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Josephine <I>Mistersaro</I> Grieco

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Josephine Mistersaro Grieco

Birth
Watertown, Jefferson County, New York, USA
Death
20 Nov 2018 (aged 97)
Watertown, Jefferson County, New York, USA
Burial
Watertown, Jefferson County, New York, USA GPS-Latitude: 43.9368014, Longitude: -75.9009125
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She was a daughter of Michael and Angelina Grittani Mistersaro. She attended Watertown High School.

She married Daniel J. Grieco on 10/20/1940 at St. Anthony's Church. He died in 1972. She and her husband operated their family's business, Grieco's Brass Rail, which was in their family for over forty years, until it was sold in 1979.

She was a member of the Sisters of the Precious Blood Auxiliary, a member and Vice President of the Italian American Civic Association, and the youngest and last member the Jolly Club. She enjoyed watching the Yankees and SU Basketball. She baked cookies for weddings, St. Anthony's Mt. Carmel Feast and Italian American Civic Association events. She volunteered for the monthly Spaghetti Dinners at St Anthony's Church, made cookies for and volunteered at the Fried Dough Stand at the Mt. Carmel Feast. She often made chicken soup for her grandchildren, they called her "Gramma Soup".

Surviving was a son, Daniel (Judy); two daughters, Susanne (Jan) Slodkowski and Linda Grieco-Roach; four grand- children; and nine great-grandchildren.

A brother Joseph Mistersaro and three sisters, Rose Grant, her twin sister Mary Palumbo and Ann Grieco, and a son-in-law, Lynn Roach, all died before her.

11/24/2018 Watertown Times
She was a daughter of Michael and Angelina Grittani Mistersaro. She attended Watertown High School.

She married Daniel J. Grieco on 10/20/1940 at St. Anthony's Church. He died in 1972. She and her husband operated their family's business, Grieco's Brass Rail, which was in their family for over forty years, until it was sold in 1979.

She was a member of the Sisters of the Precious Blood Auxiliary, a member and Vice President of the Italian American Civic Association, and the youngest and last member the Jolly Club. She enjoyed watching the Yankees and SU Basketball. She baked cookies for weddings, St. Anthony's Mt. Carmel Feast and Italian American Civic Association events. She volunteered for the monthly Spaghetti Dinners at St Anthony's Church, made cookies for and volunteered at the Fried Dough Stand at the Mt. Carmel Feast. She often made chicken soup for her grandchildren, they called her "Gramma Soup".

Surviving was a son, Daniel (Judy); two daughters, Susanne (Jan) Slodkowski and Linda Grieco-Roach; four grand- children; and nine great-grandchildren.

A brother Joseph Mistersaro and three sisters, Rose Grant, her twin sister Mary Palumbo and Ann Grieco, and a son-in-law, Lynn Roach, all died before her.

11/24/2018 Watertown Times


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