STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Brooklyn native Yolanda D'Angelo, 88, of Prince's Bay, a retired bookkeeper for her family's catering business, died Saturday at home. Born Yolanda Morici in Brooklyn, she moved to Todt Hill in 1964 before settling in Prince's Bay in 1994. A homemaker, she worked as a head teller at a Chase Bank in Brooklyn and later as a bookkeeper for her husband's business, Pisa's Catering, also in Brooklyn. "She was a wonderful mother, committed to advancing her children's education and was involved in supporting her husband's family business," said her son, Angelo D'Angelo. She graduated from Layfayette High School in Brooklyn and the Brown Business School, also in Brooklyn. Mrs. D'Angelo was a member of Another Mother for Peace during the Vietnam War and the Staten Island Council for Peace and Justice. She enjoyed cooking, reading, visiting Atlantic City, spending time with her grandchildren and family, and baking for the holidays. Mrs. D'Angelo also won second place in the Advance Cookbook contest for her cold pumpkin soup. Mrs. D'Angelo was a parishioner of St. Joseph-St. Thomas R.C. Parish, Pleasant Plains. Her husband of 49 years, Jack, died in 1994. In addition to her son, Angelo, surviving are another son, Dr. Jack D'Angelo; two daughters, Alicia Ann Durante and Sandra Traina; two sisters, Olga Tortorella and Frances Leone; four grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. The funeral will be Wednesday from the Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home, Tottenville, with a mass at 9:30 a.m. in St. Thomas R.C. Church, Pleasant Plains. Burial will follow in Moravian Cemetery, New Dorp. By Staten Island Advance on February 17, 2013.
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Brooklyn native Yolanda D'Angelo, 88, of Prince's Bay, a retired bookkeeper for her family's catering business, died Saturday at home. Born Yolanda Morici in Brooklyn, she moved to Todt Hill in 1964 before settling in Prince's Bay in 1994. A homemaker, she worked as a head teller at a Chase Bank in Brooklyn and later as a bookkeeper for her husband's business, Pisa's Catering, also in Brooklyn. "She was a wonderful mother, committed to advancing her children's education and was involved in supporting her husband's family business," said her son, Angelo D'Angelo. She graduated from Layfayette High School in Brooklyn and the Brown Business School, also in Brooklyn. Mrs. D'Angelo was a member of Another Mother for Peace during the Vietnam War and the Staten Island Council for Peace and Justice. She enjoyed cooking, reading, visiting Atlantic City, spending time with her grandchildren and family, and baking for the holidays. Mrs. D'Angelo also won second place in the Advance Cookbook contest for her cold pumpkin soup. Mrs. D'Angelo was a parishioner of St. Joseph-St. Thomas R.C. Parish, Pleasant Plains. Her husband of 49 years, Jack, died in 1994. In addition to her son, Angelo, surviving are another son, Dr. Jack D'Angelo; two daughters, Alicia Ann Durante and Sandra Traina; two sisters, Olga Tortorella and Frances Leone; four grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. The funeral will be Wednesday from the Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home, Tottenville, with a mass at 9:30 a.m. in St. Thomas R.C. Church, Pleasant Plains. Burial will follow in Moravian Cemetery, New Dorp. By Staten Island Advance on February 17, 2013.
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