Angeline Tomasello Girolamo
Angeline “Angie” Tomasello Girolamo, age 92, passed away on November 4, 2004, leaving behind numerous friends and family members.
Angie was born in Abbeville, Louisiana on November 26, 1911 and lived in Beaumont since her marriage to Santo Girolamo in 1932. She assisted Santo in his partnership with cousin Batiste Girolamo in the Quality Café in downtown Beaumont. Following Santo’s death she periodically worked with Batiste at the café until her retirement in 1985.
She will be remembered as a talented seamstress; her family and friends benefited from her sewing skills and will continue to enjoy the many items she created over the years. Most of all, Angie enjoyed her relationships with family and friends, of which she had many due to her kindness and friendliness toward everyone.
Angie is preceded in death by her husband, Santo who died in 1963; siblings, Joseph Tomasello, Peter Tomasello, Rose Meaux and Michael Tomasello; parents, Francesco and Felicia Minneci Tomasello; grandson, Nader Bood, Jr.; and great granddaughters, Kelly and Lesli Lee.
Angie is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Margaret Anne and Nader Warren Bood of Beaumont; son and daughter-in-law, Frank Joseph and Elizabeth Fuller Girolamo of Houston; grandson, James Paul Bood of Kingwood; granddaughters, Mary Bood Lee and husband Mark of The Woodlands and Jennifer Girolamo Fernelius and husband Chris of Houston; seven great grandchildren, David Warren, Angelina “Gina” Marie, William Ernest Bood, Harrison Grant, Henry Franklin Fernelius, and Rebecca Ann and Meredith Grace Lee; sister-in-law, Josephine Cuchia Tomasello of Phoenix, Arizona; and nieces and nephews, Ann Tomasello Sepsick of Phoenix, Arizona.; MichelleTomasello Allen of Flagstaff, Arizona, Peter Tomasello, Jr. and Frank Tomasello both of Port Neches; Richard Meaux of Abbeville, Louisiana, Pat Meaux of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, James Meaux of Maurice, Louisiana, and Mary Felice Meaux Mayard of Abbeville, Louisiana.
The family would like to thank the staff and residents of Dowlen Oaks Retirement Community for their kindness and friendship over the past four years.
A Funeral Mass officiated by Monsignor Richard Destefano is planned for 11 a.m. on Saturday, November 6, 2004 St. Anne Catholic Church, 475 N. 11th Street, with burial to follow at Magnolia Cemetery in Beaumont under the direction of Broussard’s, 1605 North Major Dive.
Pallbearers will be James Bood, Bill Darling of Beaumont, Chris Fernelius, Frank J. Girolamo of Kingwood; Mark Lee, Joseph Mayard, James Meaux and Pat Meaux.
In lieu of flowers, the family request that donations may be made in Angie’s name to The American Cancer Society 755 South 11th Street Beaumont, Texas 77701 or St. Anne Catholic Church P.O. Box 3429 Beaumont, Texas 77704.
