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She was married for 44 years to her beloved and irreplaceable husband Frank Luizzi, who predeceased her in 1997. She was also predeceased by her brother Frederick in 2010 and her darling grandson Bobby Bench in 1994.
Stephanie worked as an X-Ray technician in Brockton and made many lifelong friends among her coworkers. She also worked at the Brockton Multi-Service Center before moving to Pocasset on Cape Cod where she worked at the Barnstable County Hospital. Stephanie gave of her time as a volunteer at Falmouth hospital and for the Samaritans of Cape Cod. She was an active member of St. John the Evangelist Church in Pocasset, and later Our Lady Queen of Martyrs in Seekonk. She was a member of the Women's Guild and the Senior Saints, working at church fairs and donating her crafts and hand painted items for sale. In her youthful 80's and 90's she was a member of the Red Hat Mamas.
She is survived by her daughter Francine Luizzi-Bench and her husband Bob Bench of Mansfield, her son Jack and his wife Michelle of Seekonk, grandchildren Greg Bench of North Attleboro, Victoria Luizzi of Reno Nevada, and Isabella Luizzi of Boston.
Stephanie will be remembered most for her sharp mind and sense of humor which stayed with her to the end. She could pull off an April Fool's joke at 101, and shared her riddles and jokes with successive generations of family, friends, doctors and caregivers. A memorial mass and burial will be held on Wednesday July 9, at 10 am, at St Anthony's Catholic Church, 167 East Falmouth Highway, East Falmouth.
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Barbara Weiss
August 5, 2025
A fine life and legacy. She will be remembered fondly. Her sense of humor lives on in her son Jack.
Jack Luizzi
July 11, 2025
Stephanie Luizzi´s Eulogy July 9, 2025
Stephanie, my mom, matriarch of our family, friend to everyone here, was born to Slavic immigrants in the same home in Brockton where Fran and I spent our early years. She walked to the same elementary school that we walked to. Had a happy and somewhat sheltered childhood and went on to live a remarkable and very long,- remarkably long life. So long that even with a small amount of detail, if we try to tell it all we will be here past supper time.
So let´s start with long...
Leon Russell once asked in a song, How many days has it been since I was born? And how many days until I die? The phrase fascinated me when I heard it 40 years ago, and of course, none of us knows the answer to the second half of the question. But on the day my Mom passed away I decided to do the math. 101 years, account for leap years, add in the days since her 101st birthday, and I got exactly 37,000! 37K days of a life on Earth that went, by and large exactly according to plan. Whether it was her plan, God´s plan, things seemed to work out for her right to the very end. Of course living that many days in the human condition, there were days of tragedy, sorrow and heartache. Her own mother died prematurely when Stephanie was just a young woman, Her first grandchild, Fran and Bob´s wonderful little boy, died suddenly, which was a seismic shock to the whole family. And after more grandchildren arrived, bringing some light back into our lives, her husband passed away after a brief decline.
But of all those thousands of days, the ones of sadness are comparatively few, and the rest of her remarkable life deserves to be remembered. I´ll try to summarize
Apparently the first part of her plan after graduating High School and acquiring some secretarial skills was to find the perfect husband, and she took her time about it...Until my Dad Frank came along. He was already working in the skilled trades by then but his first acquired skill was tailoring. And being the industrious type he worked part time in a tailor´s shop. And one day was lucky enough to deliver some garments to our 2-decker and got a look at Stephanie. He somehow contrived to return and they connected were soon married and moved into the upstairs apartment from my grandfather. From here with patience and hard work all of the parts of a well planned life began to fall into place,
Raise a couple kids, teach them right from wrong and to stand on their own two feet, tell them to work hard in school and get a scholarship to college-Check
Let´s build a more comfortable house on my grandfather´s garden lot and take care of him for the rest of his life. Check.
Let´s spend summers on the Cape. Little cottage in Onset? Close enough! Fran and I have great memories of those summers. When were little Stephanie came down to the beach to keep an eye on us even though she couldn´t swim at all and didn´t like being in the sun, but she sat there watching that our heads would come back up when we went underwater, protected from the sun by a hat and umbrella. The result being she had skin like a baby even at a hundred.
And as to the rest of the lifestyle habits that helped her enjoy such a long healthy life, I can tell you that around 1970 publications began to appear at our home like the Tufts university medical school health newsletter. Healthy Living. There was a ton of them. She read them all. She knew about saturated fat and trans fat and fiber before her doctors did. I think she knew about it before some of them were born. I digress, back to the life story.
When Fran and I were growing up the defining job of her career was as an X-Ray technician in the office of Dr. Walter Goldstein, who was a kindly gentleman; I met him several times, even our family dog met him, and Stephanie insisted he was the pre-eminent diagnostician of the greater Brockton area. The main thing about her work there, besides the flexible scheduling, was she met her lifelong friends Dale and MaryAnne and through them Vera. The girls in the office there really did serious work but if you look closely at some of those pictures you´ll see they had some fun too
Stephanie and Frank got the idea somewhere in there to eventually retire to the cape. And after my grandfather passed away in Brockton they built their latest dream house in Pocasset. Check another box. They travelled some. They starting spending winters in Florida. They had it good. Most people could check all the boxes at that point.
After Frank passed away we were busy raising toddlers and pre-schoolers and Grandma´s house was kind of a destination for us and our kids.
It was only a few years and she moved into the in-law apartment with Michelle and me and the kids, and she had started a third act. A new church, a whole new batch of friends. Senior Saints and Silver Sneakers, and Red Hat Mamas. She tooled around Seekonk in her new Toyota and made people say, Who Was That? And how old do you think she is?
Most importantly, Once she lived with us her relationship with her grandkids grew closer. And my friends and Fran´s friends became her friends. She had several pen pals that she exchanged news and jokes and riddles with.
When she was only 92 her health declined inexplicably,(because what could go wrong with a 92 yr. old) and some of us thought it might be the final curtain for her. After a hospitalization she was brought back to health with the help of Judy and Jeanine to whom we will be forever grateful. And my Mom kind of had a fourth act. She couldn´t drive anymore but she still got plenty of enjoyment out of life and became the sort of Queen Matriarch. She got new doctors who hadn´t heard her jokes before. People came to visit her and pay homage at Table one as we called it. People had never met anyone as old as her before. She actually learned a couple new jokes and riddles.
So it´s to all of you who kept her in your hearts, her caregivers, her friends old and new, grandchildren, cousins and nieces. Everyone who brought a kind gesture, or some cookies, or a new joke, We her family and Stephanie herself are most grateful. And we wish you as always...A Happy Heart and a Peaceful Mind!
Vera Maccone
June 18, 2025
With sympathy and love for Stephie who was a remarkable lady.
dale phelan seisl
June 18, 2025
Steffie and I worked together at the office of Dr. Walter Goldstein in the 1960's and had remained friends since. She was a remarkable lady and
a loyal friend. Our last visit together was shortly before she passed. During the visit, we ate cookies, drank tea, and talked about old times. Prior to leaving, she recited two of her favorite jokes. She exemplified a life well lived.
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