- Date Of Birth: May 9, 1924
- Date Of Death: January 10, 2023
- State: Michigan
36100 Five Mile Rd. Livonia (E. of Levan)
2:00pm-8:00pm with 7:00pm Rosary
St. Colette Catholic Church
16700 Newburgh Rd. (N. of 6 Mile Rd.)
Anna Iannarelli DiVetta gained her wings on January 10, 2023. Age 98 of Livonia, MI. Cherished wife of the late Luciano. Beloved mother of Anna Maria (Kevin) Mercure, Joanne (Geoff) Davies, and Jemma (Salvatore) DeMarco. Beloved Nonna of Luciana Davies (fiancé Shen Huang), Megan DeMarco (fiancé Seth Chavel), Adrian Davies (fiancée Madison Hostetter),
Christian Davies, Joey DeMarco, Carly Mercure, Ryan DeMarco, and Jason Mercure. Beloved sister of
Maria Grazia Iannarelli and the late Giovanni and Antonio-Marino. Loving daughter of the late Antonio Iannarelli
and Carlotta D’Aquanno.
Born in Villa Santa Lucia, Italy on May 9, 1924, she was the first-born child of the late Antonio Iannarelli
and Carlotta D’Aquanno. She left school at age 10 to care for her younger siblings, as was a custom of
the time. Later, she endured the hardships that the Nazis and the Second World War unleashed on her
house, city, and home country.
On April 22, 1956, she married Luciano DiVetta in a small ceremony in Piumarola, Italy. Later that year,
Luciano left for America in search of a better life for his new bride.
their first daughter Anna Maria. In early 1959, she was finally able to join her husband in Detroit,
Michigan. Later that year, their second daughter Joanne was born. She and Luciano purchased a small
bungalow in Dearborn to raise their family. In 1964, their last daughter Jemma was born, making their
family complete.
In 1989, she and Luciano went back home to Italy, building a house in Piedimonte San Germano, where
they would host their daughters and growing family each summer. She and Luciano enjoyed 52 years of
marriage before Luciano’s death in 2009 from Alzheimer’s disease. She spent her remaining years
surrounded by her children and grandchildren in Michigan, and her sister and many nieces and nephews
upon her yearly trips back to Italy.
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