Antoinette Florio

October 24, 1919 - January 19, 2017

Antoinette Acocella Florio, 97, of Hamden passed away Thursday, Jan. 19,2017 at the CT Hospice in Branford. Wife of the late Louis C. Florio. She is survived by her son Cesare Florio and wife Kathleen of New Fairfield, her daughter Elizabeth McGann and husband Michael of Hamden, a sister Margaret Calderalo of Cornwall, NY, five grandchildren and three great grand daughters. She was predeceased by a daughter Celia Sullivan, a brother Angelo Acocella and two sisters Marie DeCola and Josephine Demarest. Born Oct. 24,1919 in Avellino, Italy a daughter of the late Michael and Rose Gallo Acocella and was employed for many years as an executive secretary at Fordham University. Antoinette was a longtime communicant of St. Stephens Church in Hamden and had been a member of the church prayer group. Funeral from Sisk Brothers Funeral Home, 3105 Whitney Ave., Hamden, Monday morning at 9:30. Mass of Christian Burial in St. Stephens Church at 10:00. Entombment will follow in St. Lawrence Cemetery Mausoleum. Friends may call Sunday from 1:00 - 5:00 pm. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to CT Hospice, 100 Double Beach Rd., Branford, CT 06405.