Longtime Rosebank resident Mary Ann Curatolo, 73, who coached the Notre Dame Academy softball team for thirty-three years; and married her childhood sweetheart and with him lovingly raised their eight children, died yesterday at Staten Island University Hospital in Ocean Breeze.
Born Mary Ann Cloke in Manhattan, she was brought to Staten Island as an infant and grew up in Rosebank, where she attended St. Mary's School and lived for the rest of her life.
After graduating from St. Peter's Girls High School, she attended Notre Dame College, then began teaching fifth and second grades at Sacred Heart School in West Brighton.
She and Anthony (Essy) Curatolo, truly the boy next door — they grew up at 182 and 184 Hylan Boulevard, respectively — were married in 1959. After her first child was born, she dedicated herself to raising her children and becoming involved in their school activities as St. Mary's PIE (Partners in Education) president.
"My mother always said she missed the 1960s because she was too busy raising eight kids," said her daughter, Carolyn (Linny) Piccirillo.
A tomboy growing up, Mrs. Curatolo began her sports career in 1972 as a CYO softball coach at St. Mary's. In 1974, she also became coach of the Dakota Diner team in the Staten Island Lassie League, a predecessor of Little League Girls' Softball.
After amassing numerous championships in both leagues and influencing hundreds of girls, she accepted a coaching position at Notre Dame Academy High School in 1977. She and Anthony were co-coaches, and their teams won several Island championships, including the CHSAA Downstate Championship. They also appeared in the New York City CHSAA-PSAL Metro Bowl.
"My mother remembered everyone's names once she met you, always had a story, and could get your life story within three minutes," said her daughter, Kathleen (Kathy) Curatolo. "Our family is heartbroken, especially my father, who lost the love of his life."
Mrs. Curatolo was a longtime parishioner of St. Mary's R.C. Church, Rosebank.
Her son, Robert, a firefighter, died on September 11, 2001 in the attacks on the World Trade Center.
Surviving, along with Anthony, her husband of fifty-one years, and her daughters, Linny and Kathy, are her daughters, Dena Nelsen and Christine Friscia; her sons, Anthony Jr., John, and William; her sister, Jean Sanborn; her brothers, Billy, Matthew, and Joseph Cloke; eighteen grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
The funeral will be held tomorrow from the Harmon Home for Funerals, West Brighton, with a Mass at 10:00 a.m. in St. Mary's Church.
Burial will follow in Moravian Cemetery, New Dorp.
Published in the Staten Island Advance on December 23, 2010.
Born Mary Ann Cloke in Manhattan, she was brought to Staten Island as an infant and grew up in Rosebank, where she attended St. Mary's School and lived for the rest of her life.
After graduating from St. Peter's Girls High School, she attended Notre Dame College, then began teaching fifth and second grades at Sacred Heart School in West Brighton.
She and Anthony (Essy) Curatolo, truly the boy next door — they grew up at 182 and 184 Hylan Boulevard, respectively — were married in 1959. After her first child was born, she dedicated herself to raising her children and becoming involved in their school activities as St. Mary's PIE (Partners in Education) president.
"My mother always said she missed the 1960s because she was too busy raising eight kids," said her daughter, Carolyn (Linny) Piccirillo.
A tomboy growing up, Mrs. Curatolo began her sports career in 1972 as a CYO softball coach at St. Mary's. In 1974, she also became coach of the Dakota Diner team in the Staten Island Lassie League, a predecessor of Little League Girls' Softball.
After amassing numerous championships in both leagues and influencing hundreds of girls, she accepted a coaching position at Notre Dame Academy High School in 1977. She and Anthony were co-coaches, and their teams won several Island championships, including the CHSAA Downstate Championship. They also appeared in the New York City CHSAA-PSAL Metro Bowl.
"My mother remembered everyone's names once she met you, always had a story, and could get your life story within three minutes," said her daughter, Kathleen (Kathy) Curatolo. "Our family is heartbroken, especially my father, who lost the love of his life."
Mrs. Curatolo was a longtime parishioner of St. Mary's R.C. Church, Rosebank.
Her son, Robert, a firefighter, died on September 11, 2001 in the attacks on the World Trade Center.
Surviving, along with Anthony, her husband of fifty-one years, and her daughters, Linny and Kathy, are her daughters, Dena Nelsen and Christine Friscia; her sons, Anthony Jr., John, and William; her sister, Jean Sanborn; her brothers, Billy, Matthew, and Joseph Cloke; eighteen grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
The funeral will be held tomorrow from the Harmon Home for Funerals, West Brighton, with a Mass at 10:00 a.m. in St. Mary's Church.
Burial will follow in Moravian Cemetery, New Dorp.
Published in the Staten Island Advance on December 23, 2010.
Longtime Rosebank resident Mary Ann Curatolo, 73, who coached the Notre Dame Academy softball team for thirty-three years; and married her childhood sweetheart and with him lovingly raised their eight children, died yesterday at Staten Island University Hospital in Ocean Breeze.
Born Mary Ann Cloke in Manhattan, she was brought to Staten Island as an infant and grew up in Rosebank, where she attended St. Mary's School and lived for the rest of her life.
After graduating from St. Peter's Girls High School, she attended Notre Dame College, then began teaching fifth and second grades at Sacred Heart School in West Brighton.
She and Anthony (Essy) Curatolo, truly the boy next door — they grew up at 182 and 184 Hylan Boulevard, respectively — were married in 1959. After her first child was born, she dedicated herself to raising her children and becoming involved in their school activities as St. Mary's PIE (Partners in Education) president.
"My mother always said she missed the 1960s because she was too busy raising eight kids," said her daughter, Carolyn (Linny) Piccirillo.
A tomboy growing up, Mrs. Curatolo began her sports career in 1972 as a CYO softball coach at St. Mary's. In 1974, she also became coach of the Dakota Diner team in the Staten Island Lassie League, a predecessor of Little League Girls' Softball.
After amassing numerous championships in both leagues and influencing hundreds of girls, she accepted a coaching position at Notre Dame Academy High School in 1977. She and Anthony were co-coaches, and their teams won several Island championships, including the CHSAA Downstate Championship. They also appeared in the New York City CHSAA-PSAL Metro Bowl.
"My mother remembered everyone's names once she met you, always had a story, and could get your life story within three minutes," said her daughter, Kathleen (Kathy) Curatolo. "Our family is heartbroken, especially my father, who lost the love of his life."
Mrs. Curatolo was a longtime parishioner of St. Mary's R.C. Church, Rosebank.
Her son, Robert, a firefighter, died on September 11, 2001 in the attacks on the World Trade Center.
Surviving, along with Anthony, her husband of fifty-one years, and her daughters, Linny and Kathy, are her daughters, Dena Nelsen and Christine Friscia; her sons, Anthony Jr., John, and William; her sister, Jean Sanborn; her brothers, Billy, Matthew, and Joseph Cloke; eighteen grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
The funeral will be held tomorrow from the Harmon Home for Funerals, West Brighton, with a Mass at 10:00 a.m. in St. Mary's Church.
Burial will follow in Moravian Cemetery, New Dorp.
Published in the Staten Island Advance on December 23, 2010.
Born Mary Ann Cloke in Manhattan, she was brought to Staten Island as an infant and grew up in Rosebank, where she attended St. Mary's School and lived for the rest of her life.
After graduating from St. Peter's Girls High School, she attended Notre Dame College, then began teaching fifth and second grades at Sacred Heart School in West Brighton.
She and Anthony (Essy) Curatolo, truly the boy next door — they grew up at 182 and 184 Hylan Boulevard, respectively — were married in 1959. After her first child was born, she dedicated herself to raising her children and becoming involved in their school activities as St. Mary's PIE (Partners in Education) president.
"My mother always said she missed the 1960s because she was too busy raising eight kids," said her daughter, Carolyn (Linny) Piccirillo.
A tomboy growing up, Mrs. Curatolo began her sports career in 1972 as a CYO softball coach at St. Mary's. In 1974, she also became coach of the Dakota Diner team in the Staten Island Lassie League, a predecessor of Little League Girls' Softball.
After amassing numerous championships in both leagues and influencing hundreds of girls, she accepted a coaching position at Notre Dame Academy High School in 1977. She and Anthony were co-coaches, and their teams won several Island championships, including the CHSAA Downstate Championship. They also appeared in the New York City CHSAA-PSAL Metro Bowl.
"My mother remembered everyone's names once she met you, always had a story, and could get your life story within three minutes," said her daughter, Kathleen (Kathy) Curatolo. "Our family is heartbroken, especially my father, who lost the love of his life."
Mrs. Curatolo was a longtime parishioner of St. Mary's R.C. Church, Rosebank.
Her son, Robert, a firefighter, died on September 11, 2001 in the attacks on the World Trade Center.
Surviving, along with Anthony, her husband of fifty-one years, and her daughters, Linny and Kathy, are her daughters, Dena Nelsen and Christine Friscia; her sons, Anthony Jr., John, and William; her sister, Jean Sanborn; her brothers, Billy, Matthew, and Joseph Cloke; eighteen grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
The funeral will be held tomorrow from the Harmon Home for Funerals, West Brighton, with a Mass at 10:00 a.m. in St. Mary's Church.
Burial will follow in Moravian Cemetery, New Dorp.
Published in the Staten Island Advance on December 23, 2010.
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