Antoinette Michel, bowler, golfer

Antoinette “Nettie” Michel of Prospect Street, wife of the late Humbert J. Martoccio and the late Eugene Michel, died on Friday, Oct. 27, at Hancock Hall in Danbury. She was 96.
Mrs. Michel was born in New York City on Feb. 19, 1904, a daughter of the late Richard and Louise DePalma Virgilio. She attended New York schools.
As a young girl, she worked in dressmaking in the garment district of New York. In later years, she was a sales representative for Lord & Taylor of Westchester, N.Y., in its glove, handbag and accessories department. She retired at the age of 86.
An avid bowler and golfer, she was a member of the Leewood Golf Club as well as the Lake Isle Golf Club, both of Eastchester.
She was a resident of Ridgefield for the past 10 years, coming from Westchester County, N.Y.
She is survived by three daughters, Corrine DeRosa of East Meadow, N.Y., Norma Wenderoth of Malibu, Calif., and Carol Villamana of Ridgefield; two sisters, Mary Napoletano of Kingston, N.Y. and Anna Maranghi of the Bronx, N.Y.; a brother Joseph Virgilio of Tuckahoe, N.Y.; six grandchildren, Robert Mario, Louise Casella, Thomas Paulantonio, Carol Carpenter, Edward Villamana and James Villamana; and nine great-grandchildren.
A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated in the Chapel of the Cemetery of the Gate of Heaven, Hawthorne, N.Y. on Oct. 31 with burial following.
Arrangements were handled by Kane Funeral Home, 41 Catoonah Street.
Contributions in Mrs. Michel’s memory may be made to Regional Hospice of Western Connecticut, 30 West Street, Danbury, 06810 or to the Hancock Hall Resident’s Recreational Fund, 33 Staples Street, Danbury, 06810.