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July 28, 2010
Vera Elia Giampuzzi Marino was born on June 17, 1918 in New Haven, Connecticut to Leonello and Luisa Giampuzzi. Her first (and best) friend was her older sister, Eva.
When Vera’s father died unexpectedly from a heart attack when she was a young teenager, the family moved from the bucolic suburbs of Connecticut to the Arthur Avenue section of the Bronx. Vera attended Theodore Roosevelt High School majoring in bookkeeping. She first worked in the garment district - in the same firm that her mother and sister worked as seamstresses. From there, Vera worked as a bookkeeper in a mid-town Manhattan firm and ended her career by salvaging a small trucking company that her husband owned thanks to her business acumen.
Vera was highly regarded as a successful businesswoman, but those close to her knew that the most important things in life to her were her family and her friends. Weekends were always reserved to be in their company. She was a loyal and generous friend and she deeply cared for her family. A day with the Caraceni’s, a visit from the Albertini’s, Paolini’s, or Graziano’s gave her fulfillment that no job could equal. She was especially devoted to her mother and her best friend, confidant, and sister, Eva. She supported her husband Joseph
in all he did. She wore many hats and wore them well: friend, cousin, niece, wife, sister, daughter -- but the one hat she wore that trumped all others was: aunt. From the day she first laid eyes on her nieces, Eileen and Racquel, she was devoted to them. They never knew a moment that they didn’t experience her unconditional love. When her grandnephews were born, she came out to New Jersey to care for them and they, too, knew of the deep love she had for them.
In the last few years, the people who gave sustenance to Vera’s life not only departed from her life as many predeceased her, but as dementia assailed her mind, names that had been so dear to her held little meaning. She became a resident of CareOne and while she didn’t seem capable of giving of herself to her caregivers and neighbors as she always had throughout her life, she received much love from all those who ministered to her -- both at CareOne and St. Timothy Lutheran Church. It is hard to understand the world she inhabited in her dementia - but she always knew she was loved and well cared for.
Vera is welcomed into heaven by her dear friends Alba and Thomas Caraceni, the Durso family, and Joseph Ruberti as well as Eda, Katheryn, Adele, Fran, and Colombina.
Her cousins Tilde and Theodore Paolini, aunt and uncle, Mario and Helen Albertini, husband Joseph, sister and brother-in-law Eva and Henry Bentz, and parents Luisa and Leonello Giampuzzi welcome her home into their loving arms.
The life she lived is rich in memories for those she leaves behind: friends Joseph, Adrian, and Barbara (Hawes) Caraceni, cousins Yolanda Graziano, Yolanda Paolini, and Mario and Norma Albertini, her grandnephews, Eric and Scott White and her nieces, Eileen (Joseph) Smith and Racquel (Arthur) White. And, of course, her neighbors, aides, and nurses at Care One and her pastor, the Rev. Robert Mountenay.
Vera’s legacy to those she leaves behind allows one to recall the words of the Wizard of Oz: “A heart is not judged by how much you love - but by how much you are loved by others.” Vera had the gift of sharing a pure, unconditional love and this love was returned to her manifold by all whose lives she touched.
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July 28, 2010
Vera Elia Giampuzzi Marino was born on June 17, 1918 in New Haven, Connecticut to Leonello and Luisa Giampuzzi. Her first (and best) friend was her older sister, Eva.
When Vera’s father died unexpectedly from a heart attack when she was a young teenager, the family moved from the bucolic suburbs of Connecticut to the Arthur Avenue section of the Bronx. Vera attended Theodore Roosevelt High School majoring in bookkeeping. She first worked in the garment district - in the same firm that her mother and sister worked as seamstresses. From there, Vera worked as a bookkeeper in a mid-town Manhattan firm and ended her career by salvaging a small trucking company that her husband owned thanks to her business acumen.
Vera was highly regarded as a successful businesswoman, but those close to her knew that the most important things in life to her were her family and her friends. Weekends were always reserved to be in their company. She was a loyal and generous friend and she deeply cared for her family. A day with the Caraceni’s, a visit from the Albertini’s, Paolini’s, or Graziano’s gave her fulfillment that no job could equal. She was especially devoted to her mother and her best friend, confidant, and sister, Eva. She supported her husband Joseph
in all he did. She wore many hats and wore them well: friend, cousin, niece, wife, sister, daughter -- but the one hat she wore that trumped all others was: aunt. From the day she first laid eyes on her nieces, Eileen and Racquel, she was devoted to them. They never knew a moment that they didn’t experience her unconditional love. When her grandnephews were born, she came out to New Jersey to care for them and they, too, knew of the deep love she had for them.
In the last few years, the people who gave sustenance to Vera’s life not only departed from her life as many predeceased her, but as dementia assailed her mind, names that had been so dear to her held little meaning. She became a resident of CareOne and while she didn’t seem capable of giving of herself to her caregivers and neighbors as she always had throughout her life, she received much love from all those who ministered to her -- both at CareOne and St. Timothy Lutheran Church. It is hard to understand the world she inhabited in her dementia - but she always knew she was loved and well cared for.
Vera is welcomed into heaven by her dear friends Alba and Thomas Caraceni, the Durso family, and Joseph Ruberti as well as Eda, Katheryn, Adele, Fran, and Colombina.
Her cousins Tilde and Theodore Paolini, aunt and uncle, Mario and Helen Albertini, husband Joseph, sister and brother-in-law Eva and Henry Bentz, and parents Luisa and Leonello Giampuzzi welcome her home into their loving arms.
The life she lived is rich in memories for those she leaves behind: friends Joseph, Adrian, and Barbara (Hawes) Caraceni, cousins Yolanda Graziano, Yolanda Paolini, and Mario and Norma Albertini, her grandnephews, Eric and Scott White and her nieces, Eileen (Joseph) Smith and Racquel (Arthur) White. And, of course, her neighbors, aides, and nurses at Care One and her pastor, the Rev. Robert Mountenay.
Vera’s legacy to those she leaves behind allows one to recall the words of the Wizard of Oz: “A heart is not judged by how much you love - but by how much you are loved by others.” Vera had the gift of sharing a pure, unconditional love and this love was returned to her manifold by all whose lives she touched.
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