Tina D. LiVecchi Lorenzo

LORENZO, Tina LiVecchi Tina LiVecchi Lorenzo, 89, died Saturday July 30th 2011 at Saint Mary's Home in West Hartford where she had resided for the past two years. She was a life long resident of Hartford and West Hartford, and lived a long, blessed and accomplished life. Tina was born in Hartford on January 1, 1922 to the late Lorenzo LiVecchi and Angelina Catania LiVecchi. She had one sister, the late Mary LiVecchi Conell of Alexandria, Virginia. Tina was educated in the Hartford public school system, and attended Saint Joseph's College for two years before leaving to run the family business. Her parents emigrated from Sicily to Connecticut in the early 1900's and started LiVecchi's Pastry Shop, which was family run until1984. Tina and her husband, Dominick J. Lorenzo, co-owned and operated this successful business for 25 years on Franklin Avenue in Hartford. In addition to being a business woman, Tina was also actively involved in her community. As a young woman Tina founded the Bel Canto Choir of Hartford, which was then affiliated with the Italian American Home. The choir would hold concerts and performances on a regular basis, and Tina would speak fondly of her days' performing with it and the joy of sharing beautiful music with others. Tina was also an avid lover of opera and was instrumental in bringing opera to Hartford with the creation of the Connecticut Opera Association. She was one of its founding members and served as its President for several years. Tina was also a founding member of the first Boys Towns of Italy chapters in Connecticut; an organization whose mission was to raise funds and awareness of the plight of orphaned children in Italy. Prior to her death in 1981, Governor Ella T. Grasso, Tina's good friend, appointed her to Connecticut's first standing Commission on the Arts which she faithfully served for many years. And finally, Tina was an avid and knowledgeable investor in the stock market and this avocation helped create, with many of her dearest friends, The Midas Touch Investment Club. Tina was predeceased by her husband of 35 years, Dominick J. Lorenzo, in 1982, and her eldest son, Lawrence D. Lorenzo, in 2005. Tina is survived by two children who will remember her with love; her daughter Leonora Lorenzo of Santa Fe, NM, and her son Robert Lorenzo of West Hartford, as well as four grandchildren Gioia Berlin of Santa Fe, NM, and Alec, Sam and Natalie Lorenzo of West Hartford, and her loving sister-in law Marianne Lorenzo of Hartford. Leonora and Bob would also like to recognize and praise the exceptional level of professionalism and care that their mother received throughout this process by the staffs of 2 East at Saint Mary's and Masonicare Partners of East Hartford. You are all truly remarkable gifts, thanks again! Calling hours will be Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011 from 4-7 pm at the Molloy Funeral Home 906 Farmington Ave. West Hartford. Friends are invited to join Tina's family at the celebration of her Mass of Christian Burial on Wednesday August 3rd, at 10:30 am in Saint Thomas the Apostle Church 872 Farmington Avenue in West Hartford. Burial will be in Mt. St. Benedict Cemetery, Bloomfield following a reception. Tina was a generous person who always believed in helping people in need. In keeping with her generous spirit, the Lorenzo family request that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the Rivera Family Fund to help them at their difficult time. Please send all donations made payable to Robert Lorenzo, 16 Glenwood Rd., West Hartford, CT 06107. Please note the Rivera family in the memo. Online remembrances may be made at www.molloyfuneralhome.com

Tina D. LiVecchi Lorenzo

January 1, 1922 - July 30, 2011