Pasqualina Peluso

Pasqualina Peluso, 86, longtime resident of West Hartford, and loving wife to the late Antonio Peluso, peacefully passed away Saturday, July 23, 2022 at her home. She was born in Sepino, Italy, Province of Campobasso, one of five children to the late Giuseppe and Domenica Piacente Sanzo. She and Antonio were married in October of 1955. The family immigrated to the United States April 6, 1966, settling in West Hartford.

Pasqualina was a hard worker, starting her career at Royal Typewriter, then Wiremold, ultimately becoming employed by the Town of West Hartford where she was a cook for many years at Conard High School, retiring in September 2007 to remain at home and care for her loving husband Antonio. She loved to knit, crochet, and tend to her garden, most especially caring for all her grandchildren. She was also well known for her wonderful homemade pasta sauce and cavatelli.

Pasqualina will be dearly missed and forever remembered by her loving family; two sons with their wives, Carmine & Janice Peluso, of Higganum, and Mario & Kim Peluso of McCormick, SC; two daughters, Christine Page of East Hartford and Santina & Ryan Longo of Hebron; a sister, Giovanna Iamartino, and brother Vito Antonio Sanzo and their spouses in Italy. In addition, she leaves twelve adored grandchildren with their spouses, Lindsay & Gary, Michael & Kara, Carleigh & Rob, Ashley & Daniel, Sarah & Nathan, Ryan, Laurie, Stephanie, Taylor, Jordin, and Michaela; seven cherished great-grandchildren, Jake, Colin, Ryen, Leo, Audrey, Blake, and Sophia; many sisters-in-law, brothers-in-law, nieces and nephews, in the US, Italy, and Canada. Along with her husband Antonio, Pasqualina was pre-deceased by her siblings, Luigi Sanzo and Antoniella D’Anello; a son- in-law, Roger Page, and a granddaughter Jennifer Page.

Friends and relatives may pay their respects to the Peluso family, Wednesday, July 27, from 8:45 – 10:15 a.m. at the D’Esopo Funeral Chapel, 277 Folly Brook Blvd, Wethersfield. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11:00 a.m. in St. Brigid Church of St. Gianna Parish, 1088 New Britain Ave., West Hartford. Interment next to Antonio will follow the Mass in Rose Hill Memorial Park (Section 25) 580 Elm St., Rocky Hill. To extend online expressions of sympathy, please visit desopofuneralchapel.com.