Christina P. Caragiulo

Christina Caragiulo was born in Mola di Bari, Italy, to Giuseppe and Giovanna Perrone on December 26, 1929.  As a baby, onlookers would say, “what a beautiful little doll”.  From that time forward, she gained the nickname “Pupetta” or “Little Doll”.  As a child, she went to school in Mola.  Her father was a farmer, known in Mola as “Peppino di Coratotino,” and he grew many varieties of produce and poultry, and her mother raised eight children cooking and baking daily.  As a young adult, she was formally educated as a dress maker in Mola.  She married her one and only true love, Marino Caragiulo on June 5, 1954 in her hometown at the church she attended regularly, Chiesa di Santa Maria Maddalena.  In 1955, she moved to the United States of America, specifically, Brooklyn, New York.  There, she worked for many years as a dressmaker of high-end evening gowns sold in upscale Manhattan stores.  She was a devout Roman Catholic and a sister of her patron saint, Madonna de Loreto.  She prayed the rosary often, was a skilled chef, baker, painter and gardener.

Christina Caragiulo is preceded in death by her husband, Marino Caragiulo; her mother and father, Giuseppe and Giovanna Perrone; and her three brothers, Nino Perrone, Aldo Perrone and Giuseppe Perrone (“Giupinno”).

Christina Caragiulo is survived by her eldest son and his wife, Vito and Toni Caragiulo; her youngest son and his wife, Giuseppe (“Joseph”) and Leslie Caragiulo; her brothers and their wives, Vito and Linda Perrone, and Gino and Lucrezia Perrone; her sisters and their husbands, Emilia and Charlie Petrone, Maria and Benito Maggio; and her sister-in-law, Nina Perrone; her grandchildren, Christina (“Tina”), Gina, Lisa, Laurie, Tiffany, Tiara, Rachael and Monica; and her great grandchildren, Joseph (“Joey”), Jovani, Lily, Beau, Sophia, Leila, Gracelyn, Leslie, James Hamilton, Parker, Riley, Marcella, Vinny, Samantha, Seamus, Ethan, Ryan and Morgan.   

Visitation will be held Saturday, April 10, 2021 from 10:00 am-11:00am with a funeral service to follow at 11:00 a.m. at Fred Hunter’s Funeral Home, 6310 Taft Street, Hollywood, FL, 33024, with Saint Bonaventure Catholic Church officiating.   Entombment will follow at Hollywood Memorial Gardens East Cemetery.

A small gathering will be held immediately following the entombment, Saturday, April 10, 2021, at the home of Joe and Leslie Caragiulo at 803 Heron Road, Weston, Florida.

Masks and hand sanitizer will be provided at both the funeral home and small gathering for everyone’s health and safety. 

The Caragiulo family wishes to extend our sincere thanks to Kenneth Nelson, Father Edmond Prendergast of St. Bonaventure Catholic Church, and the entire staff at Lifecare Center at Inverrary.

In lieu of flowers, the family ask that you make a donation in Christina's honor to The Schizophrenia and Related Disorders Alliance of America