George Andreassi

15/05/2024

Courtesy Eugene Andreassi: ·
Friends, on Saturday, May 4, 2024, my Mom, Edna May Gibbons Andreassi, loving wife, mother of three, grandmother of six and great-grandmother of two, passed away peacefully at her home in Upper Nyack, NY. The daughter of Irish immigrants Patrick and Mary Gibbons, Edna was born in 1933 and proud to have come of age in the tree-lined streets of Ridgewood, Queens, where family and a Catholic School education were inseparable. It was here that her life-long passion for poetry and literature was ignited; Edna consumed the written word in all its many forms from the stacks of St. Matthias School to the shelves of her home library until her last day.
It was her passion for the English language that allowed her to earn a full scholarship to St. Joseph’s University and inspired her to build a career teaching English in Westchester and Rockland counties, with her longest tenure in the Clarkstown Central School District. The works of William Shakespeare, Flannery O’Connor, and a host of poets and authors were the tools of her trade, and she delighted in celebrating the boldest statements and revealing the richest nuances of what they had to say to all of us.
Mom established and maintained close friendships throughout her life, and delighted in the relationships she made throughout high school, college, and her professional career. The most loving of mothers, Edna created a lifetime of funny and wonderful memories with her children, and especially with her grandchildren, who had the special opportunity to share in her wit and wisdom well into their adulthood. They had no stronger booster than their “Dana”, and her enduring love will forever enrich their lives.
Edna was pre-deceased by her brother Patrick, her sister Patricia, and her beloved husband of 64 years, Eugene L. Andreassi. She knew that “Her Gene was the one” when he happily journeyed beyond his own beloved Bronx to drive “all the way to Queens for a date”, AND because her mother would have approved of such a nice Catholic boy who could make her laugh so easily.
We will miss her every day, but we are so blessed to have a lifetime of wonderful memories to keep us going for a long time.

25/03/2024

Phyllis Joan Andreassi (née Palombo), a grandmotherly figure to several generations of
neighbors in Cresskill, NJ, passed away Saturday, March 23, 2024, surrounded by her
children and grandchildren. She was 102.
Phyllis was predeceased by her beloved husband of 70 years, George C. Andreassi Sr.,
in 2015. After his retirement, they traveled the world, including an Alaskan cruise, an
Australian adventure, and a family trip to Italy.
Born on August 15, 1921, in the Melrose section of the Bronx, later living in the Morris
Park section, Phyllis devoted her life to family, focusing her complete attention on taking
care of her husband, three children and eight grandchildren, who affectionately called
her “Mema.”
Known as “Aunt Phyllis” to most who met her, Phyllis went through life with an upbeat
“one-day-at-a-time” attitude and inspired many friends and relatives with her positive
words of encouragement.
Phyllis gained cult hero status among all who knew her by living independently and
maintaining her household well past age 100.
Phyllis was a member of St. Therese R.C. Church in Cresskill and participated in many
church-related activities.
She was also a member of the Cresskill Garden Club and volunteered on the
beautification project in the town square.
Phyllis was a member of the Cresskill Seniors and Demarest Seniors and had an active
social circle of friends with whom she played Bridge and sewed. She was an avid
reader who loved the public library; she was reading up until her final days.
Following World War II, Phyllis was employed as a sales associate at Grant’s
Department Store, where she took great pride in providing her artistic eye and
decorating sense.
Phyllis graduated from Our Lady of Solace School and Christopher Columbus High
School in the Bronx, NY.
Phyllis is survived by her three children, George, and his wife Tracy; Louise Szpila, and
her husband Ed; Joanne Andreassi Cseh and her husband Mike; along with eight
grandchildren, Joseph, and his wife Danielle, Olivia, Kyra, Rose, Michael, Jessica,
Natalia, and George.
Phyllis will be remembered for her warmth, zest for life, devotion to her family and never
saying no to a cocktail or a dance.

Viewing at Barrett – Leber Funeral Home, Tenafly, NJ, on Tuesday, March 26, 2024,
from 4-to-7 PM.
Funeral Mass at St. Therese RC Church, Cresskill, NJ, Wednesday, March 27, 2024, at
noon.
Interment at Mount Hope Cemetery, Hastings-On-Hudson, NY.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to The Cresskill Public Library,
and/or St. Therese RC Church.

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