Angelina A. Broccio

Angelina Ann Broccio, (nee Votino), a resident of Prince’s Bay Staten Island and Berkeley Township New Jersey, passed away on Thursday, April 12, 2018 at Legacy House in Ocala Florida, she was 96. Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Ann was the oldest of six children born to Maria Lombardi and Crescenzo Votino. Growing up she worked in her Father’s candy store on 6th Avenue, in the Park Slope Section of Brooklyn. She met and married the love of her life, Rosario John, her husband of 43 years until he passed in November 1990. Together they raised three children, Geraldine, Rosemarie and John. After graduating from the Woman’s Garment Trade High School in Brooklyn, Ann worked for the Richelieu Pearl Company stringing pearls and then as a milliner trimming fashionable women’s hats. Ann was happiest being a homemaker. She helped raise her brother-in-law Frank, “Sonny”, as he was called and closely looked after her brother Anthony. She shined in caring for everyone with the greatest of love and affection, family was her greatest joy. She could never say “no” to anyone and the door to her home was always open to friends and family. Everyone was welcomed with a warm smile and “something to eat”. She was known for her famous meatballs, lentils, eggplant parmigiana and rice pudding. There was always room for rice pudding! When her children were old enough to be left on their own, Ann reentered the work force. This time for Chase Manhattan Bank on Wall St. She worked as a mail clerk and brightened everyone’s day by delivering the mail with a piece of candy. She worked for Chase for approximately ten years and eventually retired and settled back into the role of homemaker. Summers were spent in Lavallette with her family and siblings and their children. We all looked forward to going down the shore. As a homemaker, where she really thrived, her talents not only extended to helping raise the grandchildren, but took on the role of looking after everyone. Ann never drove herself, but she became quite the dispatcher. She made sure everyone who came to visit got a ride home, even though that meant enlisting her husband and children to do the driving. Ann is survived by her daughters Geraldine Jermyn (Kevin), Rosemarie Coffey (Michael), and son John (Liz); grandchildren, Thomas (Melissa), Jillian, Jacqueline (John), Johnny (Paige), Kristin (Richie); great grandchildren, Thomas, Derrick and Justice; her sister Gloria Domanski, sister-in-law Anne Marie and many , many nieces and nephews. Ann was an amazing woman who always had a kind word for everyone. A sweet and gentle woman, she will be greatly missed but her memory will be held in our hearts forever. A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:00 AM on Friday at Our Lady Star of The Sea located at 5411 Amboy Road Staten Island, New York 10312. Interment will be in Resurrection Cemetery, Staten Island, NY. The family will receive friends from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM and 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM on Thursday, April 19, 2018, at John Vincent Scalia Home for Funerals, Inc., 28 Eltingville Blvd, Staten Island, New York. In Lieu of flowers, donations in Angelina’s memory may be made to the Legacy House, 9505 SW 110th St, Ocala, FL 34481 or Cystic Fibrosis- Team Breathe with Us at 1 Huntington Quadrangle #2S13 Melville NY 11747 (in the memo section of the check please write Team Breathe with Us).

Angelina A. Broccio

October 1, 1921 - April 12, 2018