Notes |
- The Connecticut Post, March 11, 2006
Josephine (Milazzo) Bassett
BASSETT, Josephine ?Jo-Jo? (Milazzo) Bassett, age 78, died Thursday, March 9 2006 at St. Mary?s Hospital in Waterbury. She was the wife of 50 years of the late Russell L. Bassett. Mrs. Bassett was born in Norwalk October 7, 1927, daughter of the late Louis Milazzo and Frances Oliveri Milazzo and was a Norwalk resident for more than 70 years. She was the former owner of Plaza Variety in Norwalk and had also worked with her family at Milazzo?s Florist. Survivors include a son, Louis Bassett and his wife Janet; two daughters, Lynn Bassett and Shari Herman; a brother, Thomas Milazzo; a sister, Ann Caputo; five grandchildren, Christine, Michelle, Edward, Robert and Shannon; six great-grandchildren, Nivole, Rebecca, Sara, Jason, Justin and Becca; and several nieces and nephews and cousins. Mrs. Bassett was predeceased by two sons, Russell and Edward. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Monday, March 13, 11:30 a.m. in St. Thomas the Apostle Church, 203 East Avenue, Norwalk with burial to follow in St. Thomas Cemetery, Norwalk. The family will receive friends at the Magner Funeral Home, 12 Mott Avenue, Norwalk on Sunday from 4 to 7 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to PanCAN, 2141 Rosecrans Avenue, Suite 7000, El Segundo, CA 90245 or to Att. Thanks and Giving, St. Jude Children?s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105.
|