Obituary for Gemma Mazzucco Samele (Mazzucco)
GEMMA MAZZUCCO SAMELE 8/25/27- 2/24/22
GEMMA WAS BORN IN MINTURNO, ITALY, AND EMIGRATED TO THE US IN 1937, SETTLING IN “THE BRONX”, NY. SHE WAS THE ELDEST OF 4 DAUGHTERS BORN TO PASQUALE AND ROSA MAZZUCCO, FOLLOWED BY HER SISTERS MARY, LINDA, AND LENA. SHE MARRIED ANTHONY SAMELE IN 1953, AND THEY HAD 2 CHILDREN, LAWRENCE, AND DIANE. SHE MOVED TO TUCKAHOE, NY IN 1974, AND LIVED THERE UNTIL HER PASSING.
GEMMA HAD MANY CHALLENGES PRESENTED TO HER, BUT ALWAYS HAD A PASSION FOR LIFE. SHE LOVED THE PERFORMING ARTS, INCLUDING THEATER, MOVIES, BALLET, AND OPERA, AND ESPECIALLY MUSIC, BUT HER GREATEST PASSION WAS FOR HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS. THANKFULLY, SHE LIVED A LONG LIFE, AND DIED PEACEFULLY, SURROUNDED BY HER LOVED ONES.
GEMMA WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER HER LOVING SISTER MARY (ALVARO) ALVAREZ, WHO PREDECEASED HER. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER CHILDREN LAWRENCE (MARIE) SAMELE AND DIANE (JOSEPH) DEMARIA, AS WELL AS HER LOVING SISTERS LINDA FORCELLO PALANCIA AND LENA (RICHARD) DELAYO. ALSO, HER 3 GRANDAUGHTERS STEPHANIE (JASON) BLONDER, KRISTEN (STEVE) FIORE, AND LAUREN (MATT) GARFINKEL, AND HER 5 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN, ANTHONY, GIANNA, AMELIA, MAXX, AND OLIVIA.
SHE ALSO LEAVES BEHIND COUNTLESS COUSINS, NIECES AND NEPHEWS, AND SPECIAL FRIENDS, WHO WERE VERY IMPORTANT TO HER. SHE WILL BE MISSED BY ALL.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, DONATIONS MAY BE MADE TO THE GUIDE DOG FOUNDATION, SMITHTOWN, NY https://www.guidedog.org/
VISITATION - Westchester Funeral Home, Inc.
190 Main Street
Eastchester, NY
March 1st, 2022
2:00pm - 8:00pm
Service
Assumption Church
100 Pleasant Ave.
Tuckahoe, NY
March 2nd, 2022 10:30am
Interment
Gate of Heaven
10 West Stevens Avenue
Hawthorne, New York
GEMMA WAS BORN IN MINTURNO, ITALY, AND EMIGRATED TO THE US IN 1937, SETTLING IN “THE BRONX”, NY. SHE WAS THE ELDEST OF 4 DAUGHTERS BORN TO PASQUALE AND ROSA MAZZUCCO, FOLLOWED BY HER SISTERS MARY, LINDA, AND LENA. SHE MARRIED ANTHONY SAMELE IN 1953, AND THEY HAD 2 CHILDREN, LAWRENCE, AND DIANE. SHE MOVED TO TUCKAHOE, NY IN 1974, AND LIVED THERE UNTIL HER PASSING.
GEMMA HAD MANY CHALLENGES PRESENTED TO HER, BUT ALWAYS HAD A PASSION FOR LIFE. SHE LOVED THE PERFORMING ARTS, INCLUDING THEATER, MOVIES, BALLET, AND OPERA, AND ESPECIALLY MUSIC, BUT HER GREATEST PASSION WAS FOR HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS. THANKFULLY, SHE LIVED A LONG LIFE, AND DIED PEACEFULLY, SURROUNDED BY HER LOVED ONES.
GEMMA WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER HER LOVING SISTER MARY (ALVARO) ALVAREZ, WHO PREDECEASED HER. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER CHILDREN LAWRENCE (MARIE) SAMELE AND DIANE (JOSEPH) DEMARIA, AS WELL AS HER LOVING SISTERS LINDA FORCELLO PALANCIA AND LENA (RICHARD) DELAYO. ALSO, HER 3 GRANDAUGHTERS STEPHANIE (JASON) BLONDER, KRISTEN (STEVE) FIORE, AND LAUREN (MATT) GARFINKEL, AND HER 5 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN, ANTHONY, GIANNA, AMELIA, MAXX, AND OLIVIA.
SHE ALSO LEAVES BEHIND COUNTLESS COUSINS, NIECES AND NEPHEWS, AND SPECIAL FRIENDS, WHO WERE VERY IMPORTANT TO HER. SHE WILL BE MISSED BY ALL.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, DONATIONS MAY BE MADE TO THE GUIDE DOG FOUNDATION, SMITHTOWN, NY https://www.guidedog.org/
VISITATION - Westchester Funeral Home, Inc.
190 Main Street
Eastchester, NY
March 1st, 2022
2:00pm - 8:00pm
Service
Assumption Church
100 Pleasant Ave.
Tuckahoe, NY
March 2nd, 2022 10:30am
Interment
Gate of Heaven
10 West Stevens Avenue
Hawthorne, New York