Enza Gemza, 86-year Ridgefielder

Enza M. Gemza of 60 Gregory Boulevard, East Norwalk, a Ridgefielder for 86 years, died on Friday evening, June 14, at Honey Hill Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Norwalk. She was 88 years old and had lived on Cain’s Hill Road until two years ago.
Mrs. Gemza was the widow of Joseph J. Gemza Sr., who died in 1999.
A Ridgefield native, Mrs. Gemza was born on July 12, 1913, a daughter of the late Giuseppe and Giuseppina Santini Mallucci. She attended Ridgefield schools and had been a homemaker.
She was a member of St. Mary’s Church, Ridgefield.
Mrs. Gemza’s survivors include a son: Joseph J. Gemza Jr. and his wife Judith of Norwalk; and two grandchildren: the Rev. Richard J. Gemza of St. Mary’s Church, Greenwich, and Tracy Scotti and her husband Ralph of Ridgefield.
Father Gemza, the grandson, celebrated a Mass of Christian Burial on Tuesday in St. Mary’s Church, Ridgefield.
Burial was in St. Mary’s Cemetery.
Contributions in Mrs. Gemza’s memory may be made to the American Heart Association, 5 Brookside Drive, Wallingford, CT 06492.
The Kane Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.