Apr 7, 2003 3 min read

Anna Marie (Yablunosky) Pileggi, 82, of New Port Richey, Florida, known by most people as “Amy”, sadly passed away in the Intensive Care Unit of Uniontown Hospital at 6:50 a.m. on Tuesday, March 18, 2003. Born on July 11, 1920 Amy was the first child of Anna (Bodnar) Yablunosky and Steve Yablunosky from Youngstown, Pa., who briefly lived in Struthers, Ohio, at that time.

Amy was a very sweet, warm, kindhearted person who always found the good in everyone. She thought the most important quality one could possess was being kind to everyone, and she lived that way.

She enjoyed family, friends, children, good food, reading newspapers and magazine, playing cards, and reminiscing and talking about her late husband John. Their greatest desire in life was to have children but they were not able to. Because of this they were always known by family and friends alike as “Aunt Amy and Uncle Johnny”.

Amy was President of the Ladies Auxiliary in Hubbard, Ohio, and member of St. Vincent De Paul Roman Catholic Church in New Port Richey, Florida.

She worked as a B52 Bomber Rivet Inspector during World War II at General Fireproof in Ohio, the Meat Department of Kroger’s in Ohio, and a housewife.

Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her devoted husband, John Carl Pileggi, who passed away April 15, 2000. His Memorial Mass was said Easter Monday, April 24th, 2000 at St. Vincent De Paul Church in New Port Richey, Florida.

John worked as a Railroad Engineer for New York Central, New York. He was a ugh presence, not just in stature, but through his very entertaining, loud, opinionated, personality balanced with compassion and sensitivity. He adored Amy and they truly enjoyed their lives in Pennsylvania, Hubbard, Ohio, and New Port Richey with family and a collection of wonderful lifelong friends and neighbors who became extended families with their own, and some even moved states with each other.

Amy and John both had very fulfilling, happy lives and no two people deserved it more.

Amy was also preceded in death by her youngest sister, Frances (Yablunosky) Carolla, Pennsylvania, brothers-in-law, Louis Carolla, Pennsylvania, George Kotun, Ohio, Anthony Kula, Pennsylvania, Jay Pileggi, sister-in-law, Caroline Pileggi, and grandniece, Cassandra Carolla, Ohio.

She is survived by sisters: Margaret Kotun, Ohio, and Dorothy Kula, Pennsylvania; and brother, Steve Yablunosky and his wife, Doris (Petko), Maryland; brother-in-law, Albert Pileggi, New Jersey; Nieces: Elizabeth (Pileggi) Herring and husband John, Connie LaMonica, Carol Kotun and fiance Joe Marino, Cathy Simon, Linda (Kula) Noel and husband Leon, Judith Kula, Toni Kula, Andrea Yablunosky, and Rebecca Carolla (caregiver); Nephews: Anthony Pileggi and wife Suzanne, Louis Carolla, Nicholas Carolla, David Yablunosky, and Matthew Yablunosky and wife Lori; Grand Nephews and Grand Nieces: Christopher Simon, Amanda Carolla, Marina Mion, Brian and Eric Yablunosky, and Nicholas Yablunosky.

A Memorial Mass will be held in St. Therese de Lisieux Roman Catholic Church, Mill Street, Uniontown, Pa., on April 21st 2003, Easter Monday, at 1 p.m. with Rev. Father Kenneth Zaccagnini, V.F., as Celebrant.

Interment will follow in Sylvan Heights Cemetery, Uniontown, Pa.