Rose P. "Rosaria" Aniello

ANIELLO, Rose "Rosaria" P. Rose "Rosaria" Pellegrino Aniello, 94, of Hartford, died Sunday, (December 5, 2004) at St. Francis Hospital. She was born on Front St., in Hartford, on September 24, 1910, the beloved daughter of the late Angelo and Caroline "Lena" Luzzi Pellegrino. She was the devoted wife of the late Angelo Aniello who died December 5, 1971. Rose grew up on the East Side of Hartford, and was a graduate of the old Brown School class of 1925. Rose was very proud of her Italian heritage, her father came to the United States from Cascano di Sessa Aurunca Province of Caserta Italy, and her mother's family immigrated from Sassano Province of Salerno Italy. At an early age Rose went to work at G. Fox and Company where she worked for 23 years in women's lingerie. Rose was a parishioner of St. Augustine Church, where she was a member of the Rosary Society and St. Ann's Italian Ladies Sodality. She was professed as a Third Order Carmelite Immaculate Heart of Mary chapter, on December 15, 1966. Rose was a member of Our Lady of Grace Society "Congrega Maria SS Delle Grazie". She was also a member of the Barry Square Seniors for many years and a former member of the Southend Seniors. Rose was also a member of the Daughters of Queen Marguerite. She leaves her devoted and loving son, The Reverend Frederick M. Aniello, Pastor of St. Luke Church, Hartford; her step daughter, Diane Aniello Berthiaume of Manchester; her sister, Frances Pellegrino Lettieri of Hartford and Jupiter, FL and her nephew, John Lettieri of Jupiter, FL. She was predeceased by her brother, Nicholas A. Pellegrino and her sister, Mary Pellegrino Corona. Funeral services will be held Thursday, December 9, at 9:15 a.m. from the D'Esopo Funeral Chapel, 277 Folly Brook Blvd., Wethersfield with a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. in St. Augustine Church, Hartford. Burial will be in Mt. St. Benedict Cemetery, Bloomfield. Friends may call at the chapel on Wednesday, December 8, from 4-8 p.m. The sons of Italy will hold a prayer service at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. The televised daily Mass was a great comfort to Rose, so memorial donations may be made to the Office of Radio and television, 15 Peach Orchard Road, Prospect, CT 06712. For online expressions of smypathy please visit www.desopo.com.