Eda Benigno

Eda Benigno, 98, passed away on Thursday, November 28, 2019, at Staten Island University Hospital North. Eda was Born in Manhattan on Sept 14,1921, raised in Italy, and returned to America with her family at the age of 13 where she first lived on Sullivan Street in Manhattan, she moved to Bensonhurst Brooklyn and eventually settled into a two-family house on East 3rd Street. Eda married the love of her life Angelo and together they started their life on East 3rd Street in an extended family home, where she gave birth to two children first to her daughter Michele, and two years later to a son, Richard. While her husband worked 3 jobs for most of his life Eda mothered her children and was perhaps the first work-from-home mom sewing slipcovers for her brother Louie and brother-in-law Nickie’s Coney Island Avenue Upholstery shop. She enjoyed yearly extended-family vacations in Upstate NY and Rhode Island. A member of the now dwindling “Greatest Generation” Eda loved God, family and friends. She loved to bowl; play penny poker, garden, and cook. Eda loved the color green. Eda loved family vacations and trips to the country, she loved the ocean, she loved fashion and was an exceptionally dressed young woman. she loved having her picture taken and would often strike a pose for the camera; Eda cherished family, friends, and family and friend gatherings; She loved long walks with her husband Angelo. Eda loved her son Richard her Daughter-in-law Paula, she loved her grandchildren Richard and Steven, and surrogate grandchildren, but most of all Eda loved her Daughter Michele. RIP Eda Benigno Sept 14, 1921 – Nov 28, 2019 Loving wife and eternal mother. She was the beloved wife to the late Angelo, who passed away in 2001. Loving mother to Michele and Richard. Dear mother-in-law to Paula. Devoted grandmother to Richard and Steven. Eda is also survived by lovng nieces, nephews and cousins. The family will receive friends from 2-5 and 7-9 p.m. on Wednesday, December 4, 2019, at The John Vincent Scalia Home For Funerals, Inc., 28 Eltingville Blvd. (at Eltingville Station), Staten Island, New York. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Thursday, December 5, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. at St. Patrick's Church, located at 53 St. Patrick's Place, Staten Island. Entombment will follow in Resurrection Cemetery.

Eda Benigno

September 14, 1921 - November 28, 2019