STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Lillian M. Mangiapia, 83, of West Brighton, a loving matriarch and retired administrator, died Saturday at home.
A lifelong Staten Islander, she was born Lillian Michnowitz in Tottenville. She settled in West Brighton in 1955.
During World War II, she helped build airplane parts for a defense company in Linden, N.J. She later was a manager for 20 years at United Cerebral Palsy of New York City, until retiring in 1994.Mrs. Mangiapia enjoyed bingo, bowling and trips to Atlantic City. She also took pleasure in spending time with her husband at their home in upstate New York.
"She was a truly thoughtful and caring person," said her daughter, Donna Kergis. "She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, and a great cook and homemaker." Mrs. Mangiapia was a parishioner of Sacred Heart R.C. Church, West Brighton.
Surviving are her husband of 59 years, Louis; her son, Louis; her daughters, Donna Kergis and Arlene Amann; a brother, George; three sisters, Mary Yater, Joan Cannariato, and Ellen Michnowitz; two grandchildren, and a great-grandson.
The funeral will be tomorrow from the Harmon Home for Funerals, West Brighton, with a mass at 10 a.m. in Sacred Heart Church. Arrangements include cremation.
~~"Hear You Me"
There's no one in town I know
You gave us some place to go.
I never said thank you for that.
I thought I might get one more chance.
What would you think of me now,
so lucky, so strong, so proud?
I never said thank you for that,
now I'll never have a chance.
May angels lead you in.
Hear you me my friends.
On sleepless roads the sleepless go.
May angels lead you in.
So what would you think of me now,
so lucky, so strong, so proud?
I never said thank you for that,
now I'll never have a chance.
May angels lead you in.
Hear you me my friends.
On sleepless roads the sleepless go.
May angels lead you in.
May angels lead you in.
May angels lead you in.
And if you were with me tonight,
I'd sing to you just one more time.
A song for a heart so big,
god wouldn't let it live.
May angels lead you in.
Hear you me my friends.
On sleepless roads the sleepless go.
May angels lead you in.
May angels lead you in.
Hear you me my friends.
On sleepless roads the sleepless go.
May angels lead you in.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaY1navSEws
May angels lead you in.~~~
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Lillian M. Mangiapia, 83, of West Brighton, a loving matriarch and retired administrator, died Saturday at home.
A lifelong Staten Islander, she was born Lillian Michnowitz in Tottenville. She settled in West Brighton in 1955.
During World War II, she helped build airplane parts for a defense company in Linden, N.J. She later was a manager for 20 years at United Cerebral Palsy of New York City, until retiring in 1994.Mrs. Mangiapia enjoyed bingo, bowling and trips to Atlantic City. She also took pleasure in spending time with her husband at their home in upstate New York.
"She was a truly thoughtful and caring person," said her daughter, Donna Kergis. "She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, and a great cook and homemaker." Mrs. Mangiapia was a parishioner of Sacred Heart R.C. Church, West Brighton.
Surviving are her husband of 59 years, Louis; her son, Louis; her daughters, Donna Kergis and Arlene Amann; a brother, George; three sisters, Mary Yater, Joan Cannariato, and Ellen Michnowitz; two grandchildren, and a great-grandson.
The funeral will be tomorrow from the Harmon Home for Funerals, West Brighton, with a mass at 10 a.m. in Sacred Heart Church. Arrangements include cremation.
~~"Hear You Me"
There's no one in town I know
You gave us some place to go.
I never said thank you for that.
I thought I might get one more chance.
What would you think of me now,
so lucky, so strong, so proud?
I never said thank you for that,
now I'll never have a chance.
May angels lead you in.
Hear you me my friends.
On sleepless roads the sleepless go.
May angels lead you in.
So what would you think of me now,
so lucky, so strong, so proud?
I never said thank you for that,
now I'll never have a chance.
May angels lead you in.
Hear you me my friends.
On sleepless roads the sleepless go.
May angels lead you in.
May angels lead you in.
May angels lead you in.
And if you were with me tonight,
I'd sing to you just one more time.
A song for a heart so big,
god wouldn't let it live.
May angels lead you in.
Hear you me my friends.
On sleepless roads the sleepless go.
May angels lead you in.
May angels lead you in.
Hear you me my friends.
On sleepless roads the sleepless go.
May angels lead you in.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaY1navSEws
May angels lead you in.~~~
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