Esther Liquori Santoemma, 96, of 22 Masonic Avenue, Wallingford, formerly of 555 Pool Road, North Haven left this life on Wednesday, June 29, 2011 at the Masonicare, Wallingford after a long illness surrounded by her children when she lost this battle and began her journey with her husband the late Daniel Santoemma, Sr. and other loved ones who passed before her. Esther was born in New Haven on April 28, 1915; she had worked as a seamstress for the former Sero Shirt Manufacturers before her retirement. Esther enjoyed crocheting and making blankets for each of her grandchildren as they arrived. She will be missed by all who loved her, her son Daniel Santoemma, Jr. and his wife Patricia of North Haven, her daughter Jo-Ann Cirillo and her husband Robert, and her daughter Patricia Hemstock and her husband Ernest all Wallingford. Including seven grandchildren and seventeen great-grandchildren. Predeceased by her mother Theresa Liquori: a brother Philip Liquori; sisters Jenny Lippiello, Mary Nicolelli and a longtime friend Frances Snedeker.
Her funeral procession will leave the North Haven Funeral Home, 36 Washington Avenue Tuesday morning at 9:30. Family and friends may call at the funeral home on Tuesday morning from 8:30 to 9:30 am. A mass of Christian burial will be celebrated in St. Barnabas Church at 10:00. Interment will follow in All Saints Cemetery. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the Masonicare, 22 Masonic Ave., Wallingford, CT 06492.