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In Memory of
Ferdinando and Mary
Acerra
Obituary for Ferdinando and Mary Acerra
STORMVILLE - Mary and Ferdinando Acerra walked through the gates of Heaven within hours of each other on November 21, 2016, three days after celebrating their 65th wedding anniversary.
Mary, 86, was born on January 13, 1930 in Mount Vernon, the daughter of Enrico and Nancy Riccaridi Maglione. She was the owner of Jennifer’s House of Cards and Gifts for 10 years. Grandma enjoyed cooking, and playing cards and slot machines, but more than anything she loved her family.
Ferdinando, 89, was born on January 3, 1927 in Naples, Italy, the son of Gaetano Vincent and Maria Altruda Acerra. He served as a Lieutenant in the Italian Army, and had been employed as a paint foreman at General Motors in Tarrytown for 35 years. Pop enjoyed collecting wine, growing his vegetable garden, cooking and fishing. A family favorite was “Pop’s Chicken Cutlets.” He loved his family more than anything.
Mary and Ferdinando were married on November 18, 1951 in Naples, Italy. They are survived by their children, Gaetano Acerra of Stormville and Mary Ann Beardsley of FL; their grandchildren and their families, Ferdinando Acerra of Orange County, Gaetano Acerra Jr. of San Francisco, CA, Corinne Acerra of Dutchess County, Alexis “Lexi” Acerra of Stormville, Jennifer Ann Beardsley and Bernadette Beardsley both of FL; and their great-grandchildren, Gaetano Acerra and Joel Hanlon.
Services will be private with interment in the family plot in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in New Rochelle. Arrangements are under the direction of the McHoul Funeral Home, Inc. Please visit www.mchoulfuneralhome.com.
This obituary is protected by copyright by McHoul Funeral Home, Inc.. Proudly Serving the Communities of Hopewell Junction, East Fishkill, Fishkill, Beacon, Holmes, Stormville, Poughquag, Beekman, LaGrangeville, Union Vale, Fishkill, Wappingers Falls, Wappinger, Poughkeepsie, Millbrook, Carmel, Kent, Cold Spring, and Newburgh. McHoul Funeral Home, Inc. is located in the state of New York, United States.
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John Ferro
November 23, 2016.
POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. -- She called him Freddy. He called her Dolly.
They met in a small town near Naples, Italy. She was on vacation from the states. He had served in the Italian Army, a tank commander brandishing a snappy uniform.
They fell in love, married, came to New York and raised a family.
On Friday, they observed their 65th wedding anniversary, Dolly in her bed at home in Stormville, Freddy in his bed at Vassar Brothers Medical Center, family members whispering the news in the ears of each.
And then on Monday, they were gone.
Mary Acerra, 86, died in her sleep after battling intestinal cancer. Three hours later, Ferdinando Acerra, 89, died at the hospital after a long struggle with bladder cancer.
Their son, Gaetano Acerra, 58, had worried whether one of them would be stricken with "broken-heart syndrome" — the stress-induced cardiomyopathy that can affect a survivor after a loved one's passing.
Not this time.
"She said, 'Let’s go, Freddy,'" Gaetano said.
And so they did.
After marrying in Italy, they settled in Mount Vernon before moving to Yonkers and then to their son's home in Stormville.
Freddy came to New York speaking only Italian. He spent 35 years as a paint foreman at General Motors' North Tarrytown assembly plant. That, too, is gone.
Dolly enjoyed cooking, playing cards and slot machines. Above all came her family.
"They are my best friends," said their 19-year-old granddaughter, Alexis Acerra.
The couple owned a small shop in Yonkers, Jennifer's House of Cards and Gifts, named after a granddaughter.
The ladies would come in and chat with Dolly. The Italian men would make a beeline for the lottery machine. There, the paesani would gab about the winning numbers and try to predict the next round.
Whenever Freddy would walk out with a stack of lottery tickets in his pocket, Dolly would complain.
"She'd be yelling at him that we aren’t making money at Lotto with him playing it," Gaetano said.
Freddy loved the opera. Sports? Not so much.
He enjoyed collecting wine. Was he an aficionado?
"He thought he was," his son said.
They remained together until two months ago, when Freddy went to Vassar Brothers, then to rehabilitation, then back to the hospital for the last time. In addition to her cancer, Dolly suffered from the early stages of Alzheimer's disease.
Now and then, Gaetano would have to remind his mother how ill her husband was. She'd process the information. And then she'd promise her son that at least she wasn't going anywhere.
Calls went out. Family members began to rally. A trip to Vassar Brothers was planned.
Then the phone rang. It was the hospital.
Now, as families gather for Thanksgiving, the Acerras will be otherwise occupied.
Gaetano said he's received condolences from countless others.
Such a beautiful story, they say. That Mary and Ferdinando Acerra lived — and died — in lockstep, he said, is bringing comfort to many mourners.
But not all.
"I'm hoping," their son said, "to feel that, too."
Follow John Ferro onTwitter: @PoJoEnviro.
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In Memory of
Ferdinando and Mary
Acerra
Obituary for Ferdinando and Mary Acerra
STORMVILLE - Mary and Ferdinando Acerra walked through the gates of Heaven within hours of each other on November 21, 2016, three days after celebrating their 65th wedding anniversary.
Mary, 86, was born on January 13, 1930 in Mount Vernon, the daughter of Enrico and Nancy Riccaridi Maglione. She was the owner of Jennifer’s House of Cards and Gifts for 10 years. Grandma enjoyed cooking, and playing cards and slot machines, but more than anything she loved her family.
Ferdinando, 89, was born on January 3, 1927 in Naples, Italy, the son of Gaetano Vincent and Maria Altruda Acerra. He served as a Lieutenant in the Italian Army, and had been employed as a paint foreman at General Motors in Tarrytown for 35 years. Pop enjoyed collecting wine, growing his vegetable garden, cooking and fishing. A family favorite was “Pop’s Chicken Cutlets.” He loved his family more than anything.
Mary and Ferdinando were married on November 18, 1951 in Naples, Italy. They are survived by their children, Gaetano Acerra of Stormville and Mary Ann Beardsley of FL; their grandchildren and their families, Ferdinando Acerra of Orange County, Gaetano Acerra Jr. of San Francisco, CA, Corinne Acerra of Dutchess County, Alexis “Lexi” Acerra of Stormville, Jennifer Ann Beardsley and Bernadette Beardsley both of FL; and their great-grandchildren, Gaetano Acerra and Joel Hanlon.
Services will be private with interment in the family plot in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in New Rochelle. Arrangements are under the direction of the McHoul Funeral Home, Inc. Please visit www.mchoulfuneralhome.com.
This obituary is protected by copyright by McHoul Funeral Home, Inc.. Proudly Serving the Communities of Hopewell Junction, East Fishkill, Fishkill, Beacon, Holmes, Stormville, Poughquag, Beekman, LaGrangeville, Union Vale, Fishkill, Wappingers Falls, Wappinger, Poughkeepsie, Millbrook, Carmel, Kent, Cold Spring, and Newburgh. McHoul Funeral Home, Inc. is located in the state of New York, United States.
All rights reserved. This obituary is also archived at ObitsforLife.com
McHoul Funeral Home, Inc.
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USA TODAY
John Ferro
November 23, 2016.
POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. -- She called him Freddy. He called her Dolly.
They met in a small town near Naples, Italy. She was on vacation from the states. He had served in the Italian Army, a tank commander brandishing a snappy uniform.
They fell in love, married, came to New York and raised a family.
On Friday, they observed their 65th wedding anniversary, Dolly in her bed at home in Stormville, Freddy in his bed at Vassar Brothers Medical Center, family members whispering the news in the ears of each.
And then on Monday, they were gone.
Mary Acerra, 86, died in her sleep after battling intestinal cancer. Three hours later, Ferdinando Acerra, 89, died at the hospital after a long struggle with bladder cancer.
Their son, Gaetano Acerra, 58, had worried whether one of them would be stricken with "broken-heart syndrome" — the stress-induced cardiomyopathy that can affect a survivor after a loved one's passing.
Not this time.
"She said, 'Let’s go, Freddy,'" Gaetano said.
And so they did.
After marrying in Italy, they settled in Mount Vernon before moving to Yonkers and then to their son's home in Stormville.
Freddy came to New York speaking only Italian. He spent 35 years as a paint foreman at General Motors' North Tarrytown assembly plant. That, too, is gone.
Dolly enjoyed cooking, playing cards and slot machines. Above all came her family.
"They are my best friends," said their 19-year-old granddaughter, Alexis Acerra.
The couple owned a small shop in Yonkers, Jennifer's House of Cards and Gifts, named after a granddaughter.
The ladies would come in and chat with Dolly. The Italian men would make a beeline for the lottery machine. There, the paesani would gab about the winning numbers and try to predict the next round.
Whenever Freddy would walk out with a stack of lottery tickets in his pocket, Dolly would complain.
"She'd be yelling at him that we aren’t making money at Lotto with him playing it," Gaetano said.
Freddy loved the opera. Sports? Not so much.
He enjoyed collecting wine. Was he an aficionado?
"He thought he was," his son said.
They remained together until two months ago, when Freddy went to Vassar Brothers, then to rehabilitation, then back to the hospital for the last time. In addition to her cancer, Dolly suffered from the early stages of Alzheimer's disease.
Now and then, Gaetano would have to remind his mother how ill her husband was. She'd process the information. And then she'd promise her son that at least she wasn't going anywhere.
Calls went out. Family members began to rally. A trip to Vassar Brothers was planned.
Then the phone rang. It was the hospital.
Now, as families gather for Thanksgiving, the Acerras will be otherwise occupied.
Gaetano said he's received condolences from countless others.
Such a beautiful story, they say. That Mary and Ferdinando Acerra lived — and died — in lockstep, he said, is bringing comfort to many mourners.
But not all.
"I'm hoping," their son said, "to feel that, too."
Follow John Ferro onTwitter: @PoJoEnviro.
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In Memory of
Ferdinando and Mary
Acerra
Obituary for Ferdinando and Mary Acerra
STORMVILLE - Mary and Ferdinando Acerra walked through the gates of Heaven within hours of each other on November 21, 2016, three days after celebrating their 65th wedding anniversary.
Mary, 86, was born on January 13, 1930 in Mount Vernon, the daughter of Enrico and Nancy Riccaridi Maglione. She was the owner of Jennifer’s House of Cards and Gifts for 10 years. Grandma enjoyed cooking, and playing cards and slot machines, but more than anything she loved her family.
Ferdinando, 89, was born on January 3, 1927 in Naples, Italy, the son of Gaetano Vincent and Maria Altruda Acerra. He served as a Lieutenant in the Italian Army, and had been employed as a paint foreman at General Motors in Tarrytown for 35 years. Pop enjoyed collecting wine, growing his vegetable garden, cooking and fishing. A family favorite was “Pop’s Chicken Cutlets.” He loved his family more than anything.
Mary and Ferdinando were married on November 18, 1951 in Naples, Italy. They are survived by their children, Gaetano Acerra of Stormville and Mary Ann Beardsley of FL; their grandchildren and their families, Ferdinando Acerra of Orange County, Gaetano Acerra Jr. of San Francisco, CA, Corinne Acerra of Dutchess County, Alexis “Lexi” Acerra of Stormville, Jennifer Ann Beardsley and Bernadette Beardsley both of FL; and their great-grandchildren, Gaetano Acerra and Joel Hanlon.
Services will be private with interment in the family plot in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in New Rochelle. Arrangements are under the direction of the McHoul Funeral Home, Inc. Please visit www.mchoulfuneralhome.com.
This obituary is protected by copyright by McHoul Funeral Home, Inc.. Proudly Serving the Communities of Hopewell Junction, East Fishkill, Fishkill, Beacon, Holmes, Stormville, Poughquag, Beekman, LaGrangeville, Union Vale, Fishkill, Wappingers Falls, Wappinger, Poughkeepsie, Millbrook, Carmel, Kent, Cold Spring, and Newburgh. McHoul Funeral Home, Inc. is located in the state of New York, United States.
All rights reserved. This obituary is also archived at ObitsforLife.com
McHoul Funeral Home, Inc.
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USA TODAY
John Ferro
November 23, 2016.
POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. -- She called him Freddy. He called her Dolly.
They met in a small town near Naples, Italy. She was on vacation from the states. He had served in the Italian Army, a tank commander brandishing a snappy uniform.
They fell in love, married, came to New York and raised a family.
On Friday, they observed their 65th wedding anniversary, Dolly in her bed at home in Stormville, Freddy in his bed at Vassar Brothers Medical Center, family members whispering the news in the ears of each.
And then on Monday, they were gone.
Mary Acerra, 86, died in her sleep after battling intestinal cancer. Three hours later, Ferdinando Acerra, 89, died at the hospital after a long struggle with bladder cancer.
Their son, Gaetano Acerra, 58, had worried whether one of them would be stricken with "broken-heart syndrome" — the stress-induced cardiomyopathy that can affect a survivor after a loved one's passing.
Not this time.
"She said, 'Let’s go, Freddy,'" Gaetano said.
And so they did.
After marrying in Italy, they settled in Mount Vernon before moving to Yonkers and then to their son's home in Stormville.
Freddy came to New York speaking only Italian. He spent 35 years as a paint foreman at General Motors' North Tarrytown assembly plant. That, too, is gone.
Dolly enjoyed cooking, playing cards and slot machines. Above all came her family.
"They are my best friends," said their 19-year-old granddaughter, Alexis Acerra.
The couple owned a small shop in Yonkers, Jennifer's House of Cards and Gifts, named after a granddaughter.
The ladies would come in and chat with Dolly. The Italian men would make a beeline for the lottery machine. There, the paesani would gab about the winning numbers and try to predict the next round.
Whenever Freddy would walk out with a stack of lottery tickets in his pocket, Dolly would complain.
"She'd be yelling at him that we aren’t making money at Lotto with him playing it," Gaetano said.
Freddy loved the opera. Sports? Not so much.
He enjoyed collecting wine. Was he an aficionado?
"He thought he was," his son said.
They remained together until two months ago, when Freddy went to Vassar Brothers, then to rehabilitation, then back to the hospital for the last time. In addition to her cancer, Dolly suffered from the early stages of Alzheimer's disease.
Now and then, Gaetano would have to remind his mother how ill her husband was. She'd process the information. And then she'd promise her son that at least she wasn't going anywhere.
Calls went out. Family members began to rally. A trip to Vassar Brothers was planned.
Then the phone rang. It was the hospital.
Now, as families gather for Thanksgiving, the Acerras will be otherwise occupied.
Gaetano said he's received condolences from countless others.
Such a beautiful story, they say. That Mary and Ferdinando Acerra lived — and died — in lockstep, he said, is bringing comfort to many mourners.
But not all.
"I'm hoping," their son said, "to feel that, too."
Follow John Ferro onTwitter: @PoJoEnviro.
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In Memory of
Ferdinando and Mary
Acerra
Obituary for Ferdinando and Mary Acerra
STORMVILLE - Mary and Ferdinando Acerra walked through the gates of Heaven within hours of each other on November 21, 2016, three days after celebrating their 65th wedding anniversary.
Mary, 86, was born on January 13, 1930 in Mount Vernon, the daughter of Enrico and Nancy Riccaridi Maglione. She was the owner of Jennifer’s House of Cards and Gifts for 10 years. Grandma enjoyed cooking, and playing cards and slot machines, but more than anything she loved her family.
Ferdinando, 89, was born on January 3, 1927 in Naples, Italy, the son of Gaetano Vincent and Maria Altruda Acerra. He served as a Lieutenant in the Italian Army, and had been employed as a paint foreman at General Motors in Tarrytown for 35 years. Pop enjoyed collecting wine, growing his vegetable garden, cooking and fishing. A family favorite was “Pop’s Chicken Cutlets.” He loved his family more than anything.
Mary and Ferdinando were married on November 18, 1951 in Naples, Italy. They are survived by their children, Gaetano Acerra of Stormville and Mary Ann Beardsley of FL; their grandchildren and their families, Ferdinando Acerra of Orange County, Gaetano Acerra Jr. of San Francisco, CA, Corinne Acerra of Dutchess County, Alexis “Lexi” Acerra of Stormville, Jennifer Ann Beardsley and Bernadette Beardsley both of FL; and their great-grandchildren, Gaetano Acerra and Joel Hanlon.
Services will be private with interment in the family plot in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in New Rochelle. Arrangements are under the direction of the McHoul Funeral Home, Inc. Please visit www.mchoulfuneralhome.com.
This obituary is protected by copyright by McHoul Funeral Home, Inc.. Proudly Serving the Communities of Hopewell Junction, East Fishkill, Fishkill, Beacon, Holmes, Stormville, Poughquag, Beekman, LaGrangeville, Union Vale, Fishkill, Wappingers Falls, Wappinger, Poughkeepsie, Millbrook, Carmel, Kent, Cold Spring, and Newburgh. McHoul Funeral Home, Inc. is located in the state of New York, United States.
All rights reserved. This obituary is also archived at ObitsforLife.com
McHoul Funeral Home, Inc.
************************************************************
USA TODAY
John Ferro
November 23, 2016.
POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. -- She called him Freddy. He called her Dolly.
They met in a small town near Naples, Italy. She was on vacation from the states. He had served in the Italian Army, a tank commander brandishing a snappy uniform.
They fell in love, married, came to New York and raised a family.
On Friday, they observed their 65th wedding anniversary, Dolly in her bed at home in Stormville, Freddy in his bed at Vassar Brothers Medical Center, family members whispering the news in the ears of each.
And then on Monday, they were gone.
Mary Acerra, 86, died in her sleep after battling intestinal cancer. Three hours later, Ferdinando Acerra, 89, died at the hospital after a long struggle with bladder cancer.
Their son, Gaetano Acerra, 58, had worried whether one of them would be stricken with "broken-heart syndrome" — the stress-induced cardiomyopathy that can affect a survivor after a loved one's passing.
Not this time.
"She said, 'Let’s go, Freddy,'" Gaetano said.
And so they did.
After marrying in Italy, they settled in Mount Vernon before moving to Yonkers and then to their son's home in Stormville.
Freddy came to New York speaking only Italian. He spent 35 years as a paint foreman at General Motors' North Tarrytown assembly plant. That, too, is gone.
Dolly enjoyed cooking, playing cards and slot machines. Above all came her family.
"They are my best friends," said their 19-year-old granddaughter, Alexis Acerra.
The couple owned a small shop in Yonkers, Jennifer's House of Cards and Gifts, named after a granddaughter.
The ladies would come in and chat with Dolly. The Italian men would make a beeline for the lottery machine. There, the paesani would gab about the winning numbers and try to predict the next round.
Whenever Freddy would walk out with a stack of lottery tickets in his pocket, Dolly would complain.
"She'd be yelling at him that we aren’t making money at Lotto with him playing it," Gaetano said.
Freddy loved the opera. Sports? Not so much.
He enjoyed collecting wine. Was he an aficionado?
"He thought he was," his son said.
They remained together until two months ago, when Freddy went to Vassar Brothers, then to rehabilitation, then back to the hospital for the last time. In addition to her cancer, Dolly suffered from the early stages of Alzheimer's disease.
Now and then, Gaetano would have to remind his mother how ill her husband was. She'd process the information. And then she'd promise her son that at least she wasn't going anywhere.
Calls went out. Family members began to rally. A trip to Vassar Brothers was planned.
Then the phone rang. It was the hospital.
Now, as families gather for Thanksgiving, the Acerras will be otherwise occupied.
Gaetano said he's received condolences from countless others.
Such a beautiful story, they say. That Mary and Ferdinando Acerra lived — and died — in lockstep, he said, is bringing comfort to many mourners.
But not all.
"I'm hoping," their son said, "to feel that, too."
Follow John Ferro onTwitter: @PoJoEnviro.
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