Eva, 98, passed away peacefully at home on Wednesday, February 22, 2012 in the loving care of her grandson Billy and his wife Betty. Eva was one of ten children born to the late Emma and Joseph Barbato. She was raised on Blatchley Avenue in the Fair Haven area of New Haven. She first worked in a sewing factory followed by employment at the A.C. Gilbert Co. Eva was the proprietor of several restaurants. The first was The Whitney Drive-In on the corner of Whitney and Skiff Street in North Haven that she operated in the 50’s and 60’s. She then operated Eva’s Restaurant on Howe Street in New Haven, and then in the late 70’s and early 80’s, Eva’s Kitchen on State Street in Hamden. In her later years she continued to cook and feed anyone who came to her home with her delicious Italian food. She is survived by three children, Barbara (Russell) Sanders of Terra Alta, WV, Andrew (Laurie) Lucibello of Wallingford, and Allen (fiancé Ruby) Lucibello of Hamden, 9 grandchildren, 15 great grandchildren and her special boys, Val, Keith and Patrick. She was predeceased by her husband, Alphonse Lucibello, and her second husband, Louis Amendola. She was also preceded in death by sisters Matilda, Louise, Genevieve, Philomena and brothers James, Angelo (Brownie), Albert, Hannibal and Anthony (Bob). She was a member of the Ward Street Church of Christ. She was much loved and will be dearly missed by her family and all who knew her.
Funeral services will be conducted in the North Haven Funeral Home, 36 Washington Avenue, Saturday morning at 11:00. Interment will follow in All Saints Cemetery. The visiting hours will be Friday from 5 to 8 pm. In lieu of flowers donations in her name may be made to the Franciscan Home and Hospice Care, 267 Finch Ave., Meriden, CT 06451.