuono and his wife Eleanor DiBuono; numerous nieces and nephews. She was born in Kentucky on July 29, 1929. She met her husband while vacationing in Norfolk with her sisters. They met at the old Ocean View Amusement Park. She married and made Virginia Beach her home. She moved to the Ocean View area of Norfolk in 1964 and made this her home for 20 years. She and her family were members of the Holy Trintiy Parish where her sons attended school. She moved back to Kentucky in 1980 to be with her brothers and sisters and care for her mother. She was a kind and loving person. She returned to Virginia Beach in 2004 to live near her son, daughter-in-law and grandchildren. She spent everyday with them when she returned. She was an avid gardener and sports spectator of her grandchildren's sporting events. Her greatest passion was her family. She was a member of St. Nicholas Catholic Church. A Mass of Christian burial will be conducted at noon Friday, May 28, at St. Gregory the Great Catholic Church by Father John Jay Wagner. The burial will follow at Forest Lawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends between 6 and 8 p.m. Thursday at H.D. Oliver Funeral Apts, Laskin Road Chapel. Online condolences may be made to the family hdoliver.com.