Dorothy Schiappacasse

Obituary of Dorothy P. Schiappacasse

Dorothy Pond Schiappacasse, age 94, a resident of St. Joseph Manor, Trumbull, died on Monday May 30, 2005. Born in Bridgeport on Februaury 7, 1911, she was the daughter of the late George W. and Elizabeth Crowley Pond. She was the widow of the late Albert Schiappacasse of New Milford and long time companion of the late Alfred Lead Grassia. Mrs Schiappacasse was the retired sales manager for Datzenko Furriers of Bridgeport and along with Al, she owned and operated the Doral Steak House in Portchester, NY. She was a past president of Our Lady of Assumption Senior Citizens.

Survivors include her beloved daughter, Gail Craig and her husband, Gerry of Huntington, special nephew James and Evelyn Pond and their children, Julie, Christopher, and Jeffrey, who were her special pals, nephew David Pond and his wife Kathy, nephew George Pond and his wife Sandi, sisters in law, Ethel Pond Sabo and Toni Pond, cousin Lea and Ken Chapple and her precious dog Tiffany. She was pre-deceased by two brothers, George and Harold Pond. 

Funeral services will take place on Thursday, June 2, 2005 at 9:00 a.m. from the Abriola Parkview Funeral Home, 419 White Plains Road, Trumbull, and at 10:00 a.m. in Our Lady of Grace Church, Stratford for a Mass of Christian Burial. Entombment will follow in St. Michael Cemetery Mausoleum, Stratford. Friends may call on Wednesday from 4-8 p.m. Donations Information

Those desiring may make memorial contributions to Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo, or Friends of the Bridgeport Animal Shelter, 256 Ruth Street, Bridgeport, CT 06606.

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