Josephine Carosello, retired seamstress

Josephine Piazza Carosello of 195 Holmes Road, a retired seamstress and the mother of a Ridgefielder, died Sunday, Sept. 24, at Wilton Meadows. She was 93 years old and the wife of the late Agostino Carosello.
A native of Passaic, N.J., Mrs. Carosello was born on Sept. 10, 1907, a daughter of the late Charles and Rose Tambe Piazza. She lived most of her life in Jamaica, Queens, N.Y., and had been active in the International Ladies Garment Workers Union.
She moved to Ridgefield in 1993 to live with her daughter, Renita Covino, and family. For the past 20 months, she had lived at Wilton Meadows.
While here she enjoyed participating in the Senior Citizens Luncheons at St. Mary’s.
Besides her daughter and her son-in-law, Robert Covino, Mrs. Carosello is survived by a brother, Bernard Piazza, and a sister, Marianne Muller, both of Middle Village, Queens, and by four grandchildren: Lisa Ferguson and her husband, Michael, of Middlebury, Rob Covino and his wife, Jennifer, of New Canaan, Scott Covino of Brooklyn, N.Y., and Kimberly Covino of Ridgefield.
The Rev. David Blanchfield celebrated a Mass of Christian Burial Wednesday morning at St. Mary’s Church. Burial was in Mount Saint Mary Cemetery, Flushing, N.Y.
Contributions in Mrs. Carosello’s memory may be made to the St. Mary’s Senior Citizens Luncheon Fund, c/o Sister Joan Brennan, St. Mary’s Parish, 183 High Ridge, Ridgefield CT 06877, or to the Alzheimer’s Association of Fairfield County, 607 Main Avenue, Norwalk CT 06851-1758.
The Kane Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.