Elizabeth Fay DeLessio

Elizabeth Fay DeLessio

Elizabeth DeLessio Obituary

Published by Legacy Remembers from Nov. 8 to Nov. 9, 2003.
DeLESSIO-Elizabeth Fay (nee Pell), born January 11, 1917, in Brooklyn, NY, on November 7, 2003, formerly of Westbury. Dear daughter of the late Arthur H. Pell and Florence Fleming. Devoted wife of the late James W. Beloved mother of Florence "Bonnie" Marchetti (Robert), Susan Lang (Lee),Betsy Neubauer (Jack), Pat DeLessio (Greg Parson) and Kathleen DeLessio. Cherished grandmother of David and Christina Marchetti, Albert and James Lang, Mary Teicher and Kate Neubauer and Anne and Jenny DeLessio-Parson. Loving sister of the late Richard, Phillip and Louis Pell. Family will receive friends and relatives on Saturday between the hours of 7-9PM and Sunday from 2-4 & 7-9PM at the Donohue-Cecere Funeral Home, 290 Post Ave., Westbury, LI. Mass of Christian Burial, Monday 1:15PM, St. Brigid's R.C. Church, Westbury, LI. Interment, Holy Rood Cemetery. Donations in Elizabeth's memory may be made to the Hospice Foundation Inc., 374 Violet Ave., Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 or St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, POB 50, Memphis, TN 38101-9929.

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