Anna Ancona, active at Sacred Heart

Anna T. Ancona, a homemaker and a resident of Ridgefield for more than a half century, died on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2003, at Danbury Hospital. She was 76 years old and the wife of Philip C. Ancona.
Mrs. Ancona was born in Trumbull on July 26, 1926, a daughter of the late Domenico and Teresa Grippi Cariello, who were natives of Italy from the province of Salerno. She and her husband met at a wedding in Trumbull, and the two were married on June 21, 1952. They celebrated their golden wedding anniversary last year.
Mrs. Ancona was a homemaker and, her husband reports, a wonderful mother to her two children.
Mrs. Ancona was also a devout Catholic, attending mass every day, and was an active member of Sacred Heart Church in Georgetown, where she belonged to the Rosary Society.
He added that his wife went out of her way to help her family, friends and church, but was a modest person and never wanted any credit for her work.
Besides her husband, Mrs. Ancona is survived by two children, Charles P. Ancona of New York City and Teresa Ancona of Geneva, Switzerland; two sisters, Mary Cariello and Elizabeth Cariello, both of Trumbull; a grandson, Michael Philip Krell of Geneva; and several nieces and nephews.
Her brother, John Cariello, and two sisters, Antonette Apicella and Carmela Cariello, died before her.
The Rev. M. Joseph Joaquin, pastor, celebrated a Mass of Christian Burial on Saturday, March 1, in Sacred Heart Church. Burial was in St. Mary’s Cemetery.
Contributions in her memory may be made to Sacred Heart Church, P.O. Box 388, Georgetown, CT 06829.
The Bouton Funeral Home in Georgetown was in charge of arrangements.