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Tuesday, September 07th, 2010 Offering our deepest condolences during this difficult time. Sunday, February 21st, 2010 We are sorry Mom and I couldn't attend Anna Mae's funeral due to health issues. She was a lovely lady who was in Mom's life from working together at Ward Products in the War Era Days, plus all of us as parishioners of St Joseph's, and mom & Anna Mae lived at Gran Signora on the same floor. She was a lovely lady that we enjoyed being around. She would love to talk about how special her nephews/family were. I also was her brother's Hospice Volunteer before he passed on.....God bless all her family who was always so good to her. She loved you all with all her heart and also loved all her friends....She has always been special to us. We will miss her but we thank God for her friendship through the years....Lottie (91) & Joyce, dgtr. Wednesday, February 17th, 2010 When you were with Anna Mae Melina she always made you feel as if you were the most important person in the world. Her nephews, great nieces and great nephews each felt as if they were very special to her, and, wonderfully enough, each one was. I married her nephew David Melina nine years ago, and I only knew her to be kind and gentle with other people. She would never build herself up at anyone else’s expense; she was always careful with people’s feelings. If anyone was less than careful with hers, she instantly forgave as she always tried to see the very best part of an individual. About thirty years ago I read Ann Lander’s definition of class as, “the ability to make everyone around you feel comfortable, no matter who they are.” Anna Mae may never have worn Prada designs or Tiffany jewels, but she was one of the classiest ladies ever to walk down any avenue. Tuesday, February 16th, 2010 My Aunt was the kindest, gentlest person I ever knew. Tuesday, February 16th, 2010 With a smile, my memory is flooded with memories of Auntie. She was such a generous, kind woman who lived to please others. Auntie loved to be in her kitchen, stirring her homemade sauce, cranking out hand-made cavatelli and taste testing her famous salad, adding a dash more garlic salt and a splash more of Pompei olive oil. We would always leave with a Folger’s tin coffee can full of pitzels in hand. Growing up, Auntie made it her tradition to fully stock our backpacks with back-to-school supplies – even after we outgrew making the trip to Hills for the customary Trapper Keepers and Mead notebooks, Auntie made sure that we were well prepared for the start of the new school year. She loved to love on us kids and to see us smile – yearly trips to Geneva on the Lake and dinners at Eddie’s Grill were such engraved tradition that we cherished. Each armed with a roll of quarters, Zach, Kate and I would hit the Ski-Ball machines as Auntie sat on the bench and watched, so proud to be our Great Aunt. The night would always end with a sleepover, complete with the stories that we had heard hundreds of times, yet hung on to every word of. She would sing us to sleep, a song that is so vivid and so fresh in my heart: “Oh, the Merry-Go-Round broke down, And we went round and round, Each time we’d miss, We'd steal a kiss, And the Merry-Go-Round went ‘Um-pah-pah, um-pah-pah Um-pah! Um-pah! Um-pah-pah-pah!', And the Merry-Go-Round broke down!” I am so grateful to have the memories of you and our time together. Auntie, I will miss your heart and the love that you lived to give. I love you! Tuesday, February 16th, 2010 With a smile, my memory is flooded with memories of Auntie. She was such a generous, kind woman who lived to please others. Auntie loved to be in her kitchen, stirring her homemade sauce, cranking out hand-made cavatelli and taste testing her famous salad, adding a dash more garlic salt and a splash more of Pompei olive oil. We would always leave with a Folger’s tin coffee can full of pitzels in hand. Growing up, Auntie made it her tradition to fully stock our backpacks with back-to-school supplies – even after we outgrew making the trip to Hills for the customary Trapper Keepers and Mead notebooks, Auntie made sure that we were well prepared for the start of the new school year. She loved to love on us kids and to see us smile – yearly trips to Geneva on the Lake and dinners at Eddie’s Grill were such engraved tradition that we cherished. Each armed with a roll of quarters, Zach, Kate and I would hit the Ski-Ball machines as Auntie sat on the bench and watched, so proud to be our Great Aunt. The night would always end with a sleepover, complete with the stories that we had heard hundreds of times, yet hung on to every word of. She would sing us to sleep, a song that is so vivid and so fresh in my heart: “Oh, the Merry-Go-Round broke down, And we went round and round, Each time we’d miss, We'd steal a kiss, And the Merry-Go-Round went ‘Um-pah-pah, um-pah-pah Um-pah! Um-pah! Um-pah-pah-pah!', And the Merry-Go-Round broke down!” I am so grateful to have the memories of you and our time together. Auntie, I will miss your heart and the love that you lived to give. I love you! Tuesday, February 16th, 2010 Auntie, I will miss her. She was kind, thoughtful, and sharp as a tack. Auntie and I had a special relationship. I am her oldest nephew, and loved to tease her. I would constantly pick on her, and she loved it. We would laugh, have fun, and then re-tell the same stories over and over again. Auntie and I trully loved each other. For the past 5 years, i would call auntie on the phone and we would talk about anything from "Dancing with the Stars" to Beth my wife, who she thought was the prettiest, smartest, best thing that ever happened to me. She loved to hear from me, and I would purposely not call the same time every week or ten days, just to keep her guessing. But the last time that I called Auntie was about a week before she died. I had called her to tell her that she was a Great Great Aunt. See my wife Beth is pregnant, and i wanted Auntie to know. She answered the phone, and understood that it was me, but did not talk a whole lot. I told her that we were pregnant, and then silence. I know that she is looking down right now and smiling from ear to ear. She was always so proud of her nieces and nephews. Love you Auntie, Zach Sunday, February 14th, 2010 My deepest sympathy to Anna Mae's family- Carl, Tommy & David. She will be remembered in my prayers. Love- Rosann Buccieri Friday, February 12th, 2010 My deepest sympathy to Anna Mae's family and friends. She was a very sweet lady. I had the pleasure of working with Anna Mae at Bank One. She was also a very dear and longtime friend of my late parents Ed and Rosalie Batanian. She will be truly missed. God Bless, Sue Friday, February 12th, 2010 Anna Mae was a patient and dear friend for many years. She touche me deeply with her compassion. She will be greatly missed. |
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