Jennie M. Alderese, 92, native of Italy

Jennie M. Alderese of 55 Prospect Street, a 23-year Ridgefielder who was known for her congeniality and sense of humor, died Thursday, Sept. 14, at Norwalk Hospital. She was 92 years old and the wife of the late Anthony Alderese.
A native of Sorrento, Italy, Mrs. Alderese was born on March 11, 1908. She came to this country with her parents, Vincent and Carolina Mastellone Russo, when she was four years old, and grew up in New York City.
Mrs. Alderese lived many years in Astoria, Queens, and had been a telephone operator for the American Telephone and Telegraph Company. She had belonged to Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church in Queens.
She moved to Ridgefield in 1977, and for some years, belonged to the OWLS senior citizens organization. She had also been president of Birds of A Feather, an area quilting group, and helped with its fund-raising quilt for “E.J.” Soderlund, a Ridgefield boy with a serious illness.
Mrs. Alderese was also a member of St. Mary’s Church.
“What touched people about her most was she had a remarkable sense of humor,” said her daughter, Carolyn J. Langevin of South Salem. “She was fun to be with, even in her old age. A lot of people came to her funeral that I didn’t know because they enjoyed her company so much.”
Besides her daughter and her son-in-law, Roger Langevin, Mrs. Alderese is survived by four grandchildren: Catherine Falcon, John Langevin, Nancy Sweeney, and Karen Lynch; and by seven great-grandchildren: Amy, William and Alison Langevin, Annie Falcon, Deanna and Maria Sweeney, and Nicholas Lynch.
A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Saturday at St. Mary’s Church. Burial was in Woodlawn Cemetery, the Bronx.
Contributions in her memory may be made to the Ridgefield Visiting Nurse Association, 90 East Ridge, Ridgefield CT 06877.
The Kane Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.