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Delfina Gallifoco, 85, Fairfield Resident

FAIRFIELD, Conn. – Delfina Gallifoco, of Fairfield, the wife of the late Biagio Gallifoco, died Sunday, Feb. 7. She was 85.

Delfina Gallifoco

Delfina Gallifoco

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She was born in San Michele Di Serino, Italy, to the late Emilio and Carmella Renzulli. She loved to garden and play Italian cards. Most of all, she loved spending time with her family and cooking meals for them.

She is survived by her children Mario Gallifoco and his wife, Lorenzina (Lorrie), of West Haven, and Gerarda (Geri) Sisca and her husband, Emilio, of Fairfield; grandchildren Delfina Gallifoco Delisle and her husband, Matthew, Biagio Gallifoco, Adrianna Sisca Bove and her husband, Robert, Monica Sisca Gibbs and her husband, Brian and Joey Sisca; her brother Salvatore Antonio Renzulli of Italy; her sister-in-law Maria Renzulli of Fairfield; her great-grandchildren Bobby, Joey and Lucas; and many nieces, nephews and cousins.

In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by her brothers Alessandro, Annibale and Liberato Renzulli; and her sisters Assunta Michelina Manca and Giuseppina Festa.

Friends are invited to greet family on from 4-8 p.m. Wednesday at the Shaughnessey Banks Funeral Home, 50 Reef Road, Fairfield Center. A Mass of Christian burial will be conducted at 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Fairfield. Entombment will follow in St. Thomas Cemetery.

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