SHADY SPRING — Itha Williams DeStefano, 86, of Shady Spring, died Monday, Jan. 28, 2008 in a Beckley Hospital, following a long illness.
Born July 29, 1921 at Ashland, she was the daughter of the late Mariano and Maria Giuliani Rocchetti.
Mrs. DeStefano was a former resident of St. Cloud, Fla., where she had resided for 24 years and attended the St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church. She was a former nursing assistant for Dr. George Fordham and a member of the St. John's Catholic Church in Mullens. In her leisure she enjoyed cooking and shall be remembered by her friends for her cooking.
In addition to her parents, she is also preceded in death by her husband, Clarence Williams; a sister, Eula Sardano; and two brothers, Abraham and Pete Rocchetti.
Those left to cherish her memory include two daughters, Linda Williams Nuckols and her husband, Don of Shady Spring and Gina Dispensa and her husband, Mike of St. Cloud, Fla.; three grandchildren, Rob Hislop of San Francisco, Calif., and Michael and Anthony Dispensa of St. Cloud, Fla.; three brothers, Sam Rocchetti and Irene Incordair of Melbourne, Fla., Frank Rocchetti and his wife, Lou of Crumpler and Mosie Rocchetti and his wife, Rosalie of Princeton.
Mass of the Christian Burial will be 10 a.m. Thursday at St. John's Catholic Church, Mullens, with Father Jack Reich as celebrant. Burial will follow in Woodlawn Memorial Park, Bluewell.
Friends may call 6 to 8 p.m. today at Tankersley Funeral Home, Mullens, where a prayer service will be conducted at 7:30 p.m.
Pallbearers will be Rob Hislop, and Mosie, Louie, Rick and Michael Rocchetti.
Online condolences may be expressed at www.takersleyfh.com.
Arrangements by Tankersley Funeral Home, Mullens.
To leave personal condolences online, visit www.legacy.com.
Born July 29, 1921 at Ashland, she was the daughter of the late Mariano and Maria Giuliani Rocchetti.
Mrs. DeStefano was a former resident of St. Cloud, Fla., where she had resided for 24 years and attended the St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church. She was a former nursing assistant for Dr. George Fordham and a member of the St. John's Catholic Church in Mullens. In her leisure she enjoyed cooking and shall be remembered by her friends for her cooking.
In addition to her parents, she is also preceded in death by her husband, Clarence Williams; a sister, Eula Sardano; and two brothers, Abraham and Pete Rocchetti.
Those left to cherish her memory include two daughters, Linda Williams Nuckols and her husband, Don of Shady Spring and Gina Dispensa and her husband, Mike of St. Cloud, Fla.; three grandchildren, Rob Hislop of San Francisco, Calif., and Michael and Anthony Dispensa of St. Cloud, Fla.; three brothers, Sam Rocchetti and Irene Incordair of Melbourne, Fla., Frank Rocchetti and his wife, Lou of Crumpler and Mosie Rocchetti and his wife, Rosalie of Princeton.
Mass of the Christian Burial will be 10 a.m. Thursday at St. John's Catholic Church, Mullens, with Father Jack Reich as celebrant. Burial will follow in Woodlawn Memorial Park, Bluewell.
Friends may call 6 to 8 p.m. today at Tankersley Funeral Home, Mullens, where a prayer service will be conducted at 7:30 p.m.
Pallbearers will be Rob Hislop, and Mosie, Louie, Rick and Michael Rocchetti.
Online condolences may be expressed at www.takersleyfh.com.
Arrangements by Tankersley Funeral Home, Mullens.
To leave personal condolences online, visit www.legacy.com.
SHADY SPRING — Itha Williams DeStefano, 86, of Shady Spring, died Monday, Jan. 28, 2008 in a Beckley Hospital, following a long illness.
Born July 29, 1921 at Ashland, she was the daughter of the late Mariano and Maria Giuliani Rocchetti.
Mrs. DeStefano was a former resident of St. Cloud, Fla., where she had resided for 24 years and attended the St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church. She was a former nursing assistant for Dr. George Fordham and a member of the St. John's Catholic Church in Mullens. In her leisure she enjoyed cooking and shall be remembered by her friends for her cooking.
In addition to her parents, she is also preceded in death by her husband, Clarence Williams; a sister, Eula Sardano; and two brothers, Abraham and Pete Rocchetti.
Those left to cherish her memory include two daughters, Linda Williams Nuckols and her husband, Don of Shady Spring and Gina Dispensa and her husband, Mike of St. Cloud, Fla.; three grandchildren, Rob Hislop of San Francisco, Calif., and Michael and Anthony Dispensa of St. Cloud, Fla.; three brothers, Sam Rocchetti and Irene Incordair of Melbourne, Fla., Frank Rocchetti and his wife, Lou of Crumpler and Mosie Rocchetti and his wife, Rosalie of Princeton.
Mass of the Christian Burial will be 10 a.m. Thursday at St. John's Catholic Church, Mullens, with Father Jack Reich as celebrant. Burial will follow in Woodlawn Memorial Park, Bluewell.
Friends may call 6 to 8 p.m. today at Tankersley Funeral Home, Mullens, where a prayer service will be conducted at 7:30 p.m.
Pallbearers will be Rob Hislop, and Mosie, Louie, Rick and Michael Rocchetti.
Online condolences may be expressed at www.takersleyfh.com.
Arrangements by Tankersley Funeral Home, Mullens.
To leave personal condolences online, visit www.legacy.com.
Born July 29, 1921 at Ashland, she was the daughter of the late Mariano and Maria Giuliani Rocchetti.
Mrs. DeStefano was a former resident of St. Cloud, Fla., where she had resided for 24 years and attended the St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church. She was a former nursing assistant for Dr. George Fordham and a member of the St. John's Catholic Church in Mullens. In her leisure she enjoyed cooking and shall be remembered by her friends for her cooking.
In addition to her parents, she is also preceded in death by her husband, Clarence Williams; a sister, Eula Sardano; and two brothers, Abraham and Pete Rocchetti.
Those left to cherish her memory include two daughters, Linda Williams Nuckols and her husband, Don of Shady Spring and Gina Dispensa and her husband, Mike of St. Cloud, Fla.; three grandchildren, Rob Hislop of San Francisco, Calif., and Michael and Anthony Dispensa of St. Cloud, Fla.; three brothers, Sam Rocchetti and Irene Incordair of Melbourne, Fla., Frank Rocchetti and his wife, Lou of Crumpler and Mosie Rocchetti and his wife, Rosalie of Princeton.
Mass of the Christian Burial will be 10 a.m. Thursday at St. John's Catholic Church, Mullens, with Father Jack Reich as celebrant. Burial will follow in Woodlawn Memorial Park, Bluewell.
Friends may call 6 to 8 p.m. today at Tankersley Funeral Home, Mullens, where a prayer service will be conducted at 7:30 p.m.
Pallbearers will be Rob Hislop, and Mosie, Louie, Rick and Michael Rocchetti.
Online condolences may be expressed at www.takersleyfh.com.
Arrangements by Tankersley Funeral Home, Mullens.
To leave personal condolences online, visit www.legacy.com.
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