[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 104 (Tuesday, July 24, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1409]
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                   TRIBUTE TO THE LATE MARY G. IEZZI

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                      HON. JAMES A. TRAFICANT, JR.

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 24, 2001

  Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, please insert the obituary on the 
attached sheet in today's Congressional Record.

                Mary G. Iezzi, 91, Co-founded Alberini's

       Niles--Mary G. Iezzi, 91, 103 Moreland, died 3:52 a.m. 
     Tuesday, May 1, 2001, at Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran 
     Home.
       She was born Aug. 28, 1909, in Niles, a daughter of August 
     and Sadie Polita Corso.
       Mrs. Iezzi co-founded Alberini's Restaurant with her 
     daughter and son-in-law, where she worked in the kitchen, 
     making her famous homemade spaghetti sauce for the past 43 
     years, until two months ago.
       She was a member of the Niles Jehovah's Witnesses Kingdom 
     Hall and enjoyed cooking.
       Her husband, Thomas, whom she married Oct. 31, 1926, died 
     July 28, 1978.
       Survivors include a son, Raymond of Niles; a daughter Gilda 
     Alberini of Warren; two brothers, Anthony and John Corso, 
     both of Niles; two sisters, Catherine DiFebo of Hermitage, 
     Pa. and Rose Liberatore of Niles; a granddaughter and 
     caregiver with whom she resided, Mary Ann Nicholas of Niles; 
     eight grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and a great-
     great-grandchild.
       Two daughters, Sadie Nicholas and Isabelle Iezzi; two 
     brothers, August and Joseph Corso, and two sisters, Margaret 
     Soriano and Ann Corso, are deceased.
       The funeral service is 11 a.m. Friday at Joseph Rossi 
     Funeral Home in Niles, where friends may call 5 to 8 p.m. 
     Thursday. Burial will be in Niles City Cemetary.

     

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