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Eugene Lissandrello

Birth	:	22 Feb 1924 Brooklyn, Kings County (Brooklyn), New York, USA
Death	:	30 Sep 2019 Oneonta, Otsego County, New York, USA
Burial	:	Villisca Cemetery, Villisca, Montgomery County, USA
Coordinate	:	40.9389000, -94.9747009
Description	:	Eugene Lissandrello peacefully died of old age, at Fox Nursing Home in Oneonta, NY, September 30, 2019, at 12:07 pm. He was 95. He is survived by his wife of 68 years, Mary C. Moore Lissandrello, also at Fox. Eugene was born to Italian immigrant parents, Giorgio and Marietta Lissandrello, of Ragusa, Sicily, in Brooklyn, NY, in 1924. He is preceded in death by his brothers and sister, Fred, Paul, Rosalie, and John. Artist, teacher, and World War II veteran, Gene’s first opportunity to discover his love for art was through free classes offered... Read More	Eugene Lissandrello peacefully died of old age, at Fox Nursing Home in Oneonta, NY, September 30, 2019, at 12:07 pm. He was 95. He is survived by his wife of 68 years, Mary C. Moore Lissandrello, also at Fox. Eugene was born to Italian immigrant parents, Giorgio and Marietta Lissandrello, of Ragusa, Sicily, in Brooklyn, NY, in 1924. He is preceded in death by his brothers and sister, Fred, Paul, Rosalie, and John. Artist, teacher, and World War II veteran, Gene’s first opportunity to discover his love for art was through free classes offered by the WPA near his home in Bensonhurst. Though accepted at the Cooper Union School of Art, with free admission, he was drafted into the US Army at 19 years of age. His ordnance unit supported the Normandy invasion in 1944. Following the war, he graduated from the Pratt Institute of Art on the G.I. Bill in ’49. He met his true love, Mary Colleen Moore, of Villisca, Iowa, in their painting class while pursuing his MFA at Columbia University, in 1951. Their love would abide for 69 years to this day. They lived their most fruitful years in Sayville, Long Island, with children Stephen, Emily, Christopher, and Alyssa. While teaching art, he received a Fulbright Scholarship to Italy in 1970. Gene became the Director of Art for the Connetquot School District until his retirement in 1983. Eugene and Mary have eleven grandchildren; Helen, Hannah, Vera, Rachel, Colin, Peter, Daniel, Dylan, Taylor, Nora, and Samuel. They have four great grandchildren; Alex, Gabriel, Clara, and Joshua, with one on the way. Eugene and Mary spent the past 25 years upstate in Oneonta to be closer to Emily, Chris, and the grandkids. A retrospective of Eugene’s paintings, assemblages, and relief sculptures was exhibited at the UCCA gallery, now CANO, in Oneonta in 2009. His twilight years were spent near his wife, under the affectionate care of Fox Nursing Home, where he seemed to be loved and appreciated by all who entered his eclectic room, with salon like walls, covered with original art and hand-crafted puns. He enjoyed literature, jazz, crossword puzzles, Scrabble with Mary, Dewar’s Scotch, and poker until his last week. His bed stand was collaged with the captions, “TIME, TIME, TIME, TIME”, until his last installment, “ENOUGH”. Eugene’s oft spoken motto was “La famiglia e tutto”. The family is everything. His legacy and imprint will not fade. A private bedside service and family dinner will follow.

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Eugene Lissandrello's memorial is located at: Villisca Cemetery, Villisca, Montgomery County, USA.
When did Eugene Lissandrello death?
Eugene Lissandrello death on 30 Sep 2019 in Oneonta, Otsego County, New York, USA
Where are the coordinates of the Eugene Lissandrello's memorial?
Latitude: 40.9389000
Longitude: -94.9747009

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Mary Colleen Moore Lissandrello

(1924 - 2021)

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