Long Island, New York, USA
Died April 4, 2020
Age 103
Obituary
Phyllis Beatrice Antonetz, née Pirro, age 103, of Fairfield, CT beloved wife of the late Alexander Antonetz and who lived her life with graceful joy of family and friends and a lifelong quest for learning, died on Friday, April 17, 2020 due to complications of the coronavirus… While working at Macy’s during the World War II years, she volunteered as a nurse’s aide at New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital. At Macy’s, she was employed in a variety of positions, including senior executive positions in over 40 departments. She retired as Special Events Coordinator in 1953 to marry Alexander Antonetz, Macy’s assistant manager of operations at the time. The couple established a home in Garden City, Long Island, where in 1972 Phyllis earned her Master’s degree in education at Adelphi University. She combined her responsibilities as a homemaker and mother with volunteerism in the community. A 25-year member of the American Association of University Women, she assumed a variety of responsibilities with the organization, including vice president for program development.
Published in Hartford Courant
“When one reads all she accomplished and lived through, you can see why she was always smiling, always happy, always elegant and “dressed to the nines.” “
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