Antonietta Di Scola

Antonietta Di Scola, age 93, of Fair Lawn, passed Monday, April 15, 2024. 

She was born in Montecorice, Italy to Emilio and Modestina Barca. In 1971 when she was forty-one years old the entire family moved from Italy to the United States settling first in Fair Lawn and living with family; then finding an apartment in Paterson. Their first home was at 161 Heights Avenue in Fair Lawn and Antonietta lived in Fair Lawn for the rest of her life.  For many years she was a seamstress at her brothers Ralph and Ugo’s coat factory called E&E Coat Factory in Paterson. 

Antonietta was an extraordinary woman, selfless and kind, with a great sense of humor and a nonjudgmental nature.  She had a way of making people happy and touched everyone she met in a special way that made them love her and adopt her as their own Nonna. Antonietta had a wonderful social life, she loved playing Scopa - the Italian card game, gardening, and cooking for her family every day. Her specialties were Nonna cookies, her special eggplant, lasagna, meatballs, homemade sausage, homemade pasta, homemade bread, and homemade tomato sauce.  You only had to stop by, and you would be greeted with a wonderful spread of homemade meals. Most days you would find her outside in her enormous garden, nurturing her plants she had grown from seeds.  One of her greatest joys was showing people her garden and sharing what she grew.  To say she was generous is a gross understatement, whether it was food, vegetables, or love, she never held back. Despite her busy schedule, Antonietta never complained and was tough beyond words.  Her presence brought joy to everyone around her, and she will be deeply missed.

Antonietta met her husband Antonio through family and friends.  They married in Italy in 1949 and had a marriage blessed with five children: Clorinda, the late Enrichetta (her baby that passed at six months old), Angelo, Modestina, and Emilio. 

Antonietta was the loving wife of 54 years to the late Antonio Di Scola (2003); devoted mother of Clorinda D’Alessandro and her husband Ray of North Haledon, the late Enrichetta Di Scola, Angelo Di Scola and his wife Anna of Toms River, Modestina “Tina” Anderson of Fair Lawn, Emilio Di Scola and his wife Alison of Montclair; she was the cherished grandmother of Gina, Angela (Bob), Jennifer (Mark), Anthony (Lumar), Megan, Katie, Nicholas (Lexi), Jack, and Matthew; she was the dearly loved great grandmother of Daniel, Jacob, and Anastasia; loved sister of Louis Barca and his wife Jane of North Carolina and the late Ralph Barca, the late Ugo Barca, the late Flora Chiariello, and the late Filomena LaCortiglia.  Antonietta will be dearly missed by many nieces, nephews, cousins, and the many who adopted her at their Nonna.

In lieu of flowers memorial donations to St Jude Childrens Research Hospital or National MS Society would be greatly appreciated.