Obituary of Josephine Triscari

Josephine Triscari, 90, of Jamestown passed away on Monday December 4, 2023, in Heritage Green surrounded by her loving family. She was born January 22, 1933, in Tortorici, Sicily, Italy daughter of the late Carmelo and Genoveffa Barbagiovanni Bevacqua. After attending school in Italy Josephine emigrated to Jamestown, NY in December 1960 with her husband and three children. She along with her family embraced their new country, attending evening classes to learn English. In five years’, time they all became proud U.S citizens. Josephine worked at Sanitary Wiping Co. for many years and then for Chautauqua Hardware as a machine grinder. She retired in 1985 due to severe Rheumatoid Arthritis. Despite her Arthritis, Josephine was an avid cook and baker. She enjoyed having the family over twice a week for dinner and always insisted on feeding anyone who came to visit. She always had a freezer full of the delicious Italian cookies she lovingly baked for family and friends. No one ever left her house without a dish of her wonderful cookies. Josephine loved to teach her children and grandchildren how to cook and bake. Her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren were her whole world. There was not anything she would not do for them. Josephine was a communicant of St. James RCC where in her earlier years she was an active participant of the St. Joseph’s Table, celebrated in March of every year. She volunteered in the kitchen, cooking spaghetti and donating baked goods. Josephine was preceded in death by her parents, her daughter, Gina Triscari who died on August 29, 1995, her husband, Joseph Triscari, whom she married on October 6, 1951, in Tortorici, Sicily, Italy and who passed away on January 30, 2010, and her sister, Erminia who passed away in Italy. Josephine is survived by her daughter, Carm (Vince) Micciche and her son, John (Robyn) Triscari both of Jamestown, NY, her grandchildren, Michael (Stacey) Micciche of Jamestown, NY, Andy (Megan Fisher) Micciche of Chesapeake, VA, Lisa (Annie Giullari) Micciche of Spencerport, NY, Ashley (Andrew) Biekert of Jamestown, NY, Morgan Triscari of Batavia, and Michaela (Drew) Gaeta of Youngsville, PA. and her granddaughter in law, Michelle Bell Micciche of Windsor, VA, her 15 great grandchildren, her brother, Salvatore (Maria) Bivacqua of Rome, Italy, her sister, Sara (Carmelo) LaMancusa of Torino, Italy, and many nieces and nephews in Italy that she enjoyed talking to via Face to Face on her portal. The family will be present to receive family and friends on Thursday December 7, 2023, from 2pm-4pm and 6pm-8pm at Riccardi’s Hubert Funeral Home. A mass of Christian burial will be held Saturday December 9, 2023, 10am at St. James RCC. Entombment to follow at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery. Send a condolence by visiting www.hubertfuneralhome.com