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Anna Albenando Lupo

Anna Lupo Obituary

LUPO Anna Albenando Lupo, age 98 of Shelton, died Thursday, September 18, 2008 at Lord Chamberlain Health Care Center. Born in Benevento, Italy, August 28, 1910, she was a daughter of the late Pasquale Albenando and Theresa Damiani Alben-ando Fuoco and the stepdaughter of the late Pasquale Fuoco. Mrs. Lupo was a member of the Holy Rosary Ladies Guild and a former member of the Trinacria M.A. Society. She was pre-deceased by her husband, Samuel Lupo; three brothers, Joseph and James Bernardo and Dominic Albenando; and a sister, Josephine Leddick. Survivors include two sons, Samuel Lupo and his wife, Maria and Richard Lupo Sr. and his wife, Cecilia, all of Stratford; two daughters, Arlene Lipnickas and her husband, John of Shelton and Janet Mischik and her husband, Joseph of Monroe; ten grandchildren, Julianne and Lorraine Lipnickas, Charles Lupo, Jennifer Uriguen, Jonathan, Richard Jr. and Alexandra Lupo, Karen Esposito, Robert and Raymond Gaylord; nine great-grandchildren, Anthony, Xabier, Dominic, Tyler, Garrett, John, Stephanie, Samantha and Tiffany; as well as several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will take place Monday, September 22, 2008 at 8 a.m. in the Abriola Parkview Funeral Home, 419 White Plains Road, Trumbull, and at 9 a.m. in St. Theresa Church, Trumbull for a Mass of Christian Burial. Interment will follow in St. Michael Cemetery, Stratford. Friends may call Sunday from 3 to 7 p.m. To light a virtual candle, visit us at www.abriola.com.

Published by Connecticut Post from Sep. 20 to Sep. 21, 2008.
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Happy new year!!
Love you always

Lorraine

January 1, 2024

Merry Christmas!!
Love you always Gram
Lorraine

Lorraine

Family

December 25, 2023

Gram,
Merry Christmas!!
Can´t say it any better than what Ray just posted. Thank you
Love you and miss you everyday
Lorraine

Lorraine

Family

December 25, 2023

Hi Gram! At this time we would all be meeting at 337 for Christmas Eve Dinner and again on Christmas Day. All of us kids would be running around playing, the fathers would be in the living room watching the game and smoking. The moms would be in the Kitchen preparing the feast and then cleaning up only to do again after dessert. Some of the best times of our lives. I believe the last time there together was 33 years ago. Thank you Gram for all the good times and being the best Grandma ever! I love you always and miss you every single day. Merry Christmas!!!!!

Ray

Family

December 24, 2023

Happy Thanksgiving Gram!! I love you and miss you always
Love, Ray

Ray Gaylord

Family

November 24, 2023

Happy Thanksgiving!!
Love love Lorraine

Lorraine

November 23, 2023

Happy Halloween!!
Love and miss you soooo much
Lorraine

Lorraine

October 29, 2023

Where has the time gone,
I Can´t believe it´s been 15 years since you left us.
Love and miss you every single day gram.
Lorraine

Lorraine

September 17, 2023

Happy Birthday !!!
Love you always
Lorraine

Lorraine

August 28, 2023

Happy 4th of July !!
Love Love Lorraine

Lorraine

Family

July 4, 2023

Happy Mother´s Day !!
Love you always !!
Lorraine

Lorraine

May 13, 2023

Happy Easter Gram!! I miss you so much and the days of yesterday. I love you always!!!

Ray

April 9, 2023

Happy Easter my beautiful gram!!
I love you!!
Lorraine

Lorraine

April 8, 2023

I just love you!!
Lorraine

Lorraine

February 28, 2023

Happy New Year!!
My Beautiful Gram!!

Lorraine

December 31, 2022

Merry Christmas !!
Love ya forever and always

Lorraine

Family

December 26, 2022

Merry Christmas Gram! I miss you so much. I love you always!

Ray

Family

December 25, 2022

Hapy Thanksgiving Gram! I miss you and love you forever!!

Ray

November 24, 2022

Happy Thanksgiving!!
Love u and miss you!!
Lorraine

Lorraine

November 24, 2022

Happy Thanksgiving Eve Gram! Miss this day playing with our cousins while the adults prepared the turkey. Greatest of times. Love you always!!

Ray

November 23, 2022

Happy Halloween!!
Love you always
Lorraine

Lorraine

October 30, 2022

Happy Halloween!!
Lorraine

Lorraine

October 30, 2022

Happy Birthday Gram! We miss you so much!!

Ray Gaylord

August 29, 2022

Happy Birthday my little Gramma.
Love and Miss you Bunches

Lorraine

Family

August 28, 2022

Happy Independence Day!!
Love you Always
Lorraine

Lorraine

Family

July 4, 2022

Happy Mothers Day!!
Love you always
Lorraine

Lorraine

Family

May 7, 2022

Happy Easter Gram!!! I miss you so much. I love you forever my little grandma!!

Ray Gaylord

April 15, 2022

Happy Easter !!
Miss and love you always.

Lorraine

Family

April 14, 2022

Happy Valentines Day !!

Lorraine

February 17, 2022

Happy New Year!!
I Love you Gramma

Lorraine

December 31, 2021

Merry Christmas Gram!! Just drove by 337 Edison last night. Miss and love you always.

Ray Gaylord

December 25, 2021

Merry Christmas Gram!!

Lorraine

December 19, 2021

Happy Thanksgiving Gram!! Missing the gatherings at your house so much. :(

Ray Gaylord

Family

November 24, 2021

Happy Thanksgiving!!
Love an miss you !!

Lorraine

Family

November 23, 2021

Happy Halloween!!
Love you!!!
Lorraine

Lorraine

Family

October 27, 2021

There are just no words
Love you so much,
Lorraine

Lorraine

Family

September 18, 2021

Happy Birthday in Heaven!!
Love Lorraine

Lorraine

Family

August 27, 2021

Love you gramma

Lorraine

Family

July 7, 2021

Happy Memorial Day!!
Love you always
Lorraine

Lorraine

Grandchild

May 29, 2021

Happy Mother’s Day!!
Love and Miss You
Lorraine

Lorraine

Grandchild

May 9, 2021

Happy Easter Gram! Thinking of you and all the great memories

Ray

Grandchild

April 4, 2021

Happy Easter Gramma
Love You Always
Lorraine

Lorraine

Grandchild

April 3, 2021

Love you gramma
Always and forever!

Lorraine

Grandchild

March 16, 2021

Love you forever gram
Lorraine

Lorraine

Grandchild

February 22, 2021

Happy New Year !!
Love you Gram.
Lorraine

Lorraine

Grandchild

December 30, 2020

Merry Christmas Gram!! I love you!!

Ray Gaylord

Grandchild

December 25, 2020

Merry Christmas!!
Love u always and forever
Lorraine

Lorraine

Family

December 20, 2020

Love and Miss You!!

Lorraine

Family

December 20, 2020

12 years and I still miss you. I love you always!!

Ray

Grandchild

September 18, 2020

Love you always
My little gramma
Lorraine

Lorraine

Grandchild

September 14, 2020

Lorraine

September 14, 2019

Missing you gram.
Love Always
Lorraine

September 19, 2016

my beautiful gram; I miss you so much; I think of you every day. I wait for the day when I will see you again. John 5:28. I love you always.
Karen

September 18, 2016

Just thinkin of you
Love always, Lorraine
XxxxxxxxxxxOooooooooo

Lorraine Hallet

December 4, 2015

Happy Birthday my little Grandma. 105!!

Ray Gaylord

August 29, 2015

I Love You and Happy Birthday
Again !!! Lorraine

Lorraine Hallet

August 28, 2015

Happy Birthday
Love Lorraine xoxoxo

Lorraine Lipnickas

August 27, 2015

Missing you gram.
Love you always Lorraine

Lorraine Hallet

August 7, 2015

I still miss you so much. I love you forever!!

Ray Gaylord

August 5, 2015

Miss you very much gram
Love Lorraine

Lorraine

March 14, 2015

I Love You Gram
Lorraine

Lorraine Hallet

January 19, 2015

My beautiful Gram - Its been 5 years today that you have been gone. Not a day has gone by that I haven't thought about you or missed you.
I love you always,
Karen
XXXX000

September 18, 2013

Hi Gram,

I was just talking about you to Samantha and Tiffany today. I was telling them how you would make your own pasta, always baking something. Cleaning and cooking too!! How I stayed with you through Hurricane Gloria in 1986. I was there to take care of you and actually you took care of me like always. There was no place else I would have rather been at that time. Then there was sleeping over your house, sometimes Lorraine too. The Wednesday's going to People's Savings Bank, Fortuna's, Finast and finally Pathmark (your favorite, and mine). Going back to your house to put away the groceries and then havng lunch. Ahh lunch! You'd make me my favorite "Pathmark Tubetinni No.42". Then we'd have tea and cookies a little while later. I'd watch Donahue with you in the morning and Loving, Day's of Our Lives, Another World, General Hospital, Oprah, and then Channel 4 Live at 5 in the afternoon. Still to this day when I see Sue Simmons and Chuck Scarborough on Channel 4 it amazes me that these are the same people we watched years and years ago. The smell of the cool breeze mixing with the smell of the city water while I do the dishes puts me right back to your kitchen. It's amazing the things I remember. I still drive by "337" and reminisce about my life growing up there. The Shannon's, Macks,Coven's/Covello's,Monahan's, Millers, Tovannas, and even "Cry baby Kevin" in the green house on Judson Street etc.. Then inside.. The "Spare Room", pink bathroom with the pink toilet paper, the room with the beds, the back door that would slam shut!! Wrigley's Spearmint gum in the cabinet next to the weird fast dialing white phone, oh and let's not forget the "Secret Black Phone" we would all take out and use when we played house. Bobby, Charles, Jon, Jen, and me playing airplane as we slid across the slippery floor in the spare room. That room was like a skating rink to us. As I got older I mowed your lawn. I loved doing yard work in that yard. So suburban! I'd even help sometimes when you would do your annual raking and filling of the 80 black bags and putting them out by the street. You were truly amazing!!
Oh the memories! I miss those times! I miss you!! Thank you for all of that gram!! I still hurt from you leaving us. I guess a small part of me always will. I love you forever and always!!

Ray Gaylord

September 30, 2012

Its been 4 years. Youre still thought about and talked about. Everyone still misses you. Its sad youre gone. But ur never forgotten.

Bobby Gaylord II

September 19, 2012

Hi My Beautiful Little Gram - It is 4 years today and not a day goes by where I do not think of you and wish you were here or all the funny, good times we had together. I see things around all the time that remind me of you. I talk about you all the time.
I miss and love you and I know that one day we will be together again.......
I love you Gram, always and forever
XXXXX00000
Karen

September 18, 2012

Hi my beautiful gram, Happy 102 birthday today!!! I miss you and love you.
I think about you all the time.
I love you, Gram, and always will.
Love, Karen XX00

Karen

August 28, 2012

Hi My Gram - It has been awhile. I miss you. I love you. I think about you all the time. Life goes on, but my heart stays stuck in days gone by when you were here with us. Things change, but not the way I remember you and always will. I love you my beautiful little Lady, I will see you again one day.
Love, Karen XXX0000

April 20, 2012

Hi my Gram - Happy Thanksgiving. I miss you. I wanted to say that I love you and I wish you were here. Please watch over Uncle Sammy and his kids and grandkids and help them now, Gram, as Aunty Marie died yesterday. I know she is in a better place with you, but I am still upset and sad for our family. She was a wonderful, caring, funny person, just like you and she will be missed just like you and there will forever be another empty place in our lives. I will pray for them and wish them peace and love as I do you. I love you, Gram and always will.
Love,
Karen XX00

Karen

November 25, 2011

Hi my glorious little white-haired angel. I am so very very much thinking about you today. It is three years today that you are gone, missing from all of our lives. A huge chunk is gone from my heart, Gram, and I miss you so very much. I miss everything about you. Sometimes I really just do not know where to go or how to do this. Sometimes I feel like I'm stuck in this vacuum and I look for this magical pill or magical trick to make it go away or make it better, but it never comes. The vacuum is always there, lingering. I love you and I hope that you knew that at the end. I hope that you knew that you were and always will be the best grandmother the world has ever known. You were and are the best. You will always be my light and my hero...ALWAYS. You will always be that brightest star in the sky, you will always be the one I think of when someone asks who I look up to. It will always be you. I love you more than words could ever say. I wish that you could have stayed a little bit longer with me. But I understand you had to go and I know I will see you again one day.....
I love you Gramma, I always did and I always will.
Karen XXXXXXX0000000

September 18, 2011

Happy 101st Birthday, my beautiful little Gram. I am thinking about you. I cannot believe you would have been 101 today. We would have had such a day together! You are my sunshine always and forever. I love you and miss you, my beautiful little angel.
Love Always,
Karen
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Karen Esposito

August 28, 2011

Hi my beautiful little Gramma. I am thinking about you. I miss you. I came to see you and it still hurts too much, so I left and thought about you the whole time afterward. I love you and every day I look at your picture and wish you were here. I wish we could go back in time and still be together. I miss your smile and our talks. I miss our lunches together. I miss you......
You are my sunshine, always.
Love You Forever,
Karen XXXX000

August 6, 2011

Happy Mother's Day, my beautiful little Gram. I am thinking about you today! Though you aren't my mom, you ARE the BEST Gramma in ALL the world!! I miss you and love you with all my heart.
I love you ALWAYS!!
Love,
Karen XX00

May 8, 2011

Hi my beautiful Gram. Happy Easter. I miss our Easters together as a big family. It isn't the same without you and the conversation always turns to you. Everyone misses you terribly. Everything is changing fast and alot of it isn't for the better. The world is not the same and there are fears everywhere. I miss your wisdom and your insight and your good heart. Not a day goes by that I don't look at your picture or think of you. I know you are in a better place and I have the hope of seeing you again some day. Again, I cry as I write this because I miss you more than I can ever write here or even put into words. I wish I could turn the clock back and see you again. I love you Gram and I always, always, always will! You are my A1 little Anna.
Love, Karen
XXX0000

April 25, 2011

Hi my beautiful angel. I wanted to again tell you that I miss you. Today is Christmas and its the 3rd one without you. It isn't the same and you don't "adjust" as everyone says. It continues to be a big black hole that never fills or refills. I think about you all the time. I always miss you. It feels hollow like just going through the motions to keep everyone else happy and in the spirit. I so miss our talks and our laughs. I miss your advice, Gram and I feel lost. I will always cherish and remember our holidays together and draw happiness from that. It is hard. It is a process. I love you, Gramma. I always will............
Love Always, Karen XXXXXXX0000000

December 25, 2010

Hi my beautiful little Gramma angel, it is two years today that you are gone. I feel every bit of it. I miss you and wonder how life just moves on without you. It feels disjointed and empty and incomplete without you here. Sometimes, in my life, I really just do not know what to do or where to go. I feel trapped inside me without you. I don't know where to go anymore. I kind of just linger. I miss you all the time and wonder how two years went by. Life, persay, goes on......living doesn't! I miss you and love you my little angel with the heart of gold and smile like sunshine. You are in my heart and with me every, single second of every single day. Be free, be happy, be safe and always know how much I love you.
Love, Always
Karen XXXX000

Karen

September 18, 2010

Hi my beautiful Gram - Happy 100th Birthday, today!! I cannot believe it. Remember the plans for the cruise to celebrate?? We never made it, but, we've done other things, much better things together!! I still miss you with all my heart. I wonder when I will see you again. I wait for that day. You are my sunshine and always will be. I love you, my Gram, with all my heart, now and forever always.
Love Always,
Karen XX00

Karen

August 28, 2010

Hi my little Gram - I am thinking about you and I miss you...every day!! I wonder where you are and how you are. I am constantly reminded of you and of our life together. You are my angel and always will be. You shine through darkness into light and you are so much a part of me that I am always thinking of you, doing and saying alot of things you used to do and say and I also find myself remininscing to your great-grandchildren and instlling in them what you had instilled in us. I am alot like you in alot of ways and I am very proud of that! I love you my beautiful little Angel, whereever you may be. Be free and think of me as I think of you every single day.
Love Always and Forever,
Karen XXXXXXX0000000

Karen Esposito

May 15, 2010

Hi Gram - Happy Easter. I missed you very much today. We talked about you often and there was an empty spot at the dinner table. I hope you are ok and I love you very very much.
Love, Always XXXX0000
Karen

April 5, 2010

Hi my beautiful Gram, Happy New Year! I feel like time is passing by without you here. It is already 2010. I will miss you tomorrow, on my birthday. I remember all my cards, presents and parties that you were a part of. I miss you. You are an angel and happier now than when you were with us and I know that. I just wish you could have stayed a little longer. You are that one shining star that I constantly see in the sky at night and you are a protector of me and your family. I can feel your presence. I love you, my beautiful, wonderful little Gramma. Always, always.
Love, Karen XX00

January 1, 2010

Hi my beautiful little Gramma - I cry as I write this. I miss you more than I ever thought it was possible to miss somebody. You should be with us today. I miss seeing you at every holiday. I miss talking to you. I miss doing your nails when the dishes were cleared. You were and always will be a strong, graceful, wonderful person that I looked up to. I feel lost without you. I think of you every day and I come here to write to you because there is no place else to go. You were and are loved by all. You made everyone's lives here better. We had fun. We laughed. In an odd way, we protected each other. You are my hero, my friend, my smile, my Gramma....Always, no matter what!!

I love you Gram.
I wish you were with us today.
Love,
Karen XX00

December 25, 2009

One(1)year has come and gone since we last saw your face.But the fond,loving memories could never be replaced.

Your loving smile and gentle ways, in everything you'd do. You were an angel from above.. We thought the world of you.

But God seemed to have his own plans. He wanted you with him. He took you from our loving arms, Never to be seen again.

Our hearts were truly breaking, And many tears did flow. Just what it meant to loose you, No words could ever show.

We still come to visit you, Where a headstone bears your name. Our lives were changed forever, And will never be the same.

But we'll keep you in our memories, And in every waking thought. You're loved and cherished everyday, And will never be forgot!

Rest In Peace Gram. Love always...Bobby

Robert Gaylord II

November 25, 2009

Hi My Beautiful Little Gram - I found this on another Legacy guestbook and I thought of you. It made me feel a little better, though not really much. I know you are with me and around me in spirit, but I still miss you unbelievably every, single day! Thanksgiving is coming and I miss you sitting next to me. I miss your cooking, I miss our chats, I miss your smile. You were and always will be my little angel, who is now somewhere above.....

"Do not stand at my grave and weep,
I am not there, I do not sleep.

I am a thousand winds that blow.
I am the diamond glint on snow.
I am the sunlight on ripened grain.
I am the gentle autumn rain.

When you wake in the morning hush,
I am the swift, uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circling flight.
I am the soft starlight at night.

Do not stand at my grave and weep.
I am not there, I do not sleep.
Do not stand at my grave and cry.
I am not there, I did not die!

I love you and miss you my Gram.
Love Always,
Karen XXXXXXXOOOOOOO

November 24, 2009

Hi Gram - Its been one year today since you've been gone. I have thought about you every day and with each passing day, I miss you more and more and wonder how life really goes on without you. Everything now seems harder, longer, without color. Alot of what I say or do these days, always reverts to something you said or taught me. I carry you with me wherever I go. I really, really miss our chats about your childhood, grampa, the war, your kids....

I find myself telling your stories to other people, wishing that they could know the gramma that I knew and that I had. You were, still are and always will be one in a million. I wish you could have stayed. I know you are happier now and I believe that. You are my bright light and my shining star. YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE, MY ONLY SUNSHINE, YOU MAKE ME HAPPY WHEN SKIES ARE GRAY. YOU'LL NEVER KNOW DEAR HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU, PLEASE DON'T TAKE MY SUNSHINE AWAY....... I love you my beautiful, sweet, wonderful little Gramma, now and always.
Love, Karen
XXOO

September 18, 2009

Hi Gram - I just wanted to say Happy 99th Birthday today. I miss you more than you will ever know. I think about you every, single day and I remember all the good times that we had together. There will never be another gramma like you. You are THE one and only. I will miss and love you forever and always!!
Love, Karen
xx00

August 28, 2009

To my dearest family, some things I'd like to say...
but first of all, to let you know, that I arrived okay.
I'm writing this from heaven. Here I dwell with God above.
Here, there's no more tears of sadness; here is just eternal love.

Please do not be unhappy just because I'm out of sight.
Remember that I'm with you every morning, noon and night.
That day I had to leave you when my life on earth was through,
God picked me up and hugged me and He said, "I welcome you."

It's good to have you back again; you were missed while you were gone.
As for your dearest family, they'll be here later on.
I need you here badly; you're part of my plan.
There's so much that we have to do, to help our mortal man.

God gave me a list of things, that he wished for me to do.
And foremost on the list, was to watch and care for you.
And when you lie in bed at night, the day's chores put to flight.
God and I are closest to you....in the middle of the night.

When you think of my life on earth, and all those loving years
because you are only human, they are bound to bring you tears.
But do not be afraid to cry; it does relieve the pain.
Remember there would be no flowers, unless there was some rain.

I wish that I could tell you all that God has planned.
But if I were to tell you, you wouldn't understand.
But one thing is for certain, though my life on earth is o'er.
I'm closer to you now, than I ever was before.

There are many rocky roads ahead of you and many hills to climb;
but together we can do it by taking one day at a time.
It was always my philosophy and I'd like it for you too...
that as you give unto the world, the world will give to you.

If you can help somebody who's in sorrow and pain,
then you can say to God at night......"My day was not in vain."
And now I am contented....that my life has been worthwhile,
knowing as I passed along the way, I made somebody smile.

So if you meet somebody who is sad and feeling low,
just lend a hand to pick him up, as on your way you go.
When you're walking down the street, and you've got me on your mind;
I'm walking in your footsteps only half a step behind.

And when it's time for you to go.... from that body to be free,
remember you're not going.....you're coming here to me.

I love you, Gram, more than you will ever, ever know. I miss you terribly!!!!
Your Granddaughter, Karen XX00

Karen Esposito

November 6, 2008

November 1, 2008

November 1, 2008

I had only met Gramma Anna once but know her like she was my own family. I have learned a lot about her caring, loving and protective ways through her grand-daughter. When I met her I saw the caring eyes that would welcome and befriend anyone. So, thank you Gramma Anna for having the wonderful life that you had. The life and the teachings that you passed down to each generation. Now that is being passed to my son through his God-Mother and the loved that it brings came from you. Rest in peace. Lisa

Lisa Pavia

October 23, 2008

Mom,
I am very sorry that you have left us.
I never had a chance to say goodbye. We had alot of great years together.
You were the best mother - in- law anyone could have. I will miss you dearly. My thoughts and prayers are with the family. God rest your soul.
Love Always, Bob

Bob Gaylord, Sr.

September 30, 2008

I really miss Gramma. I know she is no longer with us but it is hard to let go. There were times that she smiled and laughed. There were times that she was upset. But no matter what the situation was...she always pulled through. Weekdays were fun but sometimes boring at her house. There was NO Cable TV or VCR's to watch movies. Only soap operas. Especially "Days Of Our Lives"...oh god was this lame!!! There were no toys to play with.....only the 2 bedrooms to hang out in and mess it up. But when it was time to leave....the messes always got cleaned. Then there were times we went food shopping. I would always grab something and she would always pay for it. Nothing big, just a box of animal crackers or a Hostess pie. She loved her 1 o'clock tea. Every single day at 1 pm....tea was made. You can set a clock to this. Then she would whip out cookies and pastry as well. Whatever she had...she gave to you. Then there was the Church. Gramma was always a church person. Always had to go. One time she went....by foot. She made me walk from her home on Edison Road all the way to Main Street. Then sit through the entire service, then walk all the way back to her home. My feet were killing me. Not hers. No matter what the weather...she always went. Then there were the nights that she would always put chairs up against the door when the last person would leave so no one would break in. Every door had a chair lodged up under the handle. Then there was the time you had to make a phone call on her "white phone" in the kitchen. Problem was is that everytime you spun the rotary dial...it spun back way too fast and dialed the wrong number....over and over again. The phone was broken but we still continued to use it. She never got a new one. Then there was the time we all were told to leave the "putty" alone in the picture window. Everyone, including me, were yelled at for picking the putty out from the big window in the living room and rolling it in our fingers and flicking it. She would yell at me mostly for this cause I thought it was gum. Then there was the time me, my brother, & my father went to Gramma's house unexpected to shovel snow. Usually this was done by other family members or kids in the area but this time...we got there early. She had no clue we were there until she went for the mail. She was happy. She saw us and said "Come in for coffee".
Holidays were even better. The night before Thanksgiving, all of us would gather at Grams house to start the preperation of the food. The women would make the food while the boys were running around playing, or watching t.v., or just helping.
Thanksgiving was great. The food was great. The stuffing and the apple pie were the best.
As we got older, somethings changed.
Gramma would now be living with her daughter Janet ( my mom ) in Monroe.
Gramma would go outside and do yard work. She would go around and pick up sticks and branches out of the yard and toss them in the woods.
Whenever the phone rang for me...she would always tell my friends to call back later... like 3 hours, cause I was sleeping. She would always make lunch before I went to work. I can still hear her footsteps on the hardwood and linoleum floor. They would be sliding noises not the tap tap. On the weekends...she would be sitting in the corner of the living room in the big brown leather recliner, feet up watching the Statler Brothers, or Golden Girls, or Grande Ol' Oprey. She had on her big blanket and her blue slippers would be poking out at the bottom.
There was a time I brought 2 huge dogs over to my moms house. 1 was a German Shepard. The other was a Rottweiler. My mom was afraid the dogs were gonna attack her or Gram.
Well...when I came through the door, Gramma was the 1st to actually smile and pet both dogs. She fed them as well. After an hour, both dogs decided to sleep in the kitchen while Gramma was washing dishes. She wasn't afraid of them at all. Mommy was.
I can still hear Gramma singing "You are My Sunshine" and Down In The Valley" when she was cleaning the house.
There are so many memories I have of my Grandmother I just don't know where to begin. I listed a few but there are many more.
I miss my Grandmother. I miss her alot. I never really showed it cause she was always there. But now...it hurts. I know there is nothing I can do but keep her memory alive. I don't want anyone to forget what was once here. I really think that me and ALL my family members had the best Grandmother in the world. You couldn't ask for anyone better. She was it. Yeah, she would argue and discipline you if you deserved it. But other than that...she was great. I know she was 98 years old but why couldn't she stay longer?
Gramma...I miss you and I love you.
You are home now. You are in a much better place and you are with your husband again. That's all that matters.
You will be TRUELY missed.
I love ya Gram........Bobby

Robert Gaylord II

September 27, 2008

Gramma

From the time I was born to the time of your passing you were my only grandparent. I want to thank you for giving life to my mom for without her I wouldn't be here. I also want to thank you for giving life to your other 3 children for without them I wouldn't have the great Aunts, Uncles and Cousins that I have. Over the years I beleive you have helped shape me to the person that I am today. To know how to love, to care, to respect, and to honor among many other things. You were a terrific special person. You were such an important part of my life. There is not much around today that I can look at or think about that doesn't make me think about you. I love the fact that I have so many great loving memories of you. I will miss all the time I shared with you and the hours of the great conversations we had. I will always carry a part of you in my mind as well as in my heart. It's so hard right now knowing you are not physically here. It's such a dramatic change that I know time will heal eventually. But one thing is for sure that you will always be here in spirit, and no one can thake that away. I love yo Gramma! God Bless You Always,

Ray Gaylord

September 27, 2008

Aunt Arlene ,Uncle Johnny, Julianne, Lorraine, and family, i am very sorry for your loss. You are all in my thoughts and prayers. May god give you all the strength in this time of sorrow.... Love to you all

Dawn Pellegrino- Carmelo

September 22, 2008

I believe that every person in, in their own unique way, creates a legacy in their lifetime by which others can live long after that person has left us. For those of us who remain, Gramma Anna has truly created a legacy to uphold and fulfill in our daily lives. I firmly believe that this carrying out is a true honor and responsibility by means of the various facets that Anna has made her own. Love : Above all, Anna is a figure of unconditional love. Love was the major fabric by which she created her tapestry of life. In the raising of her own children, the teachings of her grandchildren, and in how she welcomed in new family and friends, her unconditional strong love is what has made our family what it is today and what will keep us together from this day forward. Spirit : My Gramma, Anna, is a true woman of faith. For as far back as I can remember, my Gramma has been a conveyor of the word of God in developing her family and in living her daily life. Never would she miss a day to share the word and love of God. As time moves forward, not all of God’s children remain strong enough as before to lead his flock. Nor can all of God’s choir continue to sing quite as loudly as they always have. This is the time when God takes them into his hands to rest their souls as he has now done with Anna. Make no mistake, however, as the legacy of spirit that she has created in all of us, will continue to live on. Family : My Gramma Anna truly defined the word family as I have come to learn and live it. Holidays and family gatherings were the celebrations they were because they were surrounded by Gramma’s love. I watched my family become the amazing family we were because of traditions instilled by my Gramma. I have seen her grandchildren raised by the love and traditions passed down from her. I, of course, owe most of who I am from Gramma’s love passed down through my own mother, Janet, whom Gramma so highly regarded. It’s the family traditions Gramma instilled that has made us who we are today. Integrity : Another element of the legacy that Gramma Anna has left is that of integrity. Gramma bestowed such a high level of importance to honesty that it made it impossible for any of her children to act otherwise. “Gramma knows” is an expression that I’m sure that we can all relate to that kept us in check. Just when I would think that something might pass Gramma by, she’d have a quick comeback such as, “You might think this old lady can’t remember but I do!” And it’s true – Gramma always did indeed know!! Joy : If all of what I’ve mentioned is the fabric in the legacy that Gramma Anna created, then I think all of it is framed by her sense of joy. Gramma’s sense of joy for life was enough to make us all smile no matter the circumstance and befriend those she may have barely known. I know that we all have our own examples of moments when Gramma would make us unexpectedly laugh and it is her contagious radiant smile that we all will never forget and her enjoying the follies of one of her grandchildren all bringing so much joy into her own life. One thing is certain and that is that we all will continue to hear her laughter and remember her joy that can maybe help us all to not take life so seriously as she would always teach me. It is all of these elements love, spirit, family, integrity, and joy that are fabrics by which Anna created her tapestry of life. However each us knew her: Anna, Gramma, Mom, Sister, she has also always been a child of God and now stands beside him to make sure that we all carry forth all of that which she has taught us. Gramma.. You have been more to me than you can possibly imagine. Whatever the distance would be between us, you can look down upon me from heaven and know that I personally accept the incredible honor and responsibility of carrying on your traditions and love in all that I do. Gramma, you have created your own dynamic legacy of love, spirit, family, integrity, and joy. As the dove of life that represents all that you are now soars to heaven above, it is now your time to rest, sit back in that big cozy armchair which is now heaven for you, and know that the world is a better place for the legacy you’ve created. I love you always, Karen

Karen Esposito

September 22, 2008

Janet, Arlene, and family, We send our condolences about losing your mom. We remember her being such a proud and proper lady, always dressed up. And yes, Benny remembers her feeding him - he was always hungry. Our prayers are with all of you. You are such a wonderful family - always there when someone was in need. May God bless her soul and may all of you take great comfort in the fact that she lead a long life and was surrounded by her children. Wish we could be there with you.

Benny & MaryLou Iannucci

September 20, 2008

Sammy, Arlene, Richard & Janet;
You are in our prayers. We are so sorry to see your Mom leave you. She is now with your Dad and with all of our family. She is making sandwiches and coffee just like she did when everyone was here. She is now sitting around the table remembering the family and telling us to keep the door closed. Don't keep going in and out. We remember she had a good time with Aunt Cecila and Kevin's Grandma at our wedding. She will be missed very much by us. We love you all.

ROSANN AND KEVIN HANSEN

September 20, 2008

I wish to express my condolences Richie & family. May your memories of your Mother help you all during this very sad time. May she rest in peace .

Lynn McNicholas

September 20, 2008

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