Lucy Iasevoli

Lucy (Lucia) Iasevoli 10/11/1921–03/28/2023

Lucy Iasevoli (neé, Lucia Piazzolla) passed away peacefully March 28th. Born in Long Island City, New York; she grew up in Queens.

At the age of 19 she felt the “call” to become a Catholic nun, after which she studied at various convents along the East Coast from New York to Maryland.

When 2 of her 4 brothers were called into service in WWII, she left the religious life and returned to her family in New York City. During the war, she lived in East Harlem and commuted to work in Astoria at a division of Westinghouse installing filaments into light bulbs and electric cigarette lighters. After WWII, she moved with her parents to rural Manorville, Long Island and found work in a dress factory in the town of Patchogue to which she commuted daily by train 20 miles.

At the dress factory Lucy became acquainted with a woman who showed her aphotograph of her brother-in-law—a dashing young man living in postwar Italy. Acting as matchmaker, the woman suggested that Lucy might be interested in beginning “friendly” correspondences with the man. After several months of correspondences, which became more and more amorous, and an exchange of photographs; Lucy decided to hop a steamer for the Port of Naples to meet the man who had proposed the prospect of marriage to her. With the blessing of Lucy’s aunts from Bari on the East Coast of Italy, Lucy married Felice Iasevoli on September 12, 1948. She lived with her husband and his family in Pomigliano d’Arco, Italy until October 1949 when her visa expired. On her return to the United States, she lived in Patchogue with her brother-in-law and his wife (the matchmaker) while she waited for her husband to be granted permission to come to the United States in August of 1950.

Widowed in 1997, Lucy lived and worked in Patchogue, New York for over 50 years. In 2002 she moved to Bradenton to spend her golden years nearer her sisters Lillian and Rose. In her late 90s, Lucy moved to the Windsor ALF of Bradenton where she remained active through her second century of life. She is survived by her sons Phil (Felice) Iasevoli of Ames, Iowa, and Paul Iasevoli of Bradenton, and many nieces and nephews. In lieu of flowers or cards, the family requests that donations be sent to St. Joseph CC, Roof Campaign, 2704 33rd Ave W., Bradenton, FL 34205.