Angela M. Ferrigno

Angela Ferrigno, age 86, of Richmond County passed Friday, April 10, 2026 in her home with the comfort of family and caregivers by her side. Angela was the daughter of Raymond and Rose Tuccio. Her primary residence, as a child, was 13 Ocean Court in Brooklyn, New York. At 7 years of age her Father had passed, and her Mother was pregnant with her one and only, sibling Bess. After her Fathers passing she was raised by her Mother and her Grandparents, Bessie and Vincent Toia, who lived just downstairs in the house she grew up in. After graduating Lincoln high school she acquired a job working in the city at Lincoln bank off 5th Avenue in Manhattan. Once she married, her focus was at home raising her four children. Once her children had grown, Angela's natural desire to be a caretaker led her to work part time caring for an elderly couple, Abraham and Betty Kushelowitz. She developed a loving relationship for the couple while she shopped and cooked meals for them. Later Angela worked for the public school system in the kitchen in a school in Coney Island. She enjoyed the independence of having a job and earning her own money. She enjoyed developing friendships with the ladies she worked with. She would often come home and share stories of her day at work with us. Once Angela and her husband found a home in Staten Island they decided to move from 2246 West 6th Street in Brooklyn, and she left her job working in the public schools kitchen. Angela moved into a house in Eltingville, with her Husband Al, three of her children Theresa, Linda and Vincent, and her grandson James. Soon after, her eldest son, Ray, his wife, Margaret, their daughter, Juliette, their son, Nicholas, her sister, Bess, Bess's husband, Angelo, her nephew, Paul, and her niece, Lisa also moved from Brooklyn to Staten Island. It was important to Angela that her family were all together. Once settled in Staten Island, Angela began working again, caring for a family of four, cooking meals, taking two children to school, picking them up from school and doing homework with them, while concurrently helping to raise her grandson, James, while her daughter Linda pursued her education and worked to support her family. Angela enjoyed sharing stories of her life experiences with her children. She would often, in great detail, talk about when the war ended, her experiences as a child growing up at home, her relationships with family and friends and the story of how she met her husband, Alphonse Ferrigno. She had an obvious talent of drawing and wanted to go to art school after graduating high school but needed to go to work to help support her family. Once her children were grown she took some adult education art courses at the College of Staten Island with her sister, Bess. She enjoyed getting together with family, especially in the summer. Often barbecuing food and sitting in the yard while the children played in the pool. She was a very devout woman, not only making sure she went to Mass with her family every Sunday and on holidays but also volunteered to count the Church collections on Monday mornings with her Mother at the rectory of Our Lady of Grace Church. At times, she would also bring her children to count, as well. She also volunteered for a short time as a Girl Scout Leader with Marie Serrano. Once she moved to Staten Island she volunteered her time at Holy Child Church in the Chapel with her friend Lillian. She had a special devotion to the blessed Mother and attended Holy Child's Novena Mass on Mondays. She enjoyed traveling Upstate New York to visit family. She enjoyed shopping with her family, even if it was just for groceries. Angela loved traveling and cruises. Once her children were grown and her husband Al was retired they would periodically take a cruise with family and friends. Once widowed Angela joined a Bereavement Group and enjoyed some cruises with her new friends Rose, Pauline, Camille and Peggy. Angela met her husband, Alphonse Ferrigno through the daughter of her family's dentist. They dated for a short time and just knew they would spend their life together. He was a licensed electrician and acquired his trade through the Navy. Angela had four children with Al, Raymond, Theresa, Linda and Vincent. Most of her life she was a stay at home Mother. In Angela's home Sundays were always a special day. Her whole family had to be up and eat breakfast together at the table before getting dressed and ready for Mass. Part of her Sunday tradition was picking up her Mother and/or our Father's Mother to join her family at Mass. After Mass Angela would prepare a traditional Italian meal, usually, pasta and sauce with meat followed by a dessert of Italian pastries and espresso coffee. As the family grew so did Angela's table on Sunday, eventually including her son's wife and children. Angela didn't have a car until later in life, so she would walk over half a mile to take to take her children to school and then return to walk them back home from school. She would take a wagon to the grocery store to buy what she needed through all sorts of weather and never complained. Dinner was always ready at 5pm when our Father came home. She instilled that her family say Grace and all were together for dinner. Angela and her husband sacrificed their needs throughout their life to send their children to a Roman Catholic school and provided this for all their children until 12 th grade. They didn't have much money but still managed to provide many quality vacations and times with the family, such as frequent picnics at Coney Island beach, going to Coney Island to see the Jets fly, time in parks, time at local street fairs, and taking road trip vacations to visit family. One of the strongest qualities Angela possessed is that she accepted her children and people for who they were. She had four very different children. She was an attentive and amazing woman always made her children feel like they were the only one. She lived through many hard times, the most difficult was when her Husband started to become chronically ill. She supported him through his illnesses for over a decade, in and out of hospitals and was devastated by his death in 2004. She expected to have more time with her husband to enjoy growing old together. Once her husband had past, she had developed a strong friendship with her cousin, Philice Boyle, until she lost her best friend, as well. She always had a good relationship with her Sister, Bess. Her Sister never had the opportunity to meet her Father and since Angela was a young teen she tried to be there for her Sister. Her family and her Sisters family were very closed and celebrated milestones together. As Angela aged, her life experience just made her a stronger more liberated woman, of which was admired by her children and people around her. She is not gone, for her smile and the time we shared will always be with us in our hearts, until we meet again. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Memorial Sloan Kettering hospital or the Alzheimers's Foundation, would be greatly appreciated. The family will receive friends from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM and 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM on Friday, April 17, 2026, at John Vincent Scalia Home for Funerals, Inc., 28 Eltingville Blvd, Staten Island, New York. A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:00 AM on Saturday at Holy Child Church located at 4747 Amboy Road Staten Island, New York 10312. Interment will be in Resurrection Cemetery, Staten Island, NY.

Angela M. Ferrigno

March 9, 1940 - April 10, 2026