Four Generations

My grandma Katie is buried at Holy Sepulchre cemetery on Lake avenue along with many of her 12 brothers and sisters, as well as her mother and father, who came to the U.S. from central Sicily - towns called Montedoro and Saradifalco around 1904.  The family history is fascinating!!! I would love to share more stories with you all about it, maybe I will bit by bit in the posts.  One of my favorite books about Italians in the U.S. actually describes a Sicilian family in Rochester - it's called "Mount Allegro" by Jerry Mangione.  My mom has her own website about her many trips to Sicily since retiring - discovering her roots, learning Italian, and creating a rich community of friends and family there. 

I was really close to my grandmother growing up. I loved visiting her on Bauer street, over off Lyell Avenue. She died on May 11th, 1994.  Now that I live here in Rochester, I can join my Aunt Angela and my mom for a trip to her grave around the anniversary of her death to decorate it with flowers and plants.