While I did not know Angie personally, I have to say that I chuckled with Pride when reading her obituary...The line about THE BACK ROAD. There aren't too many people that know what that means. I do, you see, because when my Grandparents... Vincenzo (Jimmy) and Elisabetta Conte came to The United States from Italy, they too settled on THE BACK ROAD in Jamesville to raise my father, Joe, and his siblings.
I often heard the name MARZIALE in conversations among my father, aunts, and uncles. I also heard many stories from "Uncle" Nicky Piccolo through the years about what is was like to grow up and work in Jamesville back in the day.
... Piccolo... another family who raised several children on THE BACK ROAD.
May "Uncle" Nicky ( he just passed away in November) and all our Loved ones gone before Angie greet her with Loving Arms as she is reunited with them in Heaven. To think, she spent her birthday today surrounded by Angels and Saints and family and friends that she hadn't seen in some cases for many years.
My prayers are with You, Angie's Family and friends as you send her Home To Jesus.
God Bless Each Of You,
Jean (Conte) Mallaro