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Annabelle L. Casagrande, 87, of West Wyoming, passed away on Sunday January 27, 2013 at the Hospice Community Care, Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre Hospital.
Born in Plains Township, on April 25, 1925, she was the daughter of the late Noe and Maria Gelso Ninotti.
Annabelle attended Plains schools and was a member of St. Monica’s Parish at Our Lady of Sorrows Church, 8th St., West Wyoming. She also belonged to the Wyoming/ West Wyoming Senior Citizens Club.
Prior to retiring, Annabelle worked in the local garment industry and was a talented seamstress who enjoyed sewing, crocheting and needlepoint. She was also an excellent cook. Her homemade ravioli were a traditional Christmas treat. Annabelle’s greatest joys, however, were watching her six granddaughters grow up and then becoming a great grandmother to Mason Fisher and her namesake, Annabelle Fisher. She and her husband Armonde, recently noted their 64th wedding anniversary on Jan. 22nd.
Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her brothers, Bruno, Guerino, Attilio and Noah.
Surviving are her husband Armonde, a son Armonde Casagrade and his wife Nancy, Exeter, and a daughter Maria Kepich and her husband Daniel, Bath, N.Y. ; granddaughters, Amy Casagrande, Wyoming, Lisa Fisher and her husband Jed, Clarkville, Tn,, Alicia, Jacey, Jenna and Danielle Kepich and great grandchildren Mason and Annabelle Fisher, and a sister, Carmella Barrouk, Wilkes-Barre along with several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held on Thursday January 31, 2013 at 10:00am from the Gubbiotti Funeral Home, 1030 Wyoming Ave., Exeter . A mass of Christian burial will be held at 10:30am at Our Lady of Sorrows Church of St. Monica’s Parish, West Wyoming.
Interment will be in Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Carverton.
Relatives and friends may call on Wednesday from 5:00pm until 8:00p.m at the funeral home.
Annabelle’s family would like to extend their thanks to the staff of Wesley Village and to Celtic Healthcare for the kind and compassionate care shown to her in her final days.
Memorial donations, if desired may be made to the American Heart Association, of Northeastern Pa. ,613 Baltimore Dr., Wilkes-Barre, 18702
To send the family an expression of sympathy or an online condolence, please visit www.gubbiottifh.com
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