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Dave & Denise Linkh planted 3 trees in memory of Anne DeFazio
Tuesday, April 30, 2024
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Anne was beloved and will be greatly missed. Condolences to all who knew and loved her.
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Dave, Kate, Eli, Abby, and Millie planted 3 trees in memory of Anne DeFazio
Saturday, April 27, 2024
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Her memory is a blessing. Sending all of our love.
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Rosemarie Davino posted a condolence
Wednesday, May 1, 2024
My message to you Anne, my best friend,
I've loved you for 74 years. We shared all of our secrets, complaints, aches and pains and our sorrows. We had the best of time growing up and old together. From us babysitting for your neighbors children on Bay 22nd street, to raising our own children. We cried and laughed together all of the time, never missing a beat. It's been a trip! I will miss you terribly my dear Anne, until we meet again.
Love always, Rosemarie
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Louise Murray-Pino posted a condolence
Tuesday, April 30, 2024
One of my favorite memories of Aunt Annie has to do with an unlikely hero - Julio Eglasias!
Julio was one of Aunt Annie’s favorite singers back in the 80s. Michael and I saw a full-size cardboard cutout in a neighborhood record store that they were going to toss, so we grabbed it, thinking it would make a great present for Aunt Annie at our upcoming family Christmas celebration.
We lived in a condo at the time and made friends with two girls who were roommates upstairs. We had gotten home early, and we knew they’d park next to us when they came back from work. Michael and I placed Julio in the front seat of our car and waited at our window. It was dark outside. The driver got out, took one look at the smiling Julio, and screamed! A terrible trick - but a great laugh. When they came in, we apologized for scaring them and told them our plans. They thought it was sweet and forgave us.
Aunt Annie, of course, loved the story, and was thrilled when we presented her with the handsome (if one-dimensional) singer.
Like Michael, I also have to mention that Aunt Annie’s eggplant parm was the best I have ever eaten. She was so pleased when I told her that. To this day, no other eggplant has come close to hers. And her braciole - unbelievably delicious.
I remember Aunt Annie as someone whose laughter, warmth, and smile always permeated the room.
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Michael Pino posted a condolence
Tuesday, April 30, 2024
My Aunt Annie doted on me as her sister Mary’s first child. It helped that she just lived upstairs at 242 Bay 22nd Street in Brooklyn. As a toddler, I was forever showered with jokes, laughs, silly stories, and books of all kinds. I remember a remedy she gave me for hiccups: imagine a horse walking through the fields, then trotting, then galloping, then jumping in the air! Well, I think that was it - bet she told varieties of it
As I got older, she taught me the rock and roll of her day - doo-wop, mostly — laying the groundwork for my own love of music. Our favorite song was “At the Hop” by Danny and the Juniors. It was a rockin’ tune and I remember the cheesy old purple and gray 45 record label to this day, We also danced to “Zorro” (from the TV show), “Little Nash Rambler,” and many others. She was a swingin’ partner! [links below if you want]
It was also around this time Aunt Annie introduced me to eggplant parmigiana heroes. My family and I had gone to the hospital to help wait for one of Anthony’s test results (hope I got that right), and she went down to our car with me to have some food while my parents stayed inside. She had an eggplant parmigiana sandwich and I was hungry, but yuck, I wouldn’t eat a vegetable! Well, she convinced me to taste it - and it was delicious! Been eating them ever since.
In my teens and young adulthood, I remember the many occasions we spent at the Staten Island house with the big pool in the back, which Uncle Joe was constantly filling, emptying, or swearing at (forgive me kids if I misremember!) Great big dinners in her dining room after which Charles and I would tease Anthony and Joseph but otherwise treat Lisa quite fairly (and forgive me again!).
When I moved to the Midwest and around the DC area, we kind of lost touch except for the occasional card or phonecall. I wish I had done more. But I’m happy knowing she had a great life with her kids and grandkids, and those are the most important things after all. Bye, Aunt Anne - see you at that great Big Hop in the sky!
-- Michael Pino
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEPvoNA1OGw - At the Hop, Danny and the Juniors
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7hch0wQD1w - Little Nash Rambler, The Playmates
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxbUQBIHhXs - Zorro, The Chordettes
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Mariann Bassignani posted a condolence
Monday, April 29, 2024
My dearest friend Anne, you will be missed more than I could say we’ve been like sisters for 74 years that’s a lifetime but the memories and the laughs that we shared I will treasure forever in my heart until we meet again my dear sweet friend I’ll hold you in my heart and in my prayers Rest of the arms of Jesus until we meet again love you forever you’re forever friend sister, Marianne
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DeFazios planted a tree in memory of Anne DeFazio
Saturday, April 27, 2024
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We love you all so very much! aunt Anne meant so much to us and was so sweet. Love from DeFazio family coxo
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