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Antonietta Vittoria Villano Mazzarella, 88, of Wyoming, died October 29, 2009 at the Christiana Care Hospital in Newark, DE surrounded by her family.

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Born Feb. 3, 1921 in Pietradefusi, Italy, province of Avellino, she was the daughter of the late Raefaelle and Giuseppina Ciarcia Villano. She came to America in 1940 and became a U.S. Citizen in 1946. She formerly worked at the EM Kay Mfg. Co. After her husband became ill with black lung, she purchased a grocery store which she operated and then converted it to her home-made pasta specialties. Retiring at the age of 80, she continued to work in the store helping her grandson until the time of her death. She was a member of St. Anthony of Padua Church, Exeter.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles on Dec. 22, 1962, brothers, Leonardo, Antonio, and Vittorio and a sister Carmelina.

Surviving are her daughters, Carmelina Frankosky, Wilmington, DE; Tina Sabatini and her husband Raymond, Wyoming; grandsons John Charles Frankosky and his wife Renee, Landenberg; Kevin Frankosky, Wilmington, DE; Raymond Joseph Sabatini, Drums; and Ronald Sabatini, Wyoming; great-grandchildren: Zachary, Samantha, and Michael Frankosky, Landenberg; Raymond and Georgie Sabatini, Drums; sisters Maria Barletta and Elvira Russo, Italy. .

Funeral will be held Monday at 9 a.m. from the Gubbiotti Funeral Home, 1030 Wyoming Ave., Exeter, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 9:30 a.m. at St.. Anthony of Padua Church, Exeter. Interment Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Carverton. Relatives and friends may call Sunday 4-8 p.m. at the funeral home.