Henrietta M.    Sansone

Gifted Artist

Remembered For Her Wit And Passion

Henrietta M. Sansone, 89, of Bridgeport, died September 24 at Connecticut Health Care, Southport. Born on January 6, 1917, in Mount Vernon, N.Y., she was the daughter of Mary and George Mascari. Mrs Sansone was a Connecticut resident for seven years.

Her intelligence, wit, and passion is remembered by her family including two daughters, Barbara Peterson and her husband, Clarence, of Newtown; and Janet Sansone, of Alexandria, Va.; four grandsons, David Oates of San Diego, Calif., and his wife, Marnie Zoglman, Thomas Oates of Arlington, Va., Guy Peterson of Newtown and his wife, Jennifer, and Bradley Peterson of Portland, Ore., and his wife, Donna; five great-grandchildren, Brenden, Devin, Eddie, Molly, and Dean Peterson; as well as several nieces and nephews. Mrs Sansone’s husband of 60 years, Thomas D. Sansone, predeceased her in 2000.

Mrs Sansone was a 1934 graduate of A.P. Davis High School in Mount Vernon, and lived in Mount Vernon for 82 years. An avid and gifted artist who held several public and private exhibitions, Mrs Sansone was an active member of Echo Bay Yacht Club in New Rochelle, N.Y. Knowing she could not always hold her family’s hands, she taught them to hold their heads high.

A Mass of Christian Burial was held September 26 at St Pius X Church, Fairfield. Interment followed in Oak Lawn Cemetery.

Memorial contributions may be made to the charity of one’s choice.

The Newtown Bee     September 29, 2006