Concetta Casatelli, a longtime resident of the Bronx, died on December 5, 2024. She was 96.
Mrs. Casatelli was born on June 17, 1928 in Formia, Italy to the late Giuseppe and Rosa (Rossa) DiMaio. She worked for Nick’s Hero on Morris Park from 1969 to 2000.
She is survived by her children, Joseph Casatelli, Mario Casatelli, Ada and Louis Marini, Francesca and Andy Ventilato, and Connie Casatelli; her grandchildren, Gina and Thomas Giampa, Frank Casatelli, Anthony Priamo, Cristina and Amy Priamo. Mario Casatelli, Jr., Chazz Casatelli, and Gionna Casatelli; her great grandchildren, Nikki and Brett Nelson, Isabella Casatelli and Gino Argiro, Christopher Casatelli, Thomas Giampa, Joseph Giampa, and Luke Priamo; and her nephew Bruno and Linda Casatelli. She is pre-deceased by her husband Crescenzo Casatelli and her grandson, Christopher Casatelli.
Visiting will be Friday from 4-8pm at Joseph A. Lucchese Funeral Home, 726 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx. Mass of Christian Burial will be Saturday at 10am at St. Dominic’s Church, 1739 Unionport Road, Bronx. Interment will follow at St. Raymond’s Cemetery, 2600 Lafayette Avenue, Bronx. In lieu of flowers the family requests that donations in her memory be made to Operation Smile , St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital , or the Brielle Grace Breast Cancer Foundation
My wife Marie and I send our deepest condolences to the entire family. We will be making a donation to St Judes in her honor. May she rest in peace.
Our deepest sympathy and condolences to the entire family. She was such a wonderful woman , we are so lucky to have known her. We will hold her memory close in our hearts, may she rest in eternal peace with the Lord.
Sincerely Lenny & Jeanette DeRasmo
My deepest and most heartfelt condolences to the entire Casatelli family, and especially to Dr. Bruno Casatelli, Ada Casatelli, Joseph Casatelli, Mario Casatelli, and Luis Marini, on the passing of your beloved mother, Concetta Casatelli. May her soul rest in in eternal peace, embraced by the warmth and serenity of heaven. You are in my thoughts during this difficult time. With deepest sympathy, Jay Emmanuel Morales
My deepest condolences especially to Dr Bruno Casatelli my former father in law.
Ada I am so sorry to hear this very sad news. From your own words your mother was a wonderful highly valued Mother and friend to all who were connected to her. I know she will be missed but never forgotten. How wonderful to have lived 96 yrs.
Thinking of you at this difficult time. Sending love, mo
Ada, we are so sorry for your loss. Our heart goes out to you and family during this difficult time. Please know that we are here for you, whether you need someone to talk to, a shoulder to lean on, or anything else. Sending you and family love and strength. We have made a donation to St. Jude in her memory. With deepest sympathy, Nadine, Travis, Cydney and Maddison.
Matriarch. Independent. Stubborn. Strong. Fighter. Feeder. Unstoppable.
But most of all bad ass.
Those are the words I think of when I think of my grandmother, Concetta Casatelli.
Connie, concetta, ma, grandma macheta, grams – whatever you called her, she was a legend and a household name in not only this family, but her neighborhood, and beyond. She might not have known your name all the time, calling everyone sweet heart, but everyone knew hers.
She was born in Italy in 1928 and moved here for a better life. With 3 little ones and one on the way, she set out with her husband to this foreign world. Widowed too young, my grandmother slowly began building the world she envisioned: learning English, working 6 days a week at Nick’s Heros, saving everything (including cereal bags and pastry box string), and doing whatever she could to make life better for those around her.
And she succeeded.
She taught us to be independent (and also stubborn)- her first stroke didn’t slow her down, nor did her knee replacements- the amount of times I would hear my aunt yelling from the kitchen “ma, would you let me do it” and you’d peer into that tiny yellow kitchen, and see grams in her apron, smirking, and picking up the 10 pound pot of pasta by herself, and carrying it to the dining room table.
And through those pounds of pasta and endless cups of tea, she taught us how to love. My grandmother’s love language was obviously acts of service. She was never not feeding you, or sending you home with butter containers filled with eggplant or cashew jars filled with minestrone and telling you to bring them back so she can give you more next time.
It has been a true privilege having grams in our lives.
So if we learn nothing else from my grandmother’s life, let us remember this:
We can do hard things, we can be bad-ass people, and most of all, show love- in whatever way you can.
I love you and miss you already
Love you
Ada
I love you and miss you already
Love
Ada
Bella Mama, Mamasita, we love you so much. You will be in our hearts always!
You are In the hands of our Lord and Savior Jesus!
Love you Mom.. Francine and Andy
Ma,, ti voglio bene, ti amo molto
Francescella
Rest In Peace Conchitina I will miss you ❤️You have shown me much love through the years . Love Conchitona