Ersula Del Favero Zalenski, 98, of Manchester, wife of the late Marian (Monty) Zalenski, passed away on Friday, May 1, 2015. Born on April 20, 1917, she was the daughter of the late Antonio and Maria (Belli) Del Favero. Ersula was a resident of Meriden for seventy-eight years prior to moving to The Arbors in Manchester in 1995. She was a longtime hairdresser working with William DelGerno and James Fields in Meriden Salons. She was extremely proud of her Italian heritage and will be best remembered for her pride and endless research and documentation of family genealogy from the 14th century until the present. She is survived by one brother, John (Patricia) DelFavero of Atherton, CA and numerous nieces and nephews. Besides her husband, she is predeceased by a daughter, Marion (aka Nonny or Rusty); son-in-law, Henry (Hank) Kelsy; stepmother, Rena (Pagona) Del Favero ; brothers, Victor (Julia), Adolph (Agnes), Albert (Ella), Raymond (Dorthea), Otto (Mary); sisters, Eleanor (Victor) Fontanella, Louise (Leonard) Erardi, Marion (John) Spinelli and Lucy (Aldo) Gregory and her longtime friend and companion, Bernard (Bernie) Derow. Friends and relatives are invited to attend a Mass of Christian Burial to be held on Saturday, May 9, 2015 at 11 am at St. Rose of Lima Church. Burial will be in St. Stanislaus Cemetery. Friends may call at the John J. Ferry & Sons Funeral Home, 88 East Main Street, Meriden on Saturday morning from 10 to 10:45 prior to the Mass. In lieu of flowers, donations in her name may be made to a charity of one’s choice.
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Ersula Zalenski
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