LOUISE E. SCIBELLI

1936 - 2014

LOUISE E. (MCSWEENEY) SCIBELLI - LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Louise E. (McSweeney) Scibelli, 77, passed away peacefully on Thursday, May 15, 2014, in Los Angeles, Calif. She was born on Aug. 23, 1936, in Burlington, Vt., the eighth child of Dr. E. Douglas McSweeney and Ruth (Casey) McSweeney. She attended Mount Saint Mary's Academy in Burlington. She also attended the University of Vermont, and graduated from the Mercy Hospital School of Nursing in Springfield, Mass., in 1960 with an RN degree. Mrs. Scibelli married Joseph A. Scibelli, of Springfield, Mass., on June 13, 1961. For many years, Mr. and Mrs. Scibelli resided in Long Beach, Calif., where Mr. Scibelli was a member of the Los Angeles Rams football team. In 1979, Mr. and Mrs. Scibelli relocated to Suffield, Conn. Longtime members of the Suffield Country Club, Mrs. Scibelli was the Women's Club Golf Champion in 1990, 1992, 1994 and 1995. Mrs. Scibelli relocated to Los Angeles in 2010 to live with her son, Chris, and his family. Mrs. Scibelli was predeceased by her husband, Joseph A. Scibelli; her parents; inlaws, Anthony C. Scibelli and Teresa Colonna Scibelli; and siblings, E. Douglas McSweeney, MD, William J. McSweeney, MD, the Reverend Monsignor John R. McSweeney, P.A., and her sister, Mrs. Margaret Barry. Survivors include her son, A. Chris Scibelli (Anne Marie) of Los Angeles, Calif.; grandchildren, Joseph A. and Katherine F. Scibelli; sisters, Mrs. Marie McKenna, Mrs. Ruth Ann Pichler, Mrs. Katherine Morrissey (John), Mrs. Elizabeth Gretkowski (Henry), and Mrs. Martha Economou (Dean); brother and sisters-in-law, Anthony J. Scibelli (Carolyn) and Maria Scibelli DeAngelis (Pasquale), all of Wilbraham, Mass.; sisters-in-law, Anne Fletcher, MD, and Marilyn McSweeney; brother-in-law, Edward Barry; 36 nieces and nephews; and seven god children. Masses of Christian burial will be celebrated on Wednesday, May 21, 2014, at 6:30 p.m. at St. Paul the Apostle Parish, 10750 Ohio Ave., Los Angeles, Calif. Simultaneously, there will be a private Mass for local family at the Diocese of Vermont Chancery Office for Mrs. Scibelli, celebrated by the Rev. Monsignor John McDermott. An east coast Funeral Mass, interment and reception will be held in her honor in Springfield, Mass., on Saturday, May 24, 2014. Mass will be at 11 a.m. at Our Lady of Mount Carmel, 123 William St., Springfield, Mass., with the interment with her beloved husband following at St. Michael's Cemetery, 1601 State St., Springfield, Mass. The family requests, in lieu of flowers, donations can be directed to Nazareth House Los Angeles, 3333 Manning Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90064, and Attn: Sr. Philomena Murphy, CSN; or Saint John's Health Center Foundation, 2121 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90404.