Rizzo, Patsy Ruth on September 22, 2016 of Melville, NY, originally from Clinton, KY. Beloved wife of Frank R. Loving mother of Frank (Carol), Ronald (Karen), Cindy (Tom) Diognardi and Lori (Kitty). Cherished grandmother of Frankie, Ryan (Jenna), Lyndsey (Michael), Raymond, Rick, Anna, Jillian (Alain), Thomas and Jenna. Devoted Great Grandmother of Avery, Camilla, and Reese. Dear sister of Jerry Peery (Valerie) and Ann Sarten (Carl). Sister in Law of Raymond and Santa Rizzo and Joyce and Peter Parent. Family and friends may visit at the Claude R Boyd-Caratozzolo Funeral Home, 1785 Deer Park Avenue, Deer Park, NY on Saturday from 3:00-5:00 & 7:00-9:30 pm and Sunday from 2:00-4:30 & 7:00-9:30 pm. Mass of Christian Burial at St Elizabeth RC Church at 9:30 am. Interment to follow at St Charles Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, the family is requesting donations to the Commack Alumni Scholarship Foundation, in memory of Frank J. Rizzo IV, sent to 74 Wintercress Lane, East Northport 11731 or to the Lymphoma Research Foundation, in memory of Patsy Ruth Rizzo, sent to 115 Broadway, New York, NY 10006.