Anna E. Isabella

Isabella, Anna E. ALBANY Anna E. (Welter) Isabella, 92, died Tuesday, October 16, 2007 at St. Peter's Hospital after a brief illness. Born in Albany, she was the daughter of the late Edward and Loretta (Murphy) Welter. She was a graduate of St. Ann's School. Mrs. Isabella was a loving and devoted wife, mother and home-maker. She was a member of the Columbiettes Council #173 and a communicant of St. Vincent dePaul Church. She was the wife of the late Joseph J. Isabella Sr.; mother of Carolyn (John) Arentshorst of Albany, Joseph J. (Elizabeth) Isabella Jr. of Albany, Joyce (Andrew) Mercurio of Houston, Texas and the late Sharon Isabella; sister of the late Margaret D'Aprile, Marion Biachino, Jean Cornell and Joseph Welter; grandmother of Kimberly Ann Lease, Darlene Hartigan Walter, Joseph Hartigan, Sharon Cooper, Robin Ramundo, James Olszewski, Marcy Isabella Raymond, Joseph Patrick Isabella, Terrence Isa-bella, Jocelyn Sawka and Janelle Mercurio; also survived by 15 great-grandchildren, a great-great-granddaughter, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held Friday 10:15 a.m. from the Daniel Keenan Funeral Home, 490 Delaware Ave. thence to St. Vincent dePaul Church where a Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Relatives and friends are invited and may call at the funeral home Thursday from 4-8 p.m. Interment, Calvary Cemetery, Glenmont, N.Y. Those who wish may send memorial contributions to the American Cancer Society, 260 Osborne Rd., Loudonville, NY 12211 or American Heart Association, NE Region, 440 New Karner Rd., Albany, NY 12205-3890.