Carmel Parisi Panagrossi

Carmel Parisi Panagrossi, of Collett St., North Haven, beloved wife of 67 years of the late Amedeo 'Ahmed' Panagrossi passed away Sept. 22, 2011 at the Masonic Geriatric Healthcare Center after a brief illness. Loving mother of Marie Diamond, Anne Rickards and her husband Clinton, Philip Panagrossi, John Panagrossi and his wife Janis. Grandmother of Michael Panagrossi, Jennifer Wassmer, Melissa Veleber, Jonathan Panagrossi, Robert Panagrossi, Clinton Rickards II, Lisa Scrofani, Jessica Rickards and Kelly Rickards. Also surviving are 9 great-grandchildren, a sister Margaret Alea, and a brother Vincent Parisi. She was predeceased by brothers William, Henry, Augustine, and Joe Parisi and sisters Anna Dombrowski, Julia Pellegrino, Angelina Parisi, and son in law Francis Diamond. She was born in New Haven April 28, 1915 a daughter of the late Paul and Maria Pellegrino Parisi, graduated from the Hospital of St. Raphael School of Nursing in 1936, and was a visiting nurse and school nurse in the New Haven area. Carmel was an avid bowler and golfer and enjoyed her membership at the Wallingford Country Club and the High Lane Club. She was one of the founders of the Meadowbrook Women's Golf League. She and her husband loved to play bridge and co-taught bridge in the North Haven Adult Education Program, and traveled extensively throughout the world. Funeral from BEECHER & BENNETT, 2300 WHITNEY AVE., HAMDEN Monday morning Sept. 26 at 9:30. Mass of Christian Burial will be Celebrated in St. Rita Church Hamden at 10 a.m. Friends may call Sunday from 4-8 p.m. Interment in All Saints Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be sent to Masonicare Home Health & Hospice P.O. Box 70, Wallingford, CT 06492.