Mary Frances Bianca

Mary Frances Bianca, age 87 of Chester passed away on Thursday, November 21, 2013 at Hartford Hospital in Hartford. Mary was the beloved wife of the late Francis P. Bianca. Mary was born in Bronx, New York on December 7, 1925 the daughter of the late Anthony Giordano, MD and Frances (Larke) Giordano. Mary graduated from Yonkers High School and attended the Drake Business School. She married the love of her life Francis P. Bianca on June 12, 1948 at Saint Peter Church in Yonkers; he predeceased her on July 3, 1974. Mary had been a resident of Chester for the past forty years and enjoyed her career as a home health care aid with the Visiting Nurses of the Lower Valley and Companion and Homemakers. She enjoyed many hobbies which included swimming, reading, cooking and sewing. Mary was a fabulous seamstress and her sauce was unforgettable. Mary was a communicant of Saint Joseph Church in Chester. She had a great love of children and was a loving wife, mother and grandmother. Mary will be greatly missed. She is survived by her children, Frank Bianca and his wife Susan, of Shrub Oak, New York, Carol Vetrano and her husband Dennis, of Lagrangeville, New York, Robert Bianca, of Deep River, and Michael Bianca, of East Haddam. She also leaves her five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Mary was predeceased by her two sisters and two brothers. Visitation will be held at the Robinson, Wright & Weymer Funeral Home, 34 Main Street in Centerbrook on Monday, November 25th from 2:00-8:00PM. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Tuesday, November 26th at 10:30AM at Saint Joseph Church, 48 Middlesex Ave. in Chester. Private interment services will be held in the Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Hawthorne, New York.