Antoinette Marie Daloia Simone

AUBURN - Antoinette Marie Daloia Simone, 92, died peacefully Tuesday, March 16, 2010, following a brief illness, at the James Square Rehabilitation Center, Syracuse. A life resident of Auburn, and former resident of Boyle Center, she was the daughter of the late Nicholas and Angela Prete Daloia. Antoinette was a member of the Christopher Columbus Commemorative Committee, the Sons of Italy, the Mount Carmel Mothers Club and was an avid bingo and canasta player. She was a faithful and lifelong communicant of St. Francis Church and a member of the Sacred Heart and Holy Name Societies. Antoinette was the widow of 'Auburn's Singing Barber,' the late Philip J. Simone, who passed away in 2007. Antoinette is survived by a daughter, Ann Marie Malvaso and her husband, David, of Weedsport: son, Philip A. Simone and his wife, Ann Marie, of Anaheim Hills, Calif.; four grandchildren, Jennifer Wightman and her husband, Norman, of Weedsport, Mark Malvaso and his wife, Melinda, of Elbridge, Lori Taylor and her husband, Jay, of Worthington, Ohio, and Gina O'Boyle and her husband, Richard, of Carpentersville, Ill.; six great-grandchildren, Alexis, Antonia, Marissa and Miranda Malvaso, of Elbridge, and Brier and Ashley Wightman, of Weedsport. In addition to her parents and husband of 67 years, Antoinette was predeceased by her daughter, Angela Jean Simone in 1976; as well as her three brothers, Connie, Dominic and Ralph Daloia. She was also predeceased by her three sisters, Rose Cosentino, Lucy Dagnesi and Evelyn Connors, who together with her late husband were tirelessly active in countless civic associations as well as being co-fixtures with her in the popular annual St. Francis Minstrel Shows. Friends are invited to join the family for a Mass of Christian burial to be offered at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday in St. Francis Church. Burial will be in St. Joseph Cemetery. Calling hours will be 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday in the Cheche Funeral Home Inc., 1778 Clark Street Road, Auburn. To send a message to the family, sign our guest book at www.auburnpub.com and click on obituaries