Florence A. (Papallo) Sestito, 89, a longtime resident of Darien, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, Feb. 7.
She was born in Meriden on Oct. 10, 1927 to the late Joseph and Rose Saverine Papallo. Florence was a graduate of Darien High School, Class of 1945, and was employed at the Shepard Insurance Agency in Stamford until raising her family.
Florence will be remembered as a very caring and loving wife, mother and grandmother.
Besides her parents, Florence was predeceased by her husband Dominick V. Sestito and her sisters Evelyn Vitti and Louise Rondano.
She is survived by her loving children, Joseph L. Sestito of Darien, Lawrence R. Sestito and his wife Susan of Darien and Catherine Lombardo and her husband Michael of Trumbull, as well as her grandchildren Dana and Michael Lombardo, Lindsay Miller and her husband Elliot and Lauren Sestito. Also surviving is her sister Jean Cosway of Missouri and several nieces and nephews.
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— an obituary from the Nicholas F. Cognetta Funeral Home & Crematory
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A funeral procession will leave the Nicholas F. Cognetta Funeral Home & Crematory, 104 Myrtle Ave., Stamford at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, Feb. 11, 2017 for an 11 a.m. Mass of Christian Burial at St. Thomas More Church, 374 Middlesex Road, Darien. Interment will follow at Spring Grove Cemetery in Darien.
Family and friends may call at the funeral home from 9 to 10:15 a.m., Saturday, Feb. 11.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made in Florences’ memory to the Darien Emergency Medical Services, Post 53, P.O Box 2066, Darien, CT 06820
To leave online condolences, please visit the funeral home website.