Obituary of Fay D. Landi

Fay D. Landi, also known to her family as Fanny, a longtime Yonkers resident died peacefully on February 16, 2015 after a brief illness. Fay was born on 117th Street in Manhattan on December 24, 1926 to Giuseppe and Raffaela (Mele) D’Elia. She was the youngest of three children. The family moved to Brooklyn when Fay was a young child. Upon her graduation from Bay Ridge High School, Fay became the bookkeeper for a law firm on Wall Street, and then office manager for N.A. Lougee Co., consulting engineers on Broadway in NYC. On November 8, 1958 she married the love of her life, Alphonse A. Landi, and they began their life together in Yonkers, NY in the dream home they built together and where they raised their two children. Fay was a devoted mother and homemaker; there wasn’t anything she would not do for her family and friends; family meant everything to her, and her pride and joy were her children and grandchildren. In 1991 Fay returned to work as a receptionist/bookkeeper for her daughter, Dr. Denise D. Landi and she retired in 2002. Beloved wife of the late Alphonse. Devoted mother of Dr. Denise D. Landi and Joseph A. Landi. Cherished grandmother of Connie Nicole and Joseph A. Landi, Jr. Adored sister of the late Peter J. D’Elia and the late Ann D’Elia. Dear “Best Girl” of William Bernowich. Beloved cousin, aunt, “Nanny” and friend to many. She is also survived by her devoted caregiver, Florina Villa. Friends may call at the Sinatra Memorial Home 601 Yonkers Avenue on Thursday, February 19, 2015 from 2-4 and 7-9pm. Funeral Mass at St. Mary’s Church 103 South Broadway on Friday at 10am. Entombment Ferncliff Mausoleum. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her memory to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105