Evelyn J. Meneguzzo, 92, formerly of Browncrest Drive, West Wyoming, and a resident of Southwick, Massachusetts since 2006, passed into eternal life early Tuesday morning, June 18, 2019, at Baystate Noble Hospital, Westfield, Massachusetts.
Her beloved husband was the late Frank J. Meneguzzo, who passed away on June 04, 2006. Together, Frank and Evelyn shared nearly 58 beautiful years of marriage.
Born on April 25, 1927, in Swoyersville, Evelyn was the daughter of the late Ferdinando and Margaret (Manelli) Berrettini.
Raised in Swoyersville, Evelyn was a graduate of the former Swoyersville High School. Following high school, she went on to attend Empire Beauty School, Wilkes-Barre, where she received her cosmetology license.
Evelyn was a hairdresser for many years, and, in 1958, she and her husband, Frank, established Meneguzzo’s Restaurant and Catering Service, working side-by-side until their retirement in 1974.
A faithful Catholic, Evelyn was a longtime member of Saint Monica’s Parish, Our Lady of Sorrows Church, West Wyoming. While residing in Massachusetts, she was a member of Our Lady of the Lake Parish, Southwick, Massachusetts.
In addition to her parents, Ferdinando and Margaret Berrettini, and her husband, Frank, Evelyn was preceded in death by her only brother, Golfred Berrettini.
Evelyn is survived by her loving son and daughter-in-law, Robert and Marianne Meneguzzo, Southwick, Massachusetts; her cherished grandchildren, Michael Meneguzzo and his wife, Julie; and Amy Domingos and her husband, Ross; her adoring great-grandchildren, Nicholas, Sophia, and Gregory Meneguzzo; as well as generations of nieces and nephews.
Relatives and Friends are respectfully invited to attend Evelyn’s Mass of Christian Burial which will be celebrated on Friday, June 21, 2019, at 10:00 AM, in Saint Monica’s Parish, Our Lady of Sorrows Church, 363 West 8th Street, West Wyoming, with the Reverend Peter A. Tomczak, Pastor, officiating.
Interment with the Rite of Committal will follow in Saint Mary’s Roman Catholic Cemetery, Hanover Township.
Family and Friends are invited to call on Friday morning, from 9:15 to 10:00 AM directly at Saint Monica’s Parish, 363 West 8th Street, West Wyoming.
Funeral Arrangements have been entrusted to the care of the Wroblewski Funeral Home, Inc., 1442 Wyoming Avenue, Forty Fort.
For additional information or to send the Meneguzzo Family an online message of condolence, you may visit the funeral home’s website, www.wroblewskifuneralhome.com, or Facebook page.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in Evelyn’s memory to the SPCA of Luzerne County, 524 East Main Street, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania 18702, or Saint Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, 501 Saint Jude Place, Memphis, Tennessee 38105.