Geraldine Cozza

          Geraldine Cozza passed away peacefully on July 4, 2008 at Lifecare at Lofland Park in Seaford, Delaware of natural cause.

           Geraldine Cozza was born on August 23, 1910 in Sicily, Italy.  She came to the U.S. at age 10 on a boat and landed in Ellis Island in New York.  She lived in Brooklyn N.Y. with her husband Frank Cozza and children.  She moved to Sebring, Florida due to a health condition of her son, Mario Cozza who later passed away in Fla.  She and her husband left Sebring and moved to St. Petersburg, Florida.  After her husband’s death, she left Florida and moved to Bridgeville, Delaware in 2002 with her daughter, Mary Ann O’Marrow and son-in-law Garnet O’Marrow .

            Geraldine only had 3 years of formal schooling and at the age of 14 was forced to quit school and work in the sweat factories in New York to support her mother and 2 sisters due to her father’s untimely death, she later became a wonderful seamstress and worked out of her home in Florida.

           Geraldine was preceded in death by her husband, Frank Cozza, son, Mario Cozza and daughter Judy Cozza Nocella of Queens, New York.

           Geraldine leaves behind her daughter, Mary Ann O’Marrow, Grandaughters, Cathy Wolf, wife of Jeff Wolf of Lancaster, PA., April Norman , wife of Stephen Norman of Lititz, PA., Christina Nocella Sanders of Palmaya, N.J. and Gregory Nocella of Brooklyn, N.Y.  Greatgrandchildren, Brett Wolf, Angela Wolf, Bailey Norman, Ethan Norman, Riley Norman and Kayla Sanders.

           Donations can be made to Delaware Hospice at 100 Patriots Way, Milford, Delaware 19963 in memory of Geraldine Cozza.

Mass of Christian Burial will be held at St Leo the Great Catholic Church Chapel, 2427 Marietta Ave, Lancaster, PA on Wednesday, July 9, 2008 at 11:00AM. Interment will follow in St Joseph Catholic Cemetery, Bausman, PA. There will be a viewing at the church from 10-11:00AM. Arrangements made by the Charles F. Snyder Funeral Home of Millersville. To send online condolences, please visit www.snyderfuneralhome.com