Agnese Piscitelli

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Agnese Piscitelli passed away at the age of 94 on Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016. She was a Saratoga Springs resident for fifty-four years. Agnese was born in Brooklyn on July 22, 1922. Her parents, Francesco Ambrosino and Maria Tramontana, immigrated to the United States from Procida, Italy in the late 1800’s. Agnese married the late Frank Piscitelli on June 16, 1946 and they made their home in Brooklyn. She was employed as a floral designer for the Decorator Plant Company, prior to leaving to raise her family.  A parishioner of St Clement’s Church, Agnese was a member of The Catholic Daughters of America. She also was a lifelong member of the Women’s Auxiliary of the Elks. Agnese loved to cook and take care of her family. She had a reputation for making the “World’s” best eggplant and chocolate cake.  Agnese was preceded in death by her husband Frank Piscitelli. She is survived by her sons Ralph Piscitelli of Norwich, CT and Robert (Bob) Piscitelli and his wife Joan of Westminster, CO. She was the proud Grammy of two granddaughters, Dr. Francesca Petrie and her husband Adam of Beaverton, OR and Maria Piscitelli of Saratoga Springs and was also survived by numerous nieces and nephews. Relatives and friends gathered to remember her on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2016 at St. Clement’s Church in Saratoga Springs where a Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated. Burial followed in the family plot at St. Peter’s Cemetery, also in Saratoga Springs. The family is requesting, in lieu of flowers, to make donations to Eddy Visiting Nurses Association in Agnese’s honor /www.givetonortheast.org/donate/. We will be forever grateful to Gina and the other nurses at Eddy’s for the outstanding care they provided Agnese. Arrangements are under the direction of the William J. Burke and Sons/Bussing and Cunniff Funeral Homes of Saratoga Springs. Online remembrances may be made at www.burkefuneralhome.com.