BORN

1930

DIED

2014

FUNERAL HOME

Leo P. Gallagher & Son Funeral Home - Greenwich

31 Arch Street

Greenwich, Connecticut

Anita Egenberger Obituary

Published by Legacy Remembers on Mar. 13, 2014.

Anita Egenberger aged 83, of Greenwich, CT passed away peacefully on March 12, 2014 at Calvary Hospital, Bronx NY after having spent the day surrounded by her loving family. She was born on August 16, 1930 in Bronx, NY and devoted her life to being a loving wife, mother and homemaker.

She is predeceased by her father Jack Aloise, her beloved mother Anna Fusillo Aloise and her two brothers, Frank Aloise and his wife Eileen and Rudy Aloise. She is survived by her sister-in-law Peggy Aloise.

She is survived by her loving husband and constant companion of 63 years, Charles Egenberger of Greenwich, CT; her daughter Yvonne Yax and her husband Vinny of Greenwich, CT; her son Rudy Egenberger and his wife Kathryn of Danbury, CT; and her daughter Denise LeBlanc and her husband Jim, of Naugatuck, CT. She leaves behind her grandchildren Joan Lyman and her wife Heather of South Carolina, Joseph Vippolis of Connecticut, Jennifer Bennett and her husband Nate of California and Louis and Alan LeBlanc of Connecticut. She had four great-grandchildren, Hutchinson and Hayes Lyman of South Carolina and Isabelle and Gabriella Bennett of California.

Anita is also survived by her Uncle Joe Guerin and her loving cousins Ralph DeSantis, Phyllis and Michael Dorkin, Emil and Eleanor Milano and Patrick and Julie Guerin, as well as several generations of loving nieces and nephews and her Godchildren.

Anita touched so many lives with her loving compassion and through those lives she will live on.

Visitation will be at Leo P. Gallagher & Son Funeral Home, 31 Arch Street, Greenwich, CT on Sunday March 16 between 2:00 and 4:00PM and 6:00 and 8:00PM. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at Saint Catherine of Siena Church in 4 Riverside Ave, Riverside, CT at 11:00AM on March 17. To leave an online condolence, please visit www.leogallaghergreenwich.com.

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August 15, 2014

Mary Aloise

I havent seen my beautiful Aunt Anita since I was a little girl. I wish I could have got the chance to speak to her as an adult and ask questions about my grandfather...but I am so glad that she gets to join my grandpa. grandma, and uncle rudy in heaven. May you rest in peace and fly high in the sky. Love, Little Mary

March 16, 2014

Barbara and Dr.Miles Weltz and Bonom

So sorry to hear of Anita's passing. Heartfelt sympathy to her friends and family. God Bless you

March 16, 2014

Sally Coviello

Sincerest condolences. Heaven has another angel!

March 15, 2014

Charlie Dittrich

May God bless you and your family in this time of sorrow.

March 14, 2014

EMIL MILANO

GOD HAS RECEIVED ANOTHER ANGEL IN HEAVEN. ANITA AND I GREW UP AS LOVING COUSINS, AND THOSE YEARS WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED. LOVE, EMIL

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