Regina Gonzalez

with his wife, mother of their five kids

Grandma Marie Augusta and her husband Grandpa Carl Anderson.

Grave stones at the cemetery in Campo Felice Di Rocella Sicily for Joseph Mazzurco (1908-1995 ) and his wife Josephine Parasiliti Mazzurco (1913 to 2009). They both immigrated to the USA for several years, but then they both returned home to Sicily in later years, where they both passed away. They are sorely missed by all their relatives, and grandchildren, in Jamestown NY, USA.

Josephine and Joseph Mazzurco kept this picture of their three great grandchildren on their night table in a silver frame, next to their bed in Campo Felice di Rocella Sicily. This picture was likely taken around 1988, since David, the baby in arms was born in Dec, 1987. This was a reminder that even though Joseph and Josephine moved back to Italy as snowbirds, back and forth across the Atlantic ocean, they never forgot their grand daughter Gina, and their three grandkids, Daniel Alejandro Gonzalez, far left, Nicholas Joseph Gonzalez, who is the "figliozzo" in the middle, and David Neil Gonzalez, baby in arms. The adults in this back of this picture are from left, father of these three children, Gregorio Alejandro Gonzalez Monroy, and mother of these three children, Regina Marie Mazzurco Gonzalez. This picture was taken by a traveling salesman over at Woodlawn Motel in Jamestown NY, back when it really was a motel. It was turned into a huge 16 by 20 portrait, but that may have gotten lost in the several moves since then. It is nice that some Sicilian cousins shared this via social media back with the mother pictured here some thirty five years later. This is a reminder, that despite time and distance, the love of grandparents endures.

This is the ice cream shop right across the street from Aunt Violet's old apt in Frewsburg NY. In the mid 1970s, all I had to do was go out her front door, cross the yard, cross the street, and there I was, at the Igloo (now renamed as The Corner Scoop) Ice Cream Shop. My mother's favorite was Maple Walnut or Butter Pecan Perry's Hard Ice Cream Cones. My Dad liked Black Cherry Perry's Hard Ice Cream Cones the best. I used to dabble in the Mexican Sundae a lot. My sister liked Hot Fudge Sundaes. And we all loved the Banana Splits.

The people in my family who lived right across the street from it were Aunt Violet, and Santina and Denny Johnson. Santina and Denny lived in a house that looked like it was planted in the middle of Aunt Violet's front yard! right across the street from the Igloo / Corner Scoop Ice Cream Shop. We stayed in touch for many years. Santina moved to 126 Sampson Street and eventually became my son David's babysitter so I could go to work sometimes. She was an awesome person to talk to, and she had great stories to tell about her time growing up in an all girls parochial school, and her times spent in both Africa and Italy. Aunt Violet eventually moved over to Cherry St Senior Housing in Frewsburg.

I tried to stay in touch with cousin Marcia, Great Aunt Violet, and Santina and Denny Johnson, after my mother Linda’s death in 1980 as much as I could. By pure stroke of luck, I gave Aunt Violet a ride home one day from the Armory when she had fallen down some concrete steps. My heart skipped a beat when I realized this woman I was picking up off the pavement, with a bloody scraped up nose, was actually my Great Aunt Violet, whom I had not seen in a long, long time. This is how I learned my Great Aunt Vi had moved into senior housing behind the Hotel Frewsburg on Cherry St. So I began to visit her there occasionally, until she moved to a nursing home and then passed away in 2008. I once even unwittingly picked up a hitchhiker, who turned out to be Aunt Violet's grandson, (Terri 'Travis' and Marcia's third born son), my cousin Stevie, when he was hitchhiking back home to Frewsburg one day. Imagine both of our surprises to find out we were related. I had not seen him since I was a kid. I was told later he also died but I have no details on this. Submitted by Gina, (Regina Mazzurco Gonzalez)

Enjoying Greek food for dinner in Campellford Ontario, Aug 5, 2024

Colleens two oldest children as toddler, Lacie Peters and David Johnson. They lived in Pittsfield, PA for a time , prior to Colleen's passing away.

Colleen's daughter Lacie with her Uncle Bill in 2013

Colleen 1987 celebrating a birthday

Colleen maybe around 1982 with trees in background

Gravestone. Pvt Robert Carl Carlson VETERAN
BIRTH
21 May 1948
Chautauqua County, New York, USA
DEATH
21 Mar 2005 (aged 56)
Smith County, Tennessee, USA
BURIAL
Defeated Creek Memorial Gardens
Defeated, Smith County, Tennessee, USA
MEMORIAL ID
45416058 · View Source

Gravestone for husband of Aunt Violet

Barb in later years at home in Jamestown NY at her dining room table on 12th St