A Family

         Charles and Frances Fontana Jannuzzi                                                                                                                                                                                                                Frank and Marietta Lucchesi Cozzoli ⁞⁞ Frank & Gilda Cozzoli Jannuzzi ⁞⁞     Ann Jannuzzi & Steve Rexroad           ⁞⁞ Ann & Steve Rexroad Gi...

  Good morning, family.  I was about to write this on my Rachel's House blog,, when it occurred to me that you might enjoy seeing it here. Chapel Hill 7:00am, Saturday, 31 degrees It's a rainy February morning, cold too, so I'm propped in bed reading and jotting my to-do list for today, every now and then glancing out the window at the birds who skitter between the feeder on my neighbor's high window and the brass tray outside in my low garden.           What catches my eye just now, though, is inside, on the wall slightly to right of my usual view...Elizabeth Matheson's photograph of a back porch behind the old Colonial Inn in Hillsborough.  She'd put it up on Instagram after she took it early one morning...probably about the same early hour I am looking at it now.  The minute I saw it, I wanted it for my own.    It reminds me,  I wrote her,  of my grandmother's and great-aunts' dresses. Elizabeth, whose work I admir...

Sister Mary Grace (Donna) Cozzoli Sister Mary Grace (Donna) Cozzoli was called home by our Lord into His eternal peace on January 24, 2021.  Born on January 19, 1955, in North Plainfield, New Jersey, she was the youngest daughter of Joseph and Martha Cozzoli. Sister Mary Grace was the woman her name personified in many ways. A caring sister, a loving child to her parents, a dedicated servant of her faith, she exemplified a life of service and love. She entered the congregation of the Sisters of St. Francis of the Martyr St. George in 1989.  In her early years in the congregation, she worked in pastoral care and day care, then for retired priests in New Jersey and Nebraska. Eventually, after her work in the household of the Archbishop of St. Louis, she was transferred to the Apostolic Nunciature in Washington, D.C., where she accepted the office of Sister-In-Charge. During her six years there, she was privileged to host Pope Francis when he visited and stayed at the residence. ...

[My brother-in-law Jim is Eileen (Jannuzzi) Langdon's husband.  I am a great admirer of his work, so I thought I would share with you his talent. They live near Biltmore, in Asheville, where some of the best inspirations in nature also reside...as you can see.  Enjoy!]

   Long time, no see! Hope you are doing well. My mom forwarded me the "family Q&A" email, but I've only just had the time to sit down and reply.  I am Mary Grace, daughter of Carol (Cozzoli) Zmuda and Henry Zmuda [and granddaughter of Joseph and Martha Cozzoli]. I don't have any siblings.   I grew up in the Panhandle for a few years, but called Gainesville my home for throughout middle school/high school and college. Now I live in Melbourne, FL (I wish it was Australia though!).  No children, unless you count my dog (who lives with my parents) and my cat (who lives with me)! I adopted my cat in the middle of college when he was just 8 weeks old. Now he's 3! His name is Sisko, after a Star Trek captain.  I work in the communications department at an aerospace & defense technology company, L3Harris (formerly known as Harris). I started last May! I'm actually in a rotational program, so I get to experience different areas of commun...

 About four years ago, I visited my sister Ann and brother Tom and his wife Jean in Jupiter, where they were living (Jean is still there, and now her daughter Sara and her family are also nearby).  It was probably January or February, and I was glad to be there, missing a huge snow and ice storm farther up the Atlantic coast.  Among the things we did together was to visit Janet at her condo above the water in West Palm Beach.  Janet very graciously made lunch for us and we caught up on our lives...it had been some years since I'd seen Janet, probably at the shore, when Mom and Aunt Vi or Aunt Sadie were there. Here are some photos which we treasure, especially since Tom passed away a year later, but also because we had such a lovely time with Janet that day, one of those that bank the memory. Thought we'd share. Ann Rexroad, Janet, Tom Jannuzzi Vicky Mills, Janet, Tom Tom

 Sadie DiLiddo Barbara Jaeger