Josephine L. Avallone “Our Loving Mother”
Josephine L. Avallone, 99, of Carthage, New York, passed away on Monday, January 13,2025 at Samaritan Medical Center in Watertown.
Josephine was born July 24,1925 in Carthage, the daughter of Bernardino and Anna Grieco Remedianni.At a young age her family moved to New York City. She attended a trade school to learn sewing and went to work in the production of books and magazines to include a school supply catalog, Mademoiselle and Charm.
Frank, her future husband and Josephine were both born on Adelaide Street, in Carthage and their parents, Maria and Antonio Avallone and Bernardino and Anna were each attendants at the others wedding. They met on a family visit to New York City while Frank was on furlough from the Navy. They were married in the Church of The Nativity, in the Bronx, October 18, 1947.The newly married couple returned to Carthage and resided on Adelaide Street where she was a homemaker. Once the house was full of children, over a twelve-year period, her devotion to motherhood was unparalleled. In later years her social circle expanded to young and old and then she became known as Grandma and Grammy. Names she cherished.
Josephine was a communicant of St. James Church, a former member of the Ave Maria Circle and the Carthage Co-Ed Bowling League, an avid NY Yankees fan and she loved hearing anything Frank Sinatra.
She is survived by her five children, Frank (Paula) residing in Ohio, Anthony (Ann) in Louisiana, Janet (Jim) Callahan of Williamsville, Nancy (Dennis) Goodnight of Missouri and Paul of Watertown, 9 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.
Josephine is predeceased by her husband Frank, a son Steven, a grandson James, her parents, two sisters, Helen and Sadie, and four brothers, James, John, Albert and Frank.
The family would like to express heartfelt appreciation for the wonderful home health care that Josephine received from a loving “Band of Angels” while she completed her last year of life on Adelaide Street.Also to the professional staff at Jefferson County Public Health for their home care program and the staff of medical personnel and health aides at Meadowbrook Terrace Assisted Living Facility.A huge thank you to the Samaritan Medical Center medical staff of Doctors and Nurses that oversaw her last days of life.
A Mass of Christian Burial for Josephine L. Avallone, 99, of Adelaide St. Carthage, will be held on Friday, May 2,2025 at 11:00am at St. James Catholic Church in Carthage with Rev. Joseph Genito OSA officiating. Private burial will follow the mass in St. James Cemetery, Carthage. Josephine passed away on January 13, 2025. Funeral arrangements are with the Bezanilla-McGraw Funeral Home, Carthage. Memorial donations may be made to the Wounded Warriors or to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital. To leave a condolence, go to www.bezanillafh.com.
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