Julia C. Mazzone

WALLINGFORD - Julia C. Christopher Mazzone, 82, of Wallingford, beloved wife of the late Philip A. Mazzone, died Friday, March 27, 2009, at the Westfield Center in Meriden, surrounded by her loving family.

Born in New Haven, June 11, 1926, a daughter of the late Frederick and Rose DeCola Christopher, she had been a Wallingford resident for many years. Julia had been employed by the Wallingford Board of Education food service department at Moran Middle School, for many years and then for EPD Electronics for four years, until her retirement. She was a parishioner of Our Lady of Fatima Church in Yalesville.

She is survived by her daughter, Julie Mazzone and Nick Meucci and her son, Philip Mazzone and Karen Prisco, all of Wallingford; her five grandchildren, Marie Kearns, Seth Page, Rebecca Ryalls, Josh Mazzone and Adam Mazzone; her two great-grandsons, Eli and Henry Kearns; her two sisters, Mary Leonardo of Hamden and Lucille Galvin of Meriden; and several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by two sisters, Lenore Nerkowski and Rosemarie Stellato; and a brother, Russell Christopher.

Her family will receive relatives and friends in The Wallingford Funeral Home, 809 North Main Street, Ext., Wallingford, Monday, from 9 until 10:15 a.m. when the funeral cortege will proceed to Our Lady of Fatima Church, where a Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Interment will be in All Saints Cemetery in North Haven. In lieu of flowers, gifts in her memory may be sent to the West Field Center Better Life Fund, 65 Westfield Road, Meriden, 06450. www.wallingfordfh.com.