Birth date: Feb 20, 1922 Death date: Sep 9, 2020
Gilda Rizzi was born in Italy on February 20, 1922. She was predeceased in death by her son, Patrick V. Rizzi on June 14, 2004, and is survived by her three daughters, Anna Rizzi Hartman (Frank, Deceased), Joann Johnson (Gene) and Read Obituary
I have not thought about neighbors in years. For some reason Anna Rizzi popped up in my brain, and found this obituary. Mama Gilda would come over to Anna's and cook on occasion. She was such a lovely person, and boy was she an excellent cook! Sincere condolences to the family and friends of Mama Gilda. If Anna or Gilda read this, I hope all is well in your world.
Peace, Bobby Stuke
Happy 100th Birthday!
Love and miss you
Joann
Today is the One year anniversary of you leaving us.
Thinking of you and your beautiful smile.
Miss you Mom!
Joann
Today is the one year anniversary of our mom’s death. Thinking of her and the beautiful expressions everyone shared. Hard to believe it has been one year already.
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I first met Gilda when I was working on the Zolo family farm, in Brooklyn, New York. I was around 10 years old, or so, helping with the broccoli harvest. The Zolo's were our good friends and neighbors. One of Gilda's older sisters, Louise, married Victor Zolo, and that's how Gilda and I became good friends. Even after my family and I moved to California, Gilda and I remained in contact. Gilda became a renowned chef and formulated several different wonderful pizza recipes. She also wrote restaurant reviews and often sent me the articles that she had written, along with reviews written about her restaurants. We had a lot in common, as we both invested in real estate and we both had several successful restaurants throughout the years. Out of all the delicious family recipes that she had, my favorite was their onion, broccoli, carrot and spare rib soup, simmered slowly to perfection!
My prayers and sympathy go out to the family for their loss. Forever will my beautiful friend Gilda remain with affection, close to my heart. I truly feel blessed to have known her.
Rest in peace dear friend,
Rudolph Alfinito
Dear Gilda and family
Thank you for posting all the beautiful photos of your Mother,sisters and family members. I truly enjoyed learning more about your Mother's life. I wish I had met her. I am thinking of all of you with sympathy
I am sending my Love Judy Cunningham
