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Leontina M Bernard 1909 - 1988

Leontina Marie (Lucarrotti) Bernard of Erie, Erie County, PA was born on January 18, 1909 in Erie, and died at age 79 years old on March 1, 1988 at Laurel Hill Cemetery | Erie Cemetery Association 4523 Love Rd, in Erie.

Leontina Marie (Lucarrotti) Bernard

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Erie, Erie County, PA 16504

January 18, 1909

Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States

March 1, 1988

Laurel Hill Cemetery | Erie Cemetery Association 4523 Love Rd, in Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania, 16506, United States

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Introduction

Leontina was my grandmother. Her only child, Dolores Joan Lidwina Caruso Chiappazzi Justka was my mother. I am Holly Anne Chiappazzi Villella. My Grandmother was a courageous woman dedicated to her family and God. She loved her daughter and me dearly. She crocheted beautiful blankets and provided for her family. She loved to grow flowers. I loved her very much.
01/18

1909

Birthday

January 18, 1909

Birthdate

Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania United States

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Ethnicity & Family History

My grandmother was Italian -American. Her parents came from Lucca, Italy.
Nationality & Locations

Leontina Marie Lucarrotti Caruso Bernard was born, lived, and died in Erie, Pennsylvania.
Early Life & Education

She went to Erie Highschool as far as Grade 8. Her teacher chose her to portray Hiawatha and recite Longfellow's poem. My grandmother had beautiful long brown hair. She kept a notebook of new English words and could speak Italian and English. She liked to read detective stories and stories about God and the Saints. She was an excellent cook and baker, specifically lemon meringue pie and any Italian food. She grew most of the family's food in a small plot of farmland the family owned. She canned everything, even making her own ketchup. She sewed all her own clothes as well as clothes for her daughter and me. She loved dolls and saved where she could to gift her daughter with dolls to play with. It gave her great joy to give dolls to her daughter.
Religious Beliefs

Leontina was a devoted Roman Catholic all her life and belonged to St. Paul's and Our Lady of Peace Churches. She sometimes attended St. Michael's Church. She often prayed in the Chapel at St. Mary's Home East.
Military Service

Leontina's husband Carmen A. Caruso served in the Navy during WWII.
Professional Career

Grandma was a homemaker, caregiver to both her father and her father-in-law, as well as a niece, her much younger sister and brother, her husband and daughter. Later, she worked at Marx Toy Works.
Personal Life & Family

She belonged to a bowling league and St Paul's Church and then Our Lady of Peace Church. She baked and cooked for festivals.
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1988

Death

March 1, 1988

Death date

Aneurysm

Cause of death

Laurel Hill Cemetery | Erie Cemetery Association 4523 Love Rd, in Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania 16506, United States
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Holly A Villella

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09/13/2020

Leontina Marie Caruso

This is a photo of Leontina M Lucarrotti Caruso Bernard added by Holly A Villella on September 13, 2020.
This is Leontina and Carmen Caruso on their wedding day.

Date & Place: Not specified or unknown.

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Holly A Villella

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09/18/2020

The day after my wedding in 1985, while I was honeymooning with my husband, my Grandmother Lee had a massive stroke. The doctors told my mother that Leontina would most likely die. My mother was alone handling this devastation. Grandma was still struggling by the time I returned to Erie. Eventually, however, she was well enough to go to rehab. Not only did Grandma get better, she managed to crochet a stained-glass window-like granny square afghan with no two squares alike!! Thirty-six years later, that afghan is still beautiful, and nary a thread loose. Grandma wasn't allowed to drive after the stroke which rankled her to no end and she had me take her to the store every week to get more yarn. When I'm discouraged, I think of Grandma crocheting that afghan after having had a massive stroke that had completely paralyzed her left side. She never failed to love people and give them the best she could.

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Kathy Pinna

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09/21/2020

Holly

What a wonderful, inspiring memory of what sounds like an amazing woman. As I get older, I also think of my grandmother - a woman who kept going, no matter what. Thank you so much for sharing your memory!

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Holly A Villella

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09/22/2020

Thanks so much! 🧡🤗🙏🕊️

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Holly A Villella

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09/13/2020

Leontina M Bernard Holly A Villella Dolores J Chiappazzi on Mother's Day in the 1980s

On Mother's Day sometime in the 1980s, my Grandmother and Mother and I drove to Northeast, PA and had dinner at Bova's Italian Restaurant. On the way back to town, we visited Erie Cemetery to see the azalea and rhododendron garden. Lucky us, a friendly gray-striped kitty cat joined our picture taking group. A passerby took this picture of three generations. Each of us had different spaghetti sauce recipes and it could be a bit difficult sometimes navigating generational and personality differences. Nevertheless, love always triumphs and among the three here was love aplenty!

Date & Place: circa May 1984

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Holly A Villella

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09/13/2020

My grandmother and mother loved me very much and I them.

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Leontina M Bernard 1909 - 1988

Leontina Marie (Lucarrotti) Bernard's History: 1909 - 1988

Introduction

Birthday

Ethnicity & Family History

Nationality & Locations

Early Life & Education

Religious Beliefs

Military Service

Professional Career

Personal Life & Family

Death

3 Memories, Stories & Photos about Leontina

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