Caponigro, Mary Rita            
WATERFORD Mary Rita Caponigro, 86, of Timber Dr., died Friday, September 17,
2004 at St. Mary's Hospital. Born and educated in Philadelphia, she was
daughter of the late Vincent and Carmella Cifelli Giannini. She had resided in
Philadelphia for most of her life moving to Waterford in 1991. She was a
communicant of St. Mary of the Assumption Church in Waterford. Mary was widow
of Anthony Caponigro who died in 1991. She is mother of Carmela Catallo and
her husband Joe of Waterford. Sister of Lucy Venuti and John Giannini of
Philadelphia, Pa. Grandmother of Michael and Joseph Catallo of Waterford and
great-grandmother of Joseph Michael Catallo III and Anthony David Catallo.
Several nieces and nephews also survive. Funeral services will be Monday at
11:30 a.m. from the Philip J. Brendese Funeral Home, 133 Broad St. (Rt. 32),
Waterford and at noon at St. Mary of the Assumption Church. Interment will be
in St. Mary's Cemetery, Waterford. Relatives and friends may call at the
funeral home Sunday 3-7 p.m.
Published in the Albany Times Union on 9/18/2004.