With her husband sitting at the head of the table, they made many happy memories. Tina often hosted huge family dinners using a wide variety of fancy China and multiple courses. She exemplified the rich Italian cooking the New York area for which she is now well known. But maybe more notable than her dress making skills was her cooking skills. Well known for her ability as a seamstress, Tina worked as a dressmaker in Lou’s shop in Brooklyn, making wedding gowns as well as long-time friends. They lived the American dream, working hard, and eventually purchasing a house in Brooklyn on Ocean Parkway. Their dreams continued to come true as they were blessed with the birth of their daughter, Anna Pellone (later to become Anna Garguilo). Like a Hollywood movie, they married in Naples and moved to the United States where they lived in the Little Italy neighborhood of New York City. Shortly after she met the man of her dreams, Vincent Pellone, while he was serving for the US army as a soldier in the Korean War and visiting his family in Naples. ![]() At a young age she lost her younger brother and sister during World War II. She was born in Naples Italy in 1930 as one of four children. ![]() Concetta “Tina” Pellone is blessed to be reunited with her husband, Vinny, and friends as she recently entered Heaven on November 4, 2023.
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