Assunta J. Cerosaletti, 100, formerly of Patrick Hill, Morris, died Nov. 30, 2006, at the Oneonta Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Oneonta, where she had been a resident since 1997.
Miss Cerosaletti was born June 9, 1906, in the town of Castell'Alfero, province of Asti, Piemonte, Italy, the daughter of Carlo and Angela (Morra) Cerosaletti. With her family, she immigrated to the United States in 1912, settling in New York City, where the family lived until 1919. That year, the Cerosalettis purchased an operating dairy farm on Patrick Hill, outside Morris, and relocated to upstate New York.
In 1923, the family established the farm as "Belvedere Farm," replacing the existing dairy herd with one of purebred registered Ayrshire dairy cattle, and, over the next 22 years, operated a successful and well-regarded dairy. The Cerosaletti's Ayrshires earned prizes at local fairs and the New York State Fair, and they had several cows selected for exhibition at the 1939 World's Fair in New York City.
In addition to the operation of the farm itself, the Cerosalettis ran a retail milk business selling Grade-A Raw Approved Ayrshire milk in the town of Morris from 1928 to 1944, a venture in which Miss Cerosaletti was particularly involved.
Devoted to her family throughout her life, Miss Cerosaletti maintained the household for her parents until their deaths in the 1940s, and then for her sister and brother, Miss Palma Cerosaletti, a longtime elementary school teacher at the Morris Central School, and Dr. Mario J. Cerosaletti, New York State veterinarian.
Miss Cerosaletti had been a longtime member of the West Laurens Grange, and she was also a founding parishioner and communicant of Holy Cross Catholic Church in Morris. As a practicing Catholic, she was devoted to her faith.
Besides her parents, Miss Cerosaletti was predeceased by her brother, Mario, in 1980, and her sister, Palma in 1996, as well as her other siblings and their spouses, Joseph and his wife, Florence, Oreste and his wife, Marie, Eugene and his wife, Johanna, and Mrs. Modesta Caldera and her husband, Mario. She was also predeceased by a niece, Mrs. Martha (Cerosaletti) Chambers, Davenport Center, and three nephews, Howard Caldera, killed in action in World War II, Victor Cerosaletti of Webster, and most recently, Charles Cerosaletti, Davenport Center.
She is survived by several nephews and nieces, Mario Caldera of Williamsport, Pa., and his wife, Evelyn (Klindt), Mrs. Eugenia (Caldera) Nichols of Virginia Beach, Va., and her husband, Ronald, and Mrs. Barbara (Caldera) Hesen of Harrisburg, Pa. She is survived as well by a nephew and a niece by marriage, Howard Chambers of Dade City, Fla., and Mrs. Belma (Sisson) Cerosaletti of Webster. Numerous great-nieces and -nephews, also survive, as well as great-great-nieces and --nephews.
At the request of Assunta, there will be no calling hours.
A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at Holy Cross Catholic Church, Morris, at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2006, with the Rev. John R. Burns officiating.
Burial will be in the Cerosaletti family plot in Hillington Cemetery, Morris.
Funeral arrangements are by the Johnston Funeral Home, Morris.
Published in The Daily Star on 12/4/2006.
Miss Cerosaletti was born June 9, 1906, in the town of Castell'Alfero, province of Asti, Piemonte, Italy, the daughter of Carlo and Angela (Morra) Cerosaletti. With her family, she immigrated to the United States in 1912, settling in New York City, where the family lived until 1919. That year, the Cerosalettis purchased an operating dairy farm on Patrick Hill, outside Morris, and relocated to upstate New York.
In 1923, the family established the farm as "Belvedere Farm," replacing the existing dairy herd with one of purebred registered Ayrshire dairy cattle, and, over the next 22 years, operated a successful and well-regarded dairy. The Cerosaletti's Ayrshires earned prizes at local fairs and the New York State Fair, and they had several cows selected for exhibition at the 1939 World's Fair in New York City.
In addition to the operation of the farm itself, the Cerosalettis ran a retail milk business selling Grade-A Raw Approved Ayrshire milk in the town of Morris from 1928 to 1944, a venture in which Miss Cerosaletti was particularly involved.
Devoted to her family throughout her life, Miss Cerosaletti maintained the household for her parents until their deaths in the 1940s, and then for her sister and brother, Miss Palma Cerosaletti, a longtime elementary school teacher at the Morris Central School, and Dr. Mario J. Cerosaletti, New York State veterinarian.
Miss Cerosaletti had been a longtime member of the West Laurens Grange, and she was also a founding parishioner and communicant of Holy Cross Catholic Church in Morris. As a practicing Catholic, she was devoted to her faith.
Besides her parents, Miss Cerosaletti was predeceased by her brother, Mario, in 1980, and her sister, Palma in 1996, as well as her other siblings and their spouses, Joseph and his wife, Florence, Oreste and his wife, Marie, Eugene and his wife, Johanna, and Mrs. Modesta Caldera and her husband, Mario. She was also predeceased by a niece, Mrs. Martha (Cerosaletti) Chambers, Davenport Center, and three nephews, Howard Caldera, killed in action in World War II, Victor Cerosaletti of Webster, and most recently, Charles Cerosaletti, Davenport Center.
She is survived by several nephews and nieces, Mario Caldera of Williamsport, Pa., and his wife, Evelyn (Klindt), Mrs. Eugenia (Caldera) Nichols of Virginia Beach, Va., and her husband, Ronald, and Mrs. Barbara (Caldera) Hesen of Harrisburg, Pa. She is survived as well by a nephew and a niece by marriage, Howard Chambers of Dade City, Fla., and Mrs. Belma (Sisson) Cerosaletti of Webster. Numerous great-nieces and -nephews, also survive, as well as great-great-nieces and --nephews.
At the request of Assunta, there will be no calling hours.
A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at Holy Cross Catholic Church, Morris, at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2006, with the Rev. John R. Burns officiating.
Burial will be in the Cerosaletti family plot in Hillington Cemetery, Morris.
Funeral arrangements are by the Johnston Funeral Home, Morris.
Published in The Daily Star on 12/4/2006.
Assunta J. Cerosaletti, 100, formerly of Patrick Hill, Morris, died Nov. 30, 2006, at the Oneonta Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Oneonta, where she had been a resident since 1997.
Miss Cerosaletti was born June 9, 1906, in the town of Castell'Alfero, province of Asti, Piemonte, Italy, the daughter of Carlo and Angela (Morra) Cerosaletti. With her family, she immigrated to the United States in 1912, settling in New York City, where the family lived until 1919. That year, the Cerosalettis purchased an operating dairy farm on Patrick Hill, outside Morris, and relocated to upstate New York.
In 1923, the family established the farm as "Belvedere Farm," replacing the existing dairy herd with one of purebred registered Ayrshire dairy cattle, and, over the next 22 years, operated a successful and well-regarded dairy. The Cerosaletti's Ayrshires earned prizes at local fairs and the New York State Fair, and they had several cows selected for exhibition at the 1939 World's Fair in New York City.
In addition to the operation of the farm itself, the Cerosalettis ran a retail milk business selling Grade-A Raw Approved Ayrshire milk in the town of Morris from 1928 to 1944, a venture in which Miss Cerosaletti was particularly involved.
Devoted to her family throughout her life, Miss Cerosaletti maintained the household for her parents until their deaths in the 1940s, and then for her sister and brother, Miss Palma Cerosaletti, a longtime elementary school teacher at the Morris Central School, and Dr. Mario J. Cerosaletti, New York State veterinarian.
Miss Cerosaletti had been a longtime member of the West Laurens Grange, and she was also a founding parishioner and communicant of Holy Cross Catholic Church in Morris. As a practicing Catholic, she was devoted to her faith.
Besides her parents, Miss Cerosaletti was predeceased by her brother, Mario, in 1980, and her sister, Palma in 1996, as well as her other siblings and their spouses, Joseph and his wife, Florence, Oreste and his wife, Marie, Eugene and his wife, Johanna, and Mrs. Modesta Caldera and her husband, Mario. She was also predeceased by a niece, Mrs. Martha (Cerosaletti) Chambers, Davenport Center, and three nephews, Howard Caldera, killed in action in World War II, Victor Cerosaletti of Webster, and most recently, Charles Cerosaletti, Davenport Center.
She is survived by several nephews and nieces, Mario Caldera of Williamsport, Pa., and his wife, Evelyn (Klindt), Mrs. Eugenia (Caldera) Nichols of Virginia Beach, Va., and her husband, Ronald, and Mrs. Barbara (Caldera) Hesen of Harrisburg, Pa. She is survived as well by a nephew and a niece by marriage, Howard Chambers of Dade City, Fla., and Mrs. Belma (Sisson) Cerosaletti of Webster. Numerous great-nieces and -nephews, also survive, as well as great-great-nieces and --nephews.
At the request of Assunta, there will be no calling hours.
A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at Holy Cross Catholic Church, Morris, at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2006, with the Rev. John R. Burns officiating.
Burial will be in the Cerosaletti family plot in Hillington Cemetery, Morris.
Funeral arrangements are by the Johnston Funeral Home, Morris.
Published in The Daily Star on 12/4/2006.
Miss Cerosaletti was born June 9, 1906, in the town of Castell'Alfero, province of Asti, Piemonte, Italy, the daughter of Carlo and Angela (Morra) Cerosaletti. With her family, she immigrated to the United States in 1912, settling in New York City, where the family lived until 1919. That year, the Cerosalettis purchased an operating dairy farm on Patrick Hill, outside Morris, and relocated to upstate New York.
In 1923, the family established the farm as "Belvedere Farm," replacing the existing dairy herd with one of purebred registered Ayrshire dairy cattle, and, over the next 22 years, operated a successful and well-regarded dairy. The Cerosaletti's Ayrshires earned prizes at local fairs and the New York State Fair, and they had several cows selected for exhibition at the 1939 World's Fair in New York City.
In addition to the operation of the farm itself, the Cerosalettis ran a retail milk business selling Grade-A Raw Approved Ayrshire milk in the town of Morris from 1928 to 1944, a venture in which Miss Cerosaletti was particularly involved.
Devoted to her family throughout her life, Miss Cerosaletti maintained the household for her parents until their deaths in the 1940s, and then for her sister and brother, Miss Palma Cerosaletti, a longtime elementary school teacher at the Morris Central School, and Dr. Mario J. Cerosaletti, New York State veterinarian.
Miss Cerosaletti had been a longtime member of the West Laurens Grange, and she was also a founding parishioner and communicant of Holy Cross Catholic Church in Morris. As a practicing Catholic, she was devoted to her faith.
Besides her parents, Miss Cerosaletti was predeceased by her brother, Mario, in 1980, and her sister, Palma in 1996, as well as her other siblings and their spouses, Joseph and his wife, Florence, Oreste and his wife, Marie, Eugene and his wife, Johanna, and Mrs. Modesta Caldera and her husband, Mario. She was also predeceased by a niece, Mrs. Martha (Cerosaletti) Chambers, Davenport Center, and three nephews, Howard Caldera, killed in action in World War II, Victor Cerosaletti of Webster, and most recently, Charles Cerosaletti, Davenport Center.
She is survived by several nephews and nieces, Mario Caldera of Williamsport, Pa., and his wife, Evelyn (Klindt), Mrs. Eugenia (Caldera) Nichols of Virginia Beach, Va., and her husband, Ronald, and Mrs. Barbara (Caldera) Hesen of Harrisburg, Pa. She is survived as well by a nephew and a niece by marriage, Howard Chambers of Dade City, Fla., and Mrs. Belma (Sisson) Cerosaletti of Webster. Numerous great-nieces and -nephews, also survive, as well as great-great-nieces and --nephews.
At the request of Assunta, there will be no calling hours.
A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at Holy Cross Catholic Church, Morris, at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2006, with the Rev. John R. Burns officiating.
Burial will be in the Cerosaletti family plot in Hillington Cemetery, Morris.
Funeral arrangements are by the Johnston Funeral Home, Morris.
Published in The Daily Star on 12/4/2006.
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