DELRAY BEACH — Katherine Novello Capone, who lived to be more than 100 years old and was up and about until a month before her death, died Feb. 12 at her home. She would have turned 101 in September.
A family woman who had been widowed since 1982, Mrs. Capone loved her Florida life — and she loved being close to her son and grandchildren, said Susan Capone, Mrs. Capone’s daughter-in-law.
“She loved cooking, and she loved her son and grandchildren,” said Susan Capone. “They were her pride and joy.”
Born on Sept. 10, 1910, in Brooklyn, N.Y., she was the daughter of a homemaker and a city sanitation worker. Katherine Novello met her husband, Salvatore A. Capone Jr., through friends at a dance, her daughter-in-law said.
Mr. Capone taught history for many years before the couple retired full-time to Florida in 1985. For many years, Mrs. Capone worked as a secretary at the Staten Island Advance newspaper, until the couple started their annual winter sojourns to Florida in 1980.
A member of St. Vincent Ferrer Catholic Church, Mrs. Capone attended church every week and was a member of the Rosary Altar Society, a church prayer group. “She drove up until she was 90,” said her daughter-in-law.
Besides Susan Capone, Mrs. Capone is survived by her son, Dr. John R. Capone, who still practices medicine locally. She is also survived by two grandchildren. Mrs. Capone will be buried in Staten Island, N.Y. Local funeral services were held Feb. 19.
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