Nancy Gasparino, owned coffee shop, bakery

Nancy Gasparino of Largo, Fla., who had operated both a bakery and a restaurant here, died Saturday, Sept. 14, at Suncoast Hospital. She was 74 years old and the wife of Albert Gasparino.
A native of the Bronx, N.Y., Mrs. Gasparino moved to Ridgefield in 1948. In 1966, she took over the Ridgefield Pastry Shop on Main Street, later called The Village Bakery, which both she and her husband, and their children operated.
In 1973, the Gasparinos opened the Ridgefield Coffee Shop on Bailey Avenue, which became a popular breakfast and lunching spot for town officials and village old-timers.
“You could learn more about local politics at the coffeeshop place than in the town hall,” said one former customer.
The restaurant continued until 1995 under other owners, and was located where Bailey’s Backyard is today.
The Gasparinos, who had lived on Lewis Drive, moved in 1979 to Florida where Mrs. Gasparino became a real estate agent in Seminole. She was active in the Seminole Assembly of God Church and belonged to the Suncoasters in Largo.
Besides her husband of 55 years, Mrs. Gasparino is survived by a son, Daniel Gasparino of Germany; two daughters: Nancy Weisner of Largo and Grace Costa of Seminole; a brother: Armond Borelli of Seminole; two sisters: Louise D’Ippolito of Greenwich and Eleanor Darreta of Dunedin, Fla.; and by four grandchildren.
Arrangements were handled by Veterans Cremation and Burial Society of Clearwater.