PIAZZA, Anne Madeline 

1921-2008 

A funeral Mass will be at held for Anne Madeline Piazza at 12 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 27, 
2008, at St. Phillip Neri Catholic Church. A reception will immediately follow at Chelsea 
Ballroom. She passed away peacefully in her sleep Sept. 23 from complications of old 
age at 87. 

Anne Madeline Graziano was born March 2, 1921, to Augustino and Madelaine 
Graziano, in Portland. She was a beautician before marriage. She was a homemaker 
until her children were grown and out of the house. 

She got a job at Fabric Wholesalers and then Fred Meyer, in the fabric department. 
She was an avid seamstress and gardener in her younger days and loved to play 
bingo. She also loved to travel, and toured Europe, going to Italy several times to visit 
family in Sicily. 

She married Salvatore "Sammy" Phillip Piazza in 1945; he died in 1999. After Sammy 
passed away, she moved to Seaside, where she enjoyed the milder climate and bingo 
three nights a week! 

Survivors include her daughter, Cathy Piazza; son, Peter Piazza; daughter-in-law, Leila 
Piazza; grandchildren, Jonah McCabe, Ben McCabe, Joey Piazza and Maddy Piazza; 
two great-grandchildren; sister, Sister Margaret Graziano; and brother, Augustino "Joe" 
Graziano. 

Her family was her life and she was loved deeply. She was a friend to many and will 
always be missed. 

Please sign the online guest book at www.oregonlive.com/obits. 

Published in The Oregonian on 9/27/2008